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Poll Results: I raise chickens for (you can choose more than one):

This is a multiple choice poll
  • 73% (1829)
    Pets
  • 92% (2311)
    Eggs
  • 26% (659)
    Meat
  • 37% (951)
    Fertilizer
  • 41% (1045)
    Bug Control
  • 28% (708)
    More interesting and/or easy than other animals
  • 12% (311)
    Other (please specify in reply comments)
  • 10% (266)
    Showing & Exhibition
2503 Total Votes  
post #91 of 394
8/22/09 at 2:21am

They are a great stress reliever ,(except when you need to catch them and they are out free ranging!!) and the antics they get up to have all my friends in stitches

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post #92 of 394
8/22/09 at 2:45am
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Originally Posted by happyvalleyherbals 

They are a great stress reliever ,(except when you need to catch them and they are out free ranging!!) and the antics they get up to have all my friends in stitches


i think the same thing too

What if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about?
Shut up, brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-Tip! ..
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What if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about?
Shut up, brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-Tip! ..
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post #93 of 394
8/22/09 at 3:02am

okay i chose other and the reason is i love chickens i have had them all my life and i think they are awesome lol.

The silence that guards the tomb does not reveal God's secret in the obscurity of the coffin, and the rustling of the branches whose roots suck the body's elements do not tell the mysteries of the grave, by the agonized sighs of my heart announce to the living the drama which love, beauty, and death have performed.
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The silence that guards the tomb does not reveal God's secret in the obscurity of the coffin, and the rustling of the branches whose roots suck the body's elements do not tell the mysteries of the grave, by the agonized sighs of my heart announce to the living the drama which love, beauty, and death have performed.
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post #94 of 394
8/22/09 at 4:01am

We raise for three reasons.... maybe 4
eggs
meat
4h
and I'm addicted big_smile

Courtney

Wife to one amazing farmer. Proud Mom and hoping to adopt our last child. Please share our dream www.dbabyadventure.com

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Courtney

Wife to one amazing farmer. Proud Mom and hoping to adopt our last child. Please share our dream www.dbabyadventure.com

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post #95 of 394
8/22/09 at 5:04am

I wanted to be closer to the earth and I wanted it for my children. It was an important part of my childhood but I live in town. They bring great joy to my life, give purpose thru the chores. Kids Love them 9-22yrs old.  Connects me to my past of g-parents who raised turkey. ( thats for next year!)

Urban-outlaw- Farmer on an estrogen high,  egg laying hens, meaties packing it in for freezer camp, 2 cats,2 daughters,1 son, 1 bending husband, .........8 dead coons
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Urban-outlaw- Farmer on an estrogen high,  egg laying hens, meaties packing it in for freezer camp, 2 cats,2 daughters,1 son, 1 bending husband, .........8 dead coons
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post #96 of 394
8/22/09 at 5:10am
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Originally Posted by ranchhand 

I got my first two in order to "rescue" them from a brutal Easter sale situation. The other is because I find simple pleasure and peace  watching them noodle around.


After losing about 13 to a dog attack this week, I have to add because I am a glutton for punishment! hmm

Don't get all your exercise leaping to conclusions!

Poultry- they may be your pets, they may be your hobby, they may be your livestock. But remember, if you fall down in the pen, unconscious? They WILL eat you.
Chicken Tender of 20 years
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Don't get all your exercise leaping to conclusions!

Poultry- they may be your pets, they may be your hobby, they may be your livestock. But remember, if you fall down in the pen, unconscious? They WILL eat you.
Chicken Tender of 20 years
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post #97 of 394
8/22/09 at 5:16am

In addition to having my chickens for pets and eggs, they are my happy hobby, my distraction, my confidants.  I can tell them anything and they will quietly stand and listen, sometimes even consoling me with soft little chickeny purrs.   They are eggs and pets and so much more.

Serama - Black Copper Marans - OliveEgger and Lavender Orpingtons!

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Serama - Black Copper Marans - OliveEgger and Lavender Orpingtons!

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post #98 of 394
8/22/09 at 5:22am

I love taking care of them, it grounds me. In the evening we sit on the deck and watch their antics.

COCHINS-Standard in penciled partridge and buff. Bantam in barred, black and splash with frizzles. Lavender bantams none now hens went broody. SILKIES- blue, black and blue partridge. Showgirls just for fun. NPIP
                                                                ~FEATHERFOOT FARM~
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COCHINS-Standard in penciled partridge and buff. Bantam in barred, black and splash with frizzles. Lavender bantams none now hens went broody. SILKIES- blue, black and blue partridge. Showgirls just for fun. NPIP
                                                                ~FEATHERFOOT FARM~
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post #99 of 394
8/22/09 at 8:01am

Actually we don't.  They own us!!!  They wandered into our backyard after escaping from a neighbors barn, I threw them some sunflower seeds, and they never left.  Now I guess they have become almost all of the above, but mostly pets and eggs.

Art & Teri

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post #100 of 394
8/22/09 at 8:40am

I guess the OTHER is that chickens are therapeutic, as well as an important part of the life cycle of our small farm. I love to hear them talk to each other and they can sure be hilarious at times. They help support us as we support them, in all ways. They really are not very demanding and give back much more than they take. Endearing creatures,a never ending source of entertainment, beauty, food, insect control, fertilizer and at times when I need it, peace. I can't imagine being without them. love

All things bright and beautiful,All creatures great and small,All things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all.
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All things bright and beautiful,All creatures great and small,All things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all.
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