My great-grandpa had his own chicken coop down in S.E. Kentucky. I'd always feed 'em, help gather eggs and thought they were the funniest animals ever.
Over the years, i've been fond of chickens and finally got 'some land' now complete with my own chickens!
On the sadder side:
We lost our 3 year old son about two years ago in a tragic accident.
After the birth of our son, we/i decided to get a vascetomy. (then he passed...we wanted more kids..)
I got a vascetomy reversal. It worked which surprised us. (...and a bit of more bad news..)
During...
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OMG what do you have to do to get banned from a country?????
That's easy......commit a crime (misdemeanor or felony) , get convicted, come back to said country before your statue of limitations is up, get arrested again, see immigration judge, wave your rights/plead guilty just to get...
Add me to the curious!!
Do you mean the coup is built on top of the comost pile with a pvc pole running through the middle? (minus ventholes in the pole??....)
Let us know!
Married for 5 years...
Grew up in 'industrialized' Detroit and (very) rural Kentucky! (part hillbilly and city-slicker!...)
Secretly want to be a full-scale farmer on a small-scale!
Grew up with a friend who is a MLB player.
Have four dogs ( 3 Great Danes...) and a Shetland Sheepdog.
That's...
The way i see it, the chicken in the city has many benefits for the city dweller and the municipality.
First, green food scraps can be fed to the chicken(s) easing electricity (garbage disposal..etc.) , environment (landfills, waste management..etc.) and turned into a good source of manure for...
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Look for your local poultry swap-meet in your area, if you have one. There are many breeders with small businesses/farms on the side. Just talk to the vendors. You'll be surprised as to what they carry.
As mentioned, it beats the shipping costs of having 'em sent to your house and...
Do any one of you get your scraps from local restaurants and/or fruit markets' leftovers?
If so, do you pay the person(s) for the scrap foods?
Just wondering how you'd came about it and how's it working out for you?
Just looking for another food alternative for the chickens...
Hi there! Another Michigander here....Thumb area.
We have 16 laying hens and one 'stud' rooster along with three bantaam roosters. The laying hens are all different varieties. That, along with a male/female pekin ducks.
I've been raising chickens for a few years now! It's been really fun and...