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I never knew about the wide range of noises hens can make. I thought roosters crowed and hens bawked and clucked. Raising my 3 EEs as chicks I got to hear the cute peeping, trilling, clucking, and then all the funny sounds the girls make now that I'm still trying to decipher. LOVE IT...

Our county commissioners refuse to even discuss the issue with pro-chicken lobby groups around here. It is a large county and apparently there are more pressing issues in their opinion. On the positive side, they apparently are also too busy to crack down on most backyard chicken owners...

Just read through all these posts. So sad. What's even worse is that there can never be a true "win" in this situation. Even if neighbor gets the book thrown at him.....he is still a neighbor unless FreezeFamilyFarm decides to move or the mean neighbor does. I know what it's like to live...

I have three 15 month old EEs. I've been raising mealworms for about 1 year and now have thousands. You'd think that would be enough. My chickens could easily eat through a batch of 500 mealworms in a few minutes (which would cost about $6.50 at the pet store). I actually had the idea to...

Quote: LOL I'm not sure about that, they weren't looking very happy with me. Yep, I'm sure if it was light outside, you would have been subjected to the dreaded "STINK EYE"!

There is ALWAYS a pecking order, I think. There are only issues when a chicken does not kow her place in the order, or challenges it. I only have 3 chickens, and it it is obvious who the top hen is. It is also quite obvious who the lowest hen is. The bottom rung chicken "Chickie" gets...

When my EEs were about 6 months old (last February), we used to put the most laid back one (Chickie) in a diaper and let her in our house and out of the cold and snow from time to time. She seemed to enjoy hanging out with us. She was pretty cooperative with the diaper we got her from...

OMG Yes! My 3 EEs are going through their first molt and it's awful. They don't look as bad as some of the "hard molt" pictures I"ve seen on BYC, but they definitely do have some rough patches where they look prickly from new feathers sprouting. But it's the change in their behavior that's...

Quote: Revenge would be so sweet!

I haven't gotten a single egg from my 3 hens for 2 weeks now and my yard/porch/chicken coop is covered in feathers . On the other hand, it has been much quieter at my house over the last couple of weeks. With no eggs, there is no egg song (I personally love the egg song, but it makes me...

My pullets love lying down on their sides and sunbathing on occasion. They also like roosting on a rubbermaid tote up against my patio door throughout the day. There is probably nothing wrong with your chicken unless she's down for most of the day (when the other chickens are running around)...

Just amazing how the right to do something so simple as raising a few chickens in your backyard can evolve into such a bureaucratic and legal mess. So glad the ordinance passed though. YEA!

I think the letter sounds great. You addressed the issues with your neighbor in a respectful way. I had a falling out with my neighbor (who I thought was a friend too). She complained about my 3 hens--and we both have 1/2 acre fully fenced lots. She indicated that if the HOA wouldn't enforce...

While I fully agree that people should be able to have backyard chickens, it angers me that some would have them illegally, and then let their chickens wander onto other people's property. That doesn't help the cause much. My 3 outlaw backyard chickens are fully contained in my yard with 5 & 6...

I don't like the idea of "stock piling" eggs. The best thing about having your own chickens is being able to eat a freshly laid egg. I know they have a decent shelf life, but I doubt you could work it to where you could "save up" during the summer months to have enough eggs for when they lay...

Quote: I am curious, when they were at their peak where they giving you "just enough" eggs or did you feel like you had an over abundance??? During the peak, we were getting about 18 eggs/week from our 3 girls. For our family of five, that was plenty for us to eat plus share a few with...

I guess I'll be a member of the "my chickens are molting and now I'm not getting any eggs" club! I've been so spoiled by my EEs, which started laying at the end of last January, and each were giving me an egg almost every day. Then all of a sudden a few weeks ago, started noticing more...

Quote: So glad to hear I'm not alone in this. My sweetest (or at least used to be the sweetest hen) has gone evil! She is the lowest on the pecking order, a runt of a hen, but loves to attack my feet. She'll even chase me down and lunge at my leg and bite me for absolutely no reason! She...

Good luck with your chicks. We're raising 3 backyard hens against county zoning laws too. The zoning regs are grossly outdated, as most of the surrounding incorporated cities allow for backyard chickens. Many people have tried to get the county to change the rules, but county commissioners...

I had fenced the thin areas off with stakes and chicken wire---which works---but is probably even more unattractive than the bare spots on the lawn. I've also covered the spots with wooden pallets covered in netting. Not a whole lot of attractive options They must just like the 'short grass'...