Are you a 'Farmer' or a 'Rancher'?

[Buff Hooligans]

My title is Coop Manager. I am merely a staff member in the grand scheme of my chicken's lives.

 

[AllChookUp]

LOL @ Buff Hooligans!

That's the sense I get from my chickens - I am tolerated because I take care of food, treats, and cleaning.

Kind of why my wife keeps me around. Yard maintenance, and, uh, well. You know.

 

[Nemo]

I thought you had to ride a horse, round the chickens up, and drive them off to market to be a "rancher".

Then again, there is the old joke about the city guy who inherited his grandpa's chicken farm. He decided he'd make a go of it, so he moved out to the farm, and ordered 500 chicks from the local feed store. The chicks came in, and he picked them up. A few weeks later, he was back at the feed store to order another 500 chicks. The store owner made a big deal of this, saying, "Wow! You sure must be doing well with the first 500." The guy answers, "No, not really... I don't know if I'm planting them too deep or over watering them."

 

[EllyMae]

We occasionally have "rooster rodeos" when one of them gets crazy and has to be caught so I guess we might be called "rooster ranchers"???
Actually, I'm just known as Ellymae Clampett by my family and friends, lol. They just don't understand...

 

[AussieSharon]

I think I'm more of a homesteader

 

[The Chicken Lady]

I have heard the term "poultry fancier" before...

 

[CountryMom]

Seeing as chickens haven't been on our place for about 60 years, I would say rancher first. LOL Although my chickens are more pets and pests than anything. The calves have a blast chasing them, and the horses are just disgusted when they come to try and share their dinners with them. I swear they are as bad as the barn cats that follow me around begging for treats. At least life isn't boring here.

 

[CathyB]

Around here I am just called mother hen!!

 

[Nemo]

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I have, too, but it always sounded a little... not right to me.

 

[horsejody]

I believe that all of my animals view me as the "attendant."