Chickens - Pets Or Slaves

[Brendap58]

I am worried about my Rooster. The hen were making a noise I had never heard them make. Went to check it out and found my rooster sitting in the nest! He is very fertil. Hatched out 3 incubators full this year.

 

[losvegas]

We call our chickens "pets with benefits."

 

[laughingdog]

Im hoping for more than two of the bantams that are already laying to start, but but my bantam Americana trio (EEs), and three OEGB pullets are great low impact gardeners and cleanup crew. the bantam OEGs bantam i have now only, and standard had before never destroyed anything, except both sizes seem to love to eat rodents snakes spiders and and all other bugs like bees wasps ants ect.. my roomate loves that the fave OEGB pullet everyone agrees on, loves especially copper head babies (all my games have loved and will fight over copperheads and attack and kill a rat and mice as flock, it can be grusome though as they beat them to death against ground or tear apart with claws and eat live) and her feared spiders. my games free range with rest but let me pick them up come when called and even on own and follow and sit by and perch on.

 

[laughingdog]

i don't hardly feed the rest, just let them eat what's around, but bought layer for the orps my gma gave me. the orps are really loud destructive aggressive, are stupid skiddish usless birds compared to non dual or layer types. I liked leghorns and australorps, both best layers aside from my games (though games only lay everyday med, maybe to large eggs), even than production reds (haven't had or seen production blacks as anything but chicks), though both too loud and destructive, leghorns roam far and can get skiddish, while australorps were clingy and would just scream like starving right after fed, and dig all out then sit in front of empty bowl, until filled again as petted so they would eat (did this whenever heard me), and when out wouldn't forage if they heard me and just shadowed and sat all over or around me, or screamed at door or pen till i went by them or let by me.

 

[ellend]

Yeah! Aren't they incredibly fun and relaxing to watch? Just watch that sandwich....

 

[MsBlVines]

My girls are pets, with names and personalities. They just happen to lay eggs. They can't help doing that. I feed them and they feed me. If I don't get my daily egg from one or two of them it would do no good to get the whip out and threaten them. And when their egg laying days are done, they will continue to live in my yard because they control sluggs, ticks, larvel, and it's all voluntary. I'm retired and I haven't earned a daily paycheck in years, yet my volunteer work is grately appreciated by the people that benifit. I can't eliminate them any more than I, myself, should be eiliminated.

 

[JonB]

Pets with the bonus of eggs. We just got into chickens and already LOVE the crap out of our 5 girls and I'll protect them to the max. Can't wait to get our 3 youngins in with the two older girls! I never knew raising chickens would be so fulfilling and enjoyable, but it sure is. Very glad we took the jump!

These are our two big girls; Barred Rock Melanie and Silver-Lace Veronica:





The peepers; EE's Natalie and Gloria, and RIR Abbey:




Two peeps of TROUBLE!(they are..lol)

 

[3ChickensNADuck]

Definately slaves. I make my chickens carry water from the well, plow the field, and wash dishes. and I don't pay them a dime. slaves- mwahaha.

 

[Chrysolinsbirds]

wsmith

I think of my flock as livestock. I care for them, give them a great diet, protect them, let some of them produce offspring. They lay eggs which I collect, I eat their eggs, sell their eggs, and use some of the chickens for meat. An animal cannot be called a slave. My chickens look to me to provide for their needs, which I do. I care about my chickens, yet I also realize that not all can stay d f Th li d

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Couldn't of said it better, but I do enjoy caring for and raising them.. It's not their fault they are delicious.