Gah! Pretty much the title explains it all... I requested an incubator for Xmas because I really really wanna have chickens other than little Blackie, and I thought it would be fun to hatch out my own! My mother stated that Blackie could be the only house-chicken and that was fine with me; I'd get a tractor or something, and would keep my chickens outside.
My mother informed me today that my stepdad refuses to let me keep chickens outside. I was flabbergasted at first; what was his reason? I mean we live on a farm and everything, so what on Earth could be the wrench in my plan?
My mother continued...
He informed my mother that he did not think it was safe for the chickens to be outside, even in a secure run or tractor, so I wasn't allowed to get any...
I'm allowed ONE more chicken, that will be allowed to live in the house with Blackie (in it's own cage of course), and that's it.
My mother does not expect that he will budge, so now I have to decide on breed and gender (it has to be a bantam; I'm also worried that if it's a pullet, Blackie will never be allowed to be out around her for fear of him overbreeding her, or if it's a cockerel they'll fight...)
...and where in the heck I'm going to be able to get a lone chick is beyond me...
My mother informed me today that my stepdad refuses to let me keep chickens outside. I was flabbergasted at first; what was his reason? I mean we live on a farm and everything, so what on Earth could be the wrench in my plan?
My mother continued...
He informed my mother that he did not think it was safe for the chickens to be outside, even in a secure run or tractor, so I wasn't allowed to get any...


My mother does not expect that he will budge, so now I have to decide on breed and gender (it has to be a bantam; I'm also worried that if it's a pullet, Blackie will never be allowed to be out around her for fear of him overbreeding her, or if it's a cockerel they'll fight...)
...and where in the heck I'm going to be able to get a lone chick is beyond me...
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