Chihirolee3
Chirping
So when my husband and I first moved to our rual, 127 pop. town, we formally asked if we could have chickens. We were told no and had the state ordinance printed off for proof.
Well, it's been 5 years since then, and in that time, I learned a few things. First, a longtime resident has chickens, and has had them for decades. Secondly, the MAYOR got chickens, and not only did he get them AFTER we asked, he let them free range with a 3 ft fence with our first house's yard going up to his. Those chickens constantly hopped the fence into our yard. Didn't bother me (as I obviously partial to them), but after enough birds were taken by hawks and/or owls (they have a tree filled yard), they now properly pen them.
Then 2 years ago, we moved a block away from our first home. last fall, I was given 3 ducklings on the fly, and I had NOTHING for them. No coop, no run, no place. It was a haphazard situation, and my husband and I ended up housing the ducklings in our basement over the winter in a pen made out of old, broken doors. Soon after we got them, my husband and I agreed to get some guinea fowl, as he loves their weirdness. So the next local swap meet, I got some keets and raised them next to the ducks in our basement, all winter. This spring I build the coop, and before I put the birds out in February, I got 4 Rhode island red pullets chicks (for dedicated egg layers), and for a time, all 3 groups were in the basement. On the first of June, I had finished the run, and the birds experienced freedom from confinement, just in time for the local town celebration. We just happen to live by the park in our town btw. The guineas, when riled up, are loud and obnoxious. It's great. Half the town loves their existence because it upsets the applecart with local politics. We don't have the right name, so technically we can't have them. BUT, they can't tell us to get rid of them because it would mean everyone, even the mayor, has to get of theirs. Not going to happen.
So yeah, there's my story on why we have guinea fowl, in town. Political revenge.
Well, it's been 5 years since then, and in that time, I learned a few things. First, a longtime resident has chickens, and has had them for decades. Secondly, the MAYOR got chickens, and not only did he get them AFTER we asked, he let them free range with a 3 ft fence with our first house's yard going up to his. Those chickens constantly hopped the fence into our yard. Didn't bother me (as I obviously partial to them), but after enough birds were taken by hawks and/or owls (they have a tree filled yard), they now properly pen them.
Then 2 years ago, we moved a block away from our first home. last fall, I was given 3 ducklings on the fly, and I had NOTHING for them. No coop, no run, no place. It was a haphazard situation, and my husband and I ended up housing the ducklings in our basement over the winter in a pen made out of old, broken doors. Soon after we got them, my husband and I agreed to get some guinea fowl, as he loves their weirdness. So the next local swap meet, I got some keets and raised them next to the ducks in our basement, all winter. This spring I build the coop, and before I put the birds out in February, I got 4 Rhode island red pullets chicks (for dedicated egg layers), and for a time, all 3 groups were in the basement. On the first of June, I had finished the run, and the birds experienced freedom from confinement, just in time for the local town celebration. We just happen to live by the park in our town btw. The guineas, when riled up, are loud and obnoxious. It's great. Half the town loves their existence because it upsets the applecart with local politics. We don't have the right name, so technically we can't have them. BUT, they can't tell us to get rid of them because it would mean everyone, even the mayor, has to get of theirs. Not going to happen.
So yeah, there's my story on why we have guinea fowl, in town. Political revenge.
are those all guineas???
