- May 1, 2011
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Hi,
I'm Kris and I live in a city in SW Ontario.
We've had our 3 chickens for almost one year. My DH built them the most awesome red and white Dutch barn-style roost in what is probably the most sheltered part of our yard.
The chickens are the breed Red Sex-Linked Shavers, but I would like to have Araucanas.
They share the back yard (when we let them out of the coop) with an elderly cat and a young retired racing greyhound. Occasionally the greyhound will chase them but there are quite a few places in the yard they've discovered that the dog can't easily get to, and they're not really that scared of her. We also keep a close eye on things when the dog and the chickens are in the yard together. I have a picture of them all browsing for leftovers together.
People are always surprised and interested when I say I keep chickens in the city. We'd had them for 2 weeks before one of our close neighbours found out, and that was because I'd told her!
I found BYC when searching for answers to questions, but a friend also really recommends them, so here I am!
Kris
I'm Kris and I live in a city in SW Ontario.
We've had our 3 chickens for almost one year. My DH built them the most awesome red and white Dutch barn-style roost in what is probably the most sheltered part of our yard.
The chickens are the breed Red Sex-Linked Shavers, but I would like to have Araucanas.
They share the back yard (when we let them out of the coop) with an elderly cat and a young retired racing greyhound. Occasionally the greyhound will chase them but there are quite a few places in the yard they've discovered that the dog can't easily get to, and they're not really that scared of her. We also keep a close eye on things when the dog and the chickens are in the yard together. I have a picture of them all browsing for leftovers together.
People are always surprised and interested when I say I keep chickens in the city. We'd had them for 2 weeks before one of our close neighbours found out, and that was because I'd told her!
I found BYC when searching for answers to questions, but a friend also really recommends them, so here I am!
Kris
