How do I convince my parents to get me baby chicks?

[Pekin747]

There are dogs, but they aren't loose around. There are also cats. But there aren't birds of prey nor weasels, raccoons, or opossums. I'm more leaning to someone taking them, though. It feels (to me) more likely like it was that.

I never had minks and foxes and rats and mice about my place til I got chicke.s and I hunt so I look for these types of things lol it's possible theyll show up if they know u have chickens

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I am going to be the poster you’d rather not hear from. Most times our parents know best and we need to abide by their decisions. They are able to see the “bigger” picture where maybe you are not able to yet. IMHO I also suspect that they have picked up on clues that you are not quite yet responsible enough to singlehandedly care for living things.

I would continue to work and do things around the house, yard, etc. that show your parents you are becoming a more responsible person. Chickens do take a lot of time and money if you raise them as pets and raise them correctly. Since you do not live on a farm where farm chores are already a given, I would suggest you spend these next few years experiencing life. Like @ChickenCanoe said, you still have a long life ahead. In the meantime, if you are really serious and committed to keeping chickens, do all the research you possibly can do about chicken raising, illnesses, feeding, housing, euthanasia, and so forth. Get a little side job and save every dime you can, even if you don’t need to. There will come a time you’ll be thankful you did all the research and I suspect there will come a time when you’ll be thankful your parents said “No.”

I hate to bring out the word "millenials" but i have to agree.
Me personally, i begged my folks for a dog from the age of seven, EVERY xmas and birthday, they finally relented on my 11th bday and Jade came into my life with the cost of a years pay that i got for working for my dad at weekends, she stayed by my side through thick and thin till 2 days after my 27th birthday.
(This is related to chickens, honest). In the spring after my 11th bday i built a shed and a coop out of another years wages and began a journey of breeding buff orps and marans that took me up untill i left home at 16, selling the excess pullets and swapping out roos meant the chickens pretty much paid for themselves over the years.
I wouldnt judge someone i dont know but there is so much more hardship than just raising a few cute fluffballs becasue they are only like that for a fraction of their life and imo when your young its hard to see and think past the end of the week.

IF however you are dead set on this, why not think about quail as an option, they are way less invasive on a small area and actually fun and relatively easy to keep

Another good post.
Quail is a good idea, as are squabs. One doesn't need much room for them either.
https://articles.extension.org/pages/68928/raising-pigeons

Once I actually did find several feathers near their favorite spot in my backyard (there were like 30 feathers laying around). Maybe it was a predator, but there aren't any chicken predators in the area I live in.

That's surprising. I have to ask, where are you located? Unless you live on a tiny island far from any large land mass, you have predators.
So this sheds a new light on things. Anyone who says they have no chicken predators where they live isn't prepared to own them because they don't know what dangers exist.
So I change my vote. Follow your parents' wishes and don't get chickens.
And don't consider getting more chicks till you figure out what killed your other two flocks and how to build housing to prevent it from happening again.

 

[Pekin747]

Another good post.
Quail is a good idea, as are squabs. One doesn't need much room for them either.
https://articles.extension.org/pages/68928/raising-pigeons

That's surprising. I have to ask, where are you located? Unless you live on a tiny island far from any large land mass, you have predators.
So this sheds a new light on things. Anyone who says, they have no chicken predators where the live isn't prepared to own them because they don't know what dangers exist.

I still remember my first chicken loss to a predator lots of tears and bullets where involved that night lol

 

[CHICKSARETHEBEST]

This is the first picture of my backyard (so someone could tell me if it's enough space to have chicks)

This is the second picture of my backyard.

This is a picture of the big area next to my house (it's much wider and longer when you go farther into it, but this was the only picture I could take, sorry). Would this also be a big enough area for chicks to peck around and roam in?

All that field shown in the picture are my neighbors' yards, and as you can see, they aren't separated by anything, so the chicks can easily go into their yards. How can I avoid this happening?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

No, none. I'm confidently sure there aren't any nearby.

Nonsense!

There are dogs, but they aren't loose around. There are also cats. But there aren't birds of prey nor weasels, raccoons, or opossums. I'm more leaning to someone taking them, though. It feels (to me) more likely like it was that.

Miraculous! I need to know where that is, I want to move somewhere with no chicken predators. Those places don't exist.
There are birds of prey everywhere in the world.
Unless you sit outside all night with night vision glasses, you will never know what is afoot waiting for unprotected chicken dinner.
Where do you think the pile of feathers came from, not from a person stealing a bird.

 

[CHICKSARETHEBEST]

Nonsense!

Miraculous! I need to know where that is, I want to move somewhere with no chicken predators. Those places don't exist.
There are birds of prey everywhere in the world.
Unless you sit outside all night with night vision glasses, you will never know what is afoot waiting for unprotected chicken dinner.
Where do you think the pile of feathers came from, not from a person stealing a bird.

There are birds, but not eagles nor hawks. But we do have PLENTY of birds. Maybe one of those harmed them.

 

[CHICKSARETHEBEST]

There are birds, but not eagles nor hawks. But we do have PLENTY of birds. Maybe one of those harmed them.

The state I live in may have, but farther north. I haven't seen eagles nor hawks in my city, at least. As I said before, it could either be the plenty of birds that we DO have, or it could've been a dog or cat (they sometimes do get loose)

 

[aart]

The state I live in

Where in this world are you located?
Climate, and time of year, is almost always a factor.
Please add your general geographical location to your profile.
It's easy to do, (laptop version shown), then it's always there!

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

I am going to be the poster you’d rather not hear from. Most times our parents know best and we need to abide by their decisions. They are able to see the “bigger” picture where maybe you are not able to yet. IMHO I also suspect that they have picked up on clues that you are not quite yet responsible enough to singlehandedly care for living things.

I would continue to work and do things around the house, yard, etc. that show your parents you are becoming a more responsible person. Chickens do take a lot of time and money if you raise them as pets and raise them correctly. Since you do not live on a farm where farm chores are already a given, I would suggest you spend these next few years experiencing life. Like @ChickenCanoe said, you still have a long life ahead. In the meantime, if you are really serious and committed to keeping chickens, do all the research you possibly can do about chicken raising, illnesses, feeding, housing, euthanasia, and so forth. Get a little side job and save every dime you can, even if you don’t need to. There will come a time you’ll be thankful you did all the research and I suspect there will come a time when you’ll be thankful your parents said “No.”

I'm a teen, so believe me when I say X2!

 

[123RedBeard]

A few questions ...

1. Where do you live? (Not street and town, but North, East, South, West of a State)

2. How old are you now?

3. How old were you the last two times you had chickens?

4. What legnth of time did you own the previous two batches of chickens?

5. What breed(s) of chickens do you want to get, and how many?

6. Where in your yard are you planning on putting the chicken coop?