How Many Animals Do You Keep That Are Considered Pets To You?

[garlandchickens]

I have 16 chickens (1 Cockerel and 15 Pullets) and a Boston Terrier.
I also have a 1 year old and a 4 year old!!

The dog is a pet. I try not to view the chickens as pets in case I ever make soup from one (the cockerel is on thin ice) but they all have names and it’s hard to draw the line

Aw, I love the EE on your avatar!! So darling!

 

[HappyDuckie]

Wow! Seems like you got your hands full!

Not even close! I need to get some call ducks.. and my silkie is gonna hatch some... and another calf lol

 

[RevlisRemmah]

Aw, I love the EE on your avatar!! So darling!

Thank you! Her name is Smidge!!

 

[eggsandhens]

I have fish/shrimp, four chickens, two quail, a pigeon, a dog, and several cats. They’re all pets. I used to have a rooster-only flock, and whenever people would ask why I had them, I simply answered that all my chickens are pets, and that includes the roosters.

Wait a sec.... what did you say? You have shrimp? That’s so cool, where do you keep them?

 

[igorsMistress]

Nice!



I’m planning on getting a lot more chickens, and hopefully not all of them get named (I will be very upset when they die)

It was difficult even without naming them. Soup is a necessary byproduct of breeding, no one wants roosters.

 

[eggsandhens]

Total animal count fluctuates between about 15 and 50. But only three, the dogs, are pets. The chickens and rabbits are food and breeding stock.

Woah!

I keep them in a 10 gallon aquarium. They’re a type of dwarf freshwater shrimp called red cherry shrimp. The biggest they get is an inch and they live about a year. They breed very quickly.

That’s so cool!

We have 2 dogs, & 3 cats.

86 birds, count includes turkeys and guineas.

I keep chickens as both pets, & food. 13 are gonna be butchered including the turkeys soon.

86! Wow, nice job!

 

[ValerieLovesChickens]

2 horses - both unwanted rescues, 1 is a gelding that follows me like a puppy dog, the other is a spoiled rotten mare that is a daddy's girl. Rofl

1 dog - shepherd / aussie mix, getting up there in his years.

1 cat - part Maine coon, part tabby and always my bedtime snuggler.

9 cockerels of various ages (trying to find homes for a bunch of them, hubby said we can only keep 3) and 11 pullets of various ages.

1 pet rock - it sits on my kitchen window sill, my daughter made it in kindergarten as a mother's day present and it's been with me ever since.

They are all my babies and I love each one dearly.

 

[deidreg]

Three cats whom are pets--Piper, Sabrina, and Greta. I also have a new flock of five hens--Rhaega, Olive, Cricket, Gigi and Fleur. I don't quite think of the hens as pets yet, but more of a hobby/project. I'm guessing that will evolve.

 

[eggsandhens]

100% of my babies are just that, my babies! I have 4 chicken girls, a rabbit, a cockatiel, and a dwarf hamster.

So cool! I always wanted a dwarf hamster, however growing up I wasn’t allowed haha

 

[eggsandhens]

I have 16 chickens (1 Cockerel and 15 Pullets) and a Boston Terrier.
I also have a 1 year old and a 4 year old!!

The dog is a pet. I try not to view the chickens as pets in case I ever make soup from one (the cockerel is on thin ice) but they all have names and it’s hard to draw the line

It’s always hard to cull when they have a name All mine are named of course