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[Faraday40]

@Soon2BChixMom
Are they children or chicks? Lol.
My chicks have a dog house.

My dog's not using his dog house. Hmmm....

I think my chickens have the same idea......

Why not? It's not like the dog ever uses it!

 

[faerydust16]

I think my chickens have the same idea......
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Why not? It's not like the dog ever uses it!

That's what we said about ours. Dog doesn't use it so chickens think it's fabulous

 

[Faraday40]

Blue orp pullet hatched 3-4-18. She's much bigger than her silkie mama - who still covers her at night.

My blk/lav cockerel. (5 mo old today) I love those shiny feathers! He just started crowing and mating the hens. (He gets beat up for his advances, of course.) Yesterday he grabbed a whole slice of bread & ran off with it. He was vocally tidbitting but also gobbling the bread as quickly as possible. Yes, my boys learn how to call the girls over long before they learn how to share!

 

[Finnie]

@Soon2BChixMom
Are they children or chicks? Lol.
My chicks have a dog house.

I think my chickens have the same idea......
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Why not? It's not like the dog ever uses it!

That's what we said about ours. Dog doesn't use it so chickens think it's fabulous

Chickens in dog houses must be a thing!

I actually bought a dog house for my chickens and turkeys on purpose!
But it's too big for me to reach eggs that are laid in the back of it, so I blocked it off. My intention is to let a turkey hen brood in it, once I can get an area safely fenced for it.

 

[Nyla]

I'm only moving about 5 minutes away from my current house. The zone we live in now is soon to be demolished and turned into an airport.. We just found out about it a few weeks ago. They are wanting to start demo in a few months. We will be moving to a "fixer upper" that sits on 4 acres of land. Its still out of city limits and no restrictions as for pets and no neighbors on our street! Its a dead end side road too so no random people and no speeders. But it's a smaller property, no lake..., the house needs a lot of work and restorations. So we will be fixing up the house as much as possible with any spare money we have. So with us having no lake, I'm going to need a pond dugged. But once the house is restored and everything else we need is done, I will re-group bigger! We plan to buy all the abandon lots (6 lots about 10 acres) on our side of the street and fence in the entire property with 6ft stockade fence and then go about how many I would want. My current property is 15 acres, so we would only lose 1 acre and our mile wide lake.

I wish that I could come get some, but my hubs is already drained from my ducklings and me needing to get them into their permanent home. plus, the chickens got new digs. We are wiped out!
It looks like you are keeping a good group.
Hope you are moving east instead of West- you know closer this way.

 

[JanetMarie]

I believe there should be a new law for people to apply for a license with a written test to own any animal, keep chickens, and hatch eggs.

 

[JanetMarie]

I would get more muscovies if I had room. I now have a mom who is sitting on 4 eggs. I don't know if I'll let her continue. She's so sweet on her nest, and huffs at me, so I don't want to tell her no. One egg disappeared from her nest, and it's nowhere to be found!

 

[Nyla]

Squirrels!!! Thats what happened to me! 2 of my girls were sharing a nest of 28 eggs and a squirrel came everyday stealing eggs till I caught it! It had taken 10 eggs by the time i caught it!

I would get more muscovies if I had room. I now have a mom who is sitting on 4 eggs. I don't know if I'll let her continue. She's so sweet on her nest, and huffs at me, so I don't want to tell her no. One egg disappeared from her nest, and it's nowhere to be found!

 

[Faraday40]

I believe there should be a new law for people to apply for a license with a written test to own any animal, keep chickens, and hatch eggs.

..... I thought the same thing for anyone having children.

At least with selling my chicks, I either already know the person or interview them via the phone before agreeing to meet.

 

[faerydust16]

..... I thought the same thing for anyone having children.

At least with selling my chicks, I either already know the person or interview them via the phone before agreeing to meet.

I wish that was a thing. We are trying to expand our family, give the boys a sister. But how can their mom (a deadbeat abusive druggie) have 2 boys and I can't ? Kills me!
Yeah you should have to raise animals before you have children.