It's not going away!!!

[beakkeeper]

*sigh* I've got poultry fever, and my silly neighbors aren't curing me of it. I asked them if I could keep chickens, and they said NO but what about ducks? We had two Pekins in my old house--no problem. How hard would it be to keep some "covert" ducks? We have a huge yard (double lot) and we also have a bump out area in the house which creates a little space (about 5'x12') outside in the yard.

Could I potentially get 2 ducks (probably Cayuga or Welsh Harlequin) and keep them in there with out anyone knowing? I just can't go on like this... seeing all these beautiful birds on BYC and not having any. (the two full-length articles on the benefits of chickens/poultry in the latest Mother Earth News don't help.

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[Wifezilla]

So what is with the neighbors? Is poultry not allowed without neighbor's consent in your area?

While Welsh Harlequins are cool, and mine don't appear to be TOO loud at 3 weeks, I have no idea how load they will get at 6 weeks

 

[beakkeeper]

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Yeah. I have to get a certain percentage permission from neighbors in a 150' radius, and the next door neighbors kinda freaked the others into saying no. A few said yes, though...

What really makes me mad is that one neighbor told me to get some more experience. He was nice enough to take me to a farm where they had about a dozen chickens "so I could learn more about them". Well, I ended up telling the owner more about his chicks than he told to me! I told him which breeds he owned, how to tell if there eggs were fertile, and when he found an egg, I told him which chicken laid it!

The whole time he (the farmer) was dissing chickens and saying that they "weren't a money crop, that's for sure" and he was planning to get rid of them soon! GAAAHHHH!

So, I want to get one or two ducks and a chicken, possibly from a local feed store.