LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[JacinLarkwell]

Oh my neighbors are definitely gonna know when I have ducks. Our canyon echos.

Hence why I'll be booted out of the house if I come home with Keets

 

[BelovedBirds]

So happy for you! For some people this may seem so insignificant, but it really isn't! I'm also a very anxious person, and I very frequently think of how others perceive me. Even when I'm writing things on this forum, if people don't respond quickly, intrusive thoughts start, like oh no have I offended them, am I being too much of a nuisance, am I going to get banned for writing something wrong? It's annoying, and I wish I didn't constantly think about these things. It's very nice to know that your neighbor is totally OK and likes the idea of you having ducks instead of feeling guilty for having them

SAME. Very much same. If people don't react to comments or respond to dms. I get pretty worried I said something wrong!
I hate anxiety so much.

I'm always worried whenever my girls quack in the morning that someone is going to complain, but it's been a long time and neighbours are only just figuring out they even exist. Everyone who knows of them, the closest neighbours, are fine. But I still worry!
Now I'm kicking myself for not offering her eggs, and she's a freaking vegan anyway! My overthinking really does take it too far. Maybe I should text one of her sons and offer anyway

 

[KikiDeAnime]

2 more pullets have found their way to our front yard. I'm getting a little sick of finding dumped pullets.

 

[BelovedBirds]

Oh my neighbors are definitely gonna know when I have ducks. Our canyon echos.

Hence why I'll be booted out of the house if I come home with Keets

See now, I always think it'd be better in the country side without all the houses, but the echo is ridiculous. At least in a town the sound doesn't travel very far. Garden backs onto woods one side. The other side is just houses. So there is no echo at all

 

[JacinLarkwell]

2 more pullets have found their way to our front yard. I'm getting a little sick of finding dumped pullets.

Could be dumped males

 

[JacinLarkwell]

See now, I always think it'd be better in the country side without all the houses, but the echo is ridiculous. At least in a town the sound doesn't travel very far. Garden backs onto woods one side. The other side is just houses. So there is no echo at all

Nah, whole canyon is woken up at 2 in the morning when my boys start crowing, if they aren't already up by the neighbor's dogs

 

[BelovedBirds]

Nah, whole canyon is woken up at 2 in the morning when my boys start crowing, if they aren't already up by the neighbor's dogs

My mum worries like I do that my girls will annoy neighbours, but they only quack for about 5 minutes, when I feed them. That's it. Twice a day. A few minutes. The dogs we have are way more annoying!

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Could be dumped males

They're definitely pullets.
Some sort of barred breed.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

They're definitely pullets.
Some sort of barred breed.

Oh no, I meant that it could be worse than dumped pullets. It could always be males, and then you'll start wishing for those pullets again

 

[fluffycrow]

SAME. Very much same. If people don't react to comments or respond to dms. I get pretty worried I said something wrong!
I hate anxiety so much.

I'm always worried whenever my girls quack in the morning that someone is going to complain, but it's been a long time and neighbours are only just figuring out they even exist. Everyone who knows of them, the closest neighbours, are fine. But I still worry!
Now I'm kicking myself for not offering her eggs, and she's a freaking vegan anyway! My overthinking really does take it too far. Maybe I should text one of her sons and offer anyway

My worst is when I have the slightest bit of proof to feed my anxiety, I have the perfect example for you, which is also relevant right now. Just two days ago I got three new bantam mixes. Today I heard the silkied pullet do the faintest little sneeze ever, she wasn't bothered at all, she did this twice. Due to my recent experience with losing my three silkies (those were silkies, these guys are mixes, two of them just happen to have the silkie gene) whom I heard one sneezing ONCE a week prior to their passing, I'm now freaking out if she's going to have the same fate as them, amd if the others will too. For me this is the worst, because since I have this little bit of proof, my brain perceives it as a fact, and I'm going crazy from all the anxiety