LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[allosaurusrock]

Set some eggs today! Picked the eggs up from a friend yesterday.

 

[fluffycrow]

 

[fluffycrow]

On a more serious note, a few days ago the Hellenic Council of State upheld the right for same-sex marriages adoptions .
It’s not been long since it first became legal for queer people to marry, and there has already been an appeal questioning its constitutional legitimacy. Thankfully, the court ruled in favour of upholding the law legalising same-sex marriages (and dare I say, what is the bare minimum for a society in the 21st century).

This is most certainly a win in these dark times

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Last night while locking the birds up, my soul basically left my body when I saw a rat running through the backyard.
Now today I'm going to be spending lots of time to ensure there aren't any spots for the rat to get into their coop or yard.

 

[fluffycrow]

Last night while locking the birds up, my soul basically left my body when I saw a rat running through the backyard.
Now today I'm going to be spending lots of time to ensure there aren't any spots for the rat to get into their coop or yard.

Good luck! Smart creatures, they are. They’ve been causing us a lot of grief this year.
Hopefully you’ll manage to keep them out before it gets out of hand!

 

[allosaurusrock]

Good luck. I had rats kill almost all my grow outs a couple years ago.

 

[fluffycrow]

On a more serious note

I just re-read my post and realised I worded this very poorly.
I hope it was clear that the comment was meant for my own post, having replied with a lighthearted , and the general lighthearted tone I try to keep in most of my posts on this thread.
It was absolutely not meant as a criticism of anyone else’s post, so I really hope it wasn’t taken that way.

Apologies if I have offended you, @allosaurusrock

 

[fluffycrow]

Good luck. I had rats kill almost all my grow outs a couple years ago.

Same here. We lost five ~5 week old LF chicks, and more recently, 4 fully mature serama and serama mix hens.

Trying to patch up the coop is an ongoing struggle. If they’ve built extensive tunnels that bring them directly inside, then I don’t even know where I would begin

 

[allosaurusrock]

I just re-read my post and realised I worded this very poorly.
I hope it was clear that the comment was meant for my own post, having replied with a lighthearted , and the general lighthearted tone I try to keep in most of my posts on this thread.
It was absolutely not meant as a criticism of anyone else’s post, so I really hope it wasn’t taken that way.

Apologies if I have offended you, @allosaurusrock

I am struggling to see how I could have been offended by anything you said. What you posted is fantastic news. Don’t worry about it.

 

[allosaurusrock]

Same here. We lost five ~5 week old LF chicks, and more recently, 4 fully mature serama and serama mix hens.

Trying to patch up the coop is an ongoing struggle. If they’ve built extensive tunnels that bring them directly inside, then I don’t even know where I would begin

It really is an ongoing battle and we just do what we can to patch up holes when we find them. The edges of my coop doors have been reinforced with pieces of metal. It’s brutal stuff. My sister got a barn cat since then (I don’t agree with outdoor cats, but we genuinely tried to keep her indoors but it wasn’t possible. She’s lightning fast and she’s going to get out no matter what you do. Also it’s ultimately up to my parents. My birds live on my parent’s property, as me and my partner rent), and the cat seems to at least reduce rat activity. It also rained like crazy this year which was terrible for my horse, nonstop thrush and rain rot all winter that I couldn’t do much about, but I think it drowned many of the rats because usually things would be crawling.