Love to hear some Old timer stories!

[Galeann]

The only one I know my dad told me: his mom raised chickens in her younger days, and she had a pet rooster. One day the produce delivery man came, and he accidentally dropped a watermelon on the rooster and killed it.

The End.

Oops. Sad.

 

[Scissors65]

When I was little (many many years ago) my mama had around 50/60 chickens. She had a coop but never closed it, the chickens had free run to do whatever they wanted. I remember watching them fly up into the trees to roost as the sun would set. And I spent many summer days searching through the bushes looking for hidden eggs. My siblings and I learned quickly that a broody hen has a mean peck when you're trying to take her eggs. We used to leave a few hens to set eggs so we always had a handful of chicks running around the yard. When I think back I often wonder how those chickens survived... they were totally free range, but nothing ever happened to them. If I tried that now I believe I would probably end up losing my entire flock. Lol

What fun memories! I think it would be cool seeing chickens in trees, and baby chicks running in the yard. Our chickens today are much more protected aren't they? And I think a bit more spoiled too! lol

 

[blackandtan]

What fun memories! I think it would be cool seeing chickens in trees, and baby chicks running in the yard. Our chickens today are much more protected aren't they? And I think a bit more spoiled too! lol

I guess the survival instinct has been bred out of them a lot more since then