Thanks, I didn't even know that there were state threads. See, I'm learning new stuff already! BTW, the chicken in my pic was not mine. She was my folks chicken, the dearly departed Henny Penny. She just showed up out of the blue one day and decided that the garage was a great place to live. They never could find out who she belonged to. That town is only 1500 people, if that. It did not take long to ask everybody if they were missing a chicken. So she stayed and laid an egg almost every day. Since my parents never did get around to building her a coop she was free range (except when she snuck in the house). My DD spent her whole summer vacation at my parents and got her from half wild to more gentle than the old bloodhound. Sadly Henny Penny lost a race with a truck after three years there. My DD is one of the main reasons why I want to get chickens. She loved that hen more than any pet we have ever had.
