Question of the Day - Monday, April 1st, 2024

[casportpony]

Today's question is from @Devyn Nagy:

What inspired you to get chickens?

I adopted a bunch at the horse boarding stable and grew quite fond of having them, so got more, lol. Then thought having other fowl would be fun, so got those too.

 

[Devyn Nagy]

Hey! Thanks for using my question.
A close friend of mine in WI had chickens. I thought they were super fun and their eggs were fabulous. Our family was not in a position to get chickens at the time but it remained a dream of mine until June 2020, when we made it a reality!

 

[MamaPoult]

Food security. We knew we wanted to depend on ourselves and not the stores or neighbors so chickens seemed like a good place to start

 

[azurbanclucker]

Chickens and I go back a long way.
Historically, I think I've always known I would be a chicken tender.
Eventually... We got some.
Chronologically, I guess we've had them... 6 years now?
Kinda hard to remember a time when we didn't have them now.
Thankfully, we enjoy having them around and watching the circus.
Honestly, having a bit of food security and eggs is nice too.
Even though I doubt my family will ever actually eat one of them
Definitely love the variety and colors and watching them in the yard.
At some point I'd like to add a few more, when we have the space.
That's a goal/problem for future me, I suppose.
Everyone in the world should own chickens at some point in their lives

 

[Evadig]

The chick bins at Tractor Supply

Honestly, I’m not sure how we got into chickens. When I was a young teenager my parents thought it would be a good idea to get a couple. Then when we moved to our current property we thought, with two acres, we should have chickens. That’s where Tractor Supply came in! And it snowballed from there.

 

[sourland]

Chickens are in my blood. Maternal grand parents had a poultry farm. I have always been fascinated by anything with feathers and have owned/raised many species. At 4 years old my BIL took me to see a flock of performing rollers. They tell me I cried when we had to leave. Since then they have been my favorite feathered creature closely followed by canaries.

 

[Antiocheggers]

Pretty much the same here. I made the mistake of have two of the girls from church with me. 2 girls + a bin full chicken at Raul king, and it was all over. 28 chickens later.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

I got introduced to chicks almost 13 years ago when some spent the night at my house. Then, a month or so later, we were able to get our own. At that time, I don't think I had any say over keeping them (and I also got very sick after being exposed to them), but I fell right in love with them and have been keeping chickens ever since.

 

[alinas2010]

I came home from work and DH said “There’s a surprise in the basement, and they, yes I said they, so there are multiple, are really cute.” I was actually super mad, I did not want chickens although he had been talking about getting them for a long time. Two years later and I just LOVE them and never want a life without them!

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

My dad got me chickens when I was 4. So kind of always had them.