Seeing OTHER folks' free range chickens

[GotChicken?]

I've also found myself scouring the local houses for chicken coops. I want to see how big they are, the kind of run they used, its location, the type of chickens they have, etc. And no, I didn't even notice this stuff before the chickens came, but I was already weird so it's no biggie.

Question: Am I the only one who gets upset when you see an old chicken coop that's well designed and charming, but basically rotting away, unused by the owner? I truly believe that for every chicken coop I've seen in my area that's being used, I'll see four to five that are basically a junk storage dump or an empty hull (I did see two coops that were converted to decor, but...). Ahh, such a waste.

 

[jettgirl24]

Yes!!! That is such a bummer. As a horse person I feel the same way about amazing horse properties with empty barns and pastures and overgrown arenas. I hate it!

 

[stuckinthecity]

jettgirl24 - I am moving to your location! Wow, If we could have just one neighborhood here like that I would be in heaven!
GotChicken? & jettgirl24 - I do the same thing as well. Barns, chicken coops, even sheds. I hate seeing them go to waste.

 

[luckyramu]

I am new, and have only seen a couple of chicken coops. I live in the high desert in an area that has experienced a lot of suburban growth, so FRC is almost non-existent

However, I catch myself listening in the morning to the sound of what I believe might be a pheasant in the distance, and wonder. IF I ever saw a free ranger, I'd stop to ponder. So good job and thumbs up

 

[Taisce]

This post made me giggle

If I saw people pulling up, I'd worry that they wanted to rob the hens and or house LOL

 

[featherz]

I see tons of coops around here, but the problem is that NONE of them are 'BYC' approved as far as security goes. Makes my hubby start saying 'look, THEY Have chicken wire! Why do we need HW cloth?' or even better, 'Wow, they have a coop with no top and just a small 3 foot fence' - why do we need latches, etc..

I am SURE we have predators around here so it's not like it's so safe we don't really need the fort knox, but hard to justify it when you can see the others around me!

 

[Mrs. K]

I live a long ways out in the country, and I have one friend who has chickens. When my hen went broody, I started calling around, first the feed store, got some names....no fertilized eggs, but try.... Chicken people are crazy, but we understand the crazy!

 

[woodmort]

It's a common thing. When we put in our swimming pool I started noticing all the places with pools. I bought my Kubota and now I notice all the people that have this type of ute. When we had a horse I saw people with them. I think it is either a "safety in numbers" thing or "see there are other nuts out there too".

BTW, we're all crazy, it is just a matter of degree.

 

[patandchickens]

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Not nuts at all, I am always eyeballing around as I'm driving along. But my purpose is not only personal entertainment, although there's certainly that too -- it's so that if I am later driving the same route with my husband in the car, I can point out "look, they got chickens THERE too!". Because he still kind of considers the chickens to be a "hick", out-of-place, weird thing to have

I don't know if it's doing any good, but hey

Pat