Still sad about my chickens...

Nov 28, 2017
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... I have a bunch of pictures on my laptop of them and it’s sad to think of when I raised them.

I tried replacing them with quail and that didn’t work. They’re nothing like chickens. They made terrible pets for me (personally).

And now my mum and sister say “let’s get more chickens!”. But I just can’t understand why. The reason I had to rehome all of mine was because no one helped out when I went to my dads, no one fed or cleaned them out if I went away, so I had to do what was best for the chickens. Plus, I had to rehome because my mum was thinking about moving and her boyfriend wanted to destroy my chook garden for his garages - which never got built. And now they all want chickens again! I keep my answer firm, no. But it’s so annoying. I literally had my perfect flock. I try to help people out on BYC with what ‘knowledge’ I have, but some of the users and questions here make me 🤔😯
 
Sorry you had to re-home your flock. Maybe once you have a place of your own it will be easier to rebuild?

I’m 18 so I doubt I’ll have a place with a garden for a looong time. I understand that I should wait until that time however, as they’re living beings and if I value them so much as pets then I need to think about their welfare first. Just annoyed that she practically forced me rehome them and now wants chickens again? It’s not like they’re that easy. I put a lot of work into my coops and hatching birds out, and no doubt if she got some their care would fall to me. Sorry for ranting...
 
Maybe find somebody close to you that has chickens that you can help them with.

I'm in the opposite situation here. My mother and son decided they wanted chickens. After the new wore off I got stuck with them.
 
the new wore off I got stuck with them.

That’s how I got into this chicken thing. My step dad had some and didn’t take care of them...

There was a girl near me I was thinking about asking but she moved to the USA last year. The only other lady seems pretty capable and I know how people can be when you do thing differently to them
 

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