The truth about chickens

[onthespot]

If you are breeding them, or keeping them for fertile eggs for whatever reason. KEEP A BACKUP ROO for every variety you own. Sure as shootin', the second you cull or find a home for your extra rooster, the other one will die.

 

[obaan1]

Be prepared for the changing of the seasons. Chicks and springtime are so sweet. Are you willing to be in it for the long haul when winter drags on and on and it's -10 below?

 

[hallerlake]

I wouldn't be caught dead living anyplace -10 degrees, but you're right about needing to go out in the cold, or wet, or whatever whether you want to or not.


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[Wendy'sChicksRock]

You guys are all forgetting the special mind control powers they all seem to have....you know the way they make us bring them treats and clean up after them..

... or shop for them,I now seem to look at all veggi's and think..hummm will the girls like this?or G, I should plant this for the girls... mind control I tell ya...they all have it

 

[fishermans wife]

Need to adjust your chicken math. 4 hens and 1 rooster? Mr. rooster will like a few more hens - or those 4 will grow very weary. I think I have read 7-10 hens per roo. So, start off with more - you will be glad you did!

 

[Afterburner]

I hear a lot of people talk about mature hens dying without warning in their late years of egg production, can you folks tell me when the chance/occourace of sudden death syndrome really starts increasing in hens? Is it at 3, 4 or 5 years in age?

 

[mandelyn]

Has anyone mentioned yet that after raising chicks, and they've grown up, that you can't go ANYWHERE NEAR a place that sells them? You'll hear that peeping at the door from where ever they are in the store and make a bee line. And of course you didn't keep your brooder stuff, you promised yourself no more! You went for cracked corn, there you are in line with 5 chicks, a new light, chick starter, waterer.... realizing you forgot all about the cracked corn when you get home.

 

[the-bird-man]

chickens are not always cheap to have, even with selling eggs you still may not be able to break even

 

[spiritdance]

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To maintain a "healthy respect" for LIFE.....you MUST do your OWN killing.

-Junkmanme-

Granted....but there are many on here who say they cannot and have no contingency plan in effect when the situation arises. Then we get frantic posts filled with indecision and agony because they did not plan ahead. When one is discussing the truth about chickens, this is one factor that everyone seems to avoid.

It's sad to read about the chickens suffering in the name of "love" and no one loving them enough to put them out of their pain.

So true. I think I may paint "Love" on the side of my machete, to remind me of this when I need to use it.

 

[fishnet1971]

if they can not do the right thing here, then they probably shouldnt have chickens. It is not an easy thing, we all know it. We all know we have to be strong enough to accept death of our birds. We hope it will never have to happen, but should the need arise, we have to be mentally and physically prepared. Or have our hubbys that can do it.