The truth about chickens

[RThomas]

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This is what I believed before I had chickens - they only crow in the morning!

 

[gryeyes]

9. Chicks and chickens die. Often for no discernible reason. Some chicks fail to thrive just because that happens. Chickens can do stupid things you wouldn't think would put them in peril, much less kill them. They get stuck in fences and panic, dying from the stress. They fall into tanks of water or pools and drown. They fall off roosts or other high places and break their necks.

10. If you incubate, understand that not all fertile eggs hatch. Please, do NOT count your chickens before they hatch, really!

 

[Junkmanme]

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This is what I believed before I had chickens - they only crow in the morning!

My Roosters crow whenever they want to "communicate" with the hens. (No matter WHAT "time-of-day")
They will CROW whenever "feed" shows up. They will crow whenever something (danger) gets their attention.
AND they CROW whenever they want to "take credit" for something that has happened in the Chicken Yard.....like a Hen cackling about a newly-layed egg!

Braggarts !!!

Ha-Ha !!!

-Junkmanme-

 

[Pinky]

13. Some chickens can fly high and over some fences.

 

[lleighmay]

While they (and turkeys) may be smart enough (and agile enough) to fly over a six foot fence to get out of the pen they do not seem to be smart enough to fly BACK over the fence to get inside, no matter how desperately they may want to. And of course you may not want to clip their wings in case they still manage to get out so they retain accurate flight as a means to escape danger. Also, no matter what kind of symbiotically friendly relationship you have with them at all other times you may very well be seen as a DANGEROUS entity when you open the gate they have been whining beside all afternoon to get back in. On a positive note, this means you can get some exercise while attempting to corral them to get them locked up before dark. And, to agree with other posters, you can do as much as you can and take all the precautions you can think of only to have them get eaten, commit suicide, or die for no apparent reason no matter how hard you worked to ensure their safety. Despite all this, just enjoy them and be glad you have the opportunity to have them.

 

[2DogsFarm]

Though you may have blissfully inhabited your small acreage P.C. (Pre Chicken) secure in the belief that no predators roamed your land,

Once you have chickens, you become Mickey D's for predators of all kinds: raccoons, opossums, skunks, hawks, etc - all will drop by to pickup a Little Something for dinner.
Something may be your eggs or chickens or both.

 

[Junkmanme]

leighmay,

They don't call them "Bird-Brains" for nuthin'

Ha-Ha !!!

-Junkmanme-

 

[jettgirl24]

They are the number one food of choice for most predators in your area~prepare accordingly.

Isn't that the truth. I have never owned an animal that literally EVERYTHING wants to eat. It was very stressful for me when I first got them!​

 

[mississippifarmboy]

14. The odds of a chicken dying is directly proportional to
A.) how much money you have in it and
B.) how much you love it and are attached to it.


The $200.00 hen will drop dead for no reason at all about a week before she should start laying, the mutt rooster you've tried to give everyone who has EVER came to your house will live to be 30 years old and never be sick a day in his life.

 

[Junkmanme]

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Assuming that it is true that birds (and chickens) descended from Dinosaurs.....

WHY do scientists keep arguing about what caused the demise of Dinosaurs?

It's OBVIOUS. Stupidity caused their demise !!!

And the way things are going....We're NEXT !!!

-Junkmanme-