My family got 4 chickens about 3 months ago, and we love them.
You may think they're stupid or pointless animals, but they're completely not.
1: They lay eggs. Pretty good reason to get them imo
2: They're actually pretty clever creatures. Not "Bird-brained" at all. They've learnt to come when we call them at least, and they've managed to sneak inside the house several times. Maybe not as intelligent as dolphins, but they learn things quite well.
3: They're funny as heck. My dog (A small yorkshire terrier) once tried to play with them, by jumping up and putting her paws on their back. In the end they were chasing her around the lawn, all the while she thought they were playing. Should have recorded that moment.
All you need to keep chickens is:
1: Straw. Lots of it. You'll need to clean them out every week or so.
2: A hutch. A) So they have somewhere to sleep and lay eggs (Although ours realised we keep taking them so lay them all over the place now. Sneaky bastards), and B) So that, especially if you're in the country, they don't get caught by a fox or whatever the local predator may be.
3: A big-ish lawn, unless you're intending to keep them holed up in your hutch in which case YOU BASTARD
4: Some scissors to clip their wings, unless you don't mind fishing them out of trees every couple of days (Seriously, we didn't clip their wings at first and they went wild. At one point we had two up a tree, one on the bank on the other side of the stream next to our house, and the other standing on the hutch laughing (Metaphorically speaking) at us).
Get Chickens, they're useful, entertaining pets and they pay for themselves. We're selling eggs to our friends, we have so many.
Oh, and don't get the boring old Ginger ones; we've got one ginger-black one, a black/blue one, a grey one and a white one.
They're funny as heck.
they also crap a lot
One more requirement: A strong nose and pair of latex gloves.
I'd like chickens. They shit everywhere, all the time, though.
Good for boor.
I like chickens.
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In a bucket.
My friend at school owns three chickens and some baby chickens
Atleast you're guaranteed a good meal when one dies.
Chickens are by no stretch of the imagination smart, and if you clip chickens wings then find them a better home beacuse you clearly are too stupid to look after them.
[QUOTE=markg06;18909684]Chickens are by no stretch of the imagination smart, and if you clip chickens wings then find them a better home beacuse you clearly are too stupid to look after them.[/QUOTE]
What do you expect him to do put a roof over the chickens pen so they can't fly away? Clipping their wings is better.
[QUOTE=Best4bond;18909660]baby chickens[/QUOTE]
Chicks, you mean.
The OP is making the "If you don't clip their wings, they'll go crazy" bit up, I have 6 hens and the worst they have done is jump up on the table in the garden (the damn thing's only a metre high).
My hens don't like anything except Layers Mash, it's probably because when they were battery hens, they never ate fresh corn and things, it's all they know of as food.
I have 3 hens and a rooster. I used to have 1 hen and a rooster. :D
They're so goddamn great. Forget dogs, chickens are the shit.
Speaking of shit, they do a whole fucking lot of it.
I used to own chickens, but we moved a haven't bothered getting any new ones. Great feeling waking up and getting some fresh eggs daily though.
[QUOTE=Chopstick;18909818]What do you expect him to do put a roof over the chickens pen so they can't fly away? Clipping their wings is better.[/QUOTE]
Hows about I cut your toes off and see how you like it? Unless you're an idiot and treat them like shit they won't fly away.
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[QUOTE=MasterFen006;18909843]The OP is making the "If you don't clip their wings, they'll go crazy" bit up, I have 6 hens and the worst they have done is jump up on the table in the garden (the damn thing's only a metre high).
My hens don't like anything except Layers Mash, it's probably because when they were battery hens, they never ate fresh corn and things, it's all they know of as food.[/QUOTE]
We've got about 2 dozen hens, and I believe 7 cockrels because they were born the wrong gender and the hens'll happily flap about with only one of them, quite bizzarely, jumping out and then waiting near the pen we keep them in, the cockrels end up sitting on support beams put up to stop everything from falling apart.
[QUOTE=markg06;18910057]Hows about I cut your toes off and see how you like it? Unless you're an idiot and treat them like shit they won't fly away.[/QUOTE]
It's not flying away I'm worried about.
Considering we live in the outer suburbs of the town so there are a load of trees about, a stream, a field right next to us, the last thing we want is for them to go exploring. Long as they can't fly they're free to wander about the garden and the flower beds etc.
And I'm not making it up, we've had them all up a tree. Pain in the ass getting them back down, I can tell you.
[QUOTE=markg06;18910057]Hows about I cut your toes off and see how you like it? Unless you're an idiot and treat them like shit they won't fly away.[/QUOTE]
What are you, chicken?
Ouch clipping off their wings :ohdear:
Are you kidding? My hens are dumb as fuck! They always nearly get their heads cut off while I'm digging in the garden because they try and eat the worms in the hole. Unfortunately my shovel usually is about to decapitate them in the process.
[QUOTE=markg06;18910057]Hows about I cut your toes off and see how you like it? Unless you're an idiot and treat them like shit they won't fly away.
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WAAA, I'M A HIPPY VEGAN.
Cruelty to animals is what we're born to do.
[QUOTE=zorkypoo;18910250]Ouch clipping off their wings :ohdear:[/QUOTE]
You don't clip the whole wing off. Just the little feathers on the end. Those are the ones they use for flying.
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Cruelty to animals is what we're born to do.[/QUOTE]
Maybe if you are mentally retarded
[QUOTE=GanDaMu;18910296]WAAA, I'M A HIPPY VEGAN.
Cruelty to animals is what we're born to do.[/QUOTE]
Because I totally said that :downs: More like it's pointless harming an animal for no reason.
Where i live chickens roam the streets and they ignore you. They seem quite happy and don't want to live in a box.
Countryside FTW
Not really a problem cutting off its feathers and toes, its not like I want to eat those parts unless deep fried and battered.
You can sell the eggs. Think in the money!
We have chickens too, they're funny to begin with but get really annoying
[quote]Hows about I cut your toes off and see how you like it? Unless you're an idiot and treat them like shit they won't fly away.[/quote]
It doesn't hurt them. It's like cutting hair.
[QUOTE=backfoggen;18910326]Maybe if you are mentally retarded[/QUOTE]
At least he doesn't eat cocks.
[QUOTE=Beartato;18910394]At least he doesn't eat cocks.[/QUOTE]
my avatar points to the poster below me alright.
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