Only recently I've had a very mild interest in the thought of keeping chickens. So you are allowed to do it in the middle of the city? Then we could probably get away with it on our 1.3 acres. We are only 2 miles from downtown but it's a pretty rural area. I'm surprised to hear of the social nature of the birds, and what nice pets they make.
Do you use them for eggs? I'd love the cheap source of food (no pun intended). We had a friend back in MN that had several types of animals. He brought some duck eggs in occasionally. They tasted a bit more "eggy" than chicken eggs, but I liked that. They were a bit larger too. What are the negatives or hard parts about keeping chickens? How many do you have? So chickens lay eggs on their own without being mated by a male? May be a stupid question, but I grew up a city boy. Brian On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Redghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sorry for late reply > > I keep chickens. Small city yard and this is about all that fits. > Great for allergy prone kids too. > > They feel. both pain and emotion. Chickens are very loving birds > when given love from the start. They can become feral and lose that > loving feeling, but I raise mine from peeps and there is nothing > comes closer to holding a chicken and petting her as she cuddles up > on you. Well, maybe a new baby comes close. > > Chickens will imprint on their caregiver and being social animals, > will take you into the flock as head chicken in charge. At least I > am papa chicken. They also are able to select who they want to > associate with. A chicken will decide that certain folks are just > wrong, but it is individual to the bird and not a flock thing. My > birds are not fond of my youngest, and one hen is pretty unhappy with > me, but adores my oldest boy. > > go figure > > clay > > > On 14 Feb 2008, at 09:32, andrew strasfogel wrote: > > > Not sure about feelings but they certainly feel pain. > > > > O > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
