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Rural/Farm Life

panader0

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20. I got a rooster so I could have more chicks. I picked out the hens that seemed to nest the best

Reply to womanofthehills (Reply #19)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 02:00 PM

Jan 2023

and left them alone with their eggs. However, I never had any hatchlings. Oh well, chickens will lay
for at least five years and baby chicks are inexpensive at the feed store, so forget the roosters. They're
too noisy and I just can't picture myself putting little saddles on the chickens' backs.

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My town's ordinance prohibiting the raising of chickens [View all] Kaleva Jan 2023 OP

EL GALLITO - SON DE CAPELLANIA - BOLIVAR CAUCA - COLOMBIA old as dirt Jan 2023 #1

In the college town of Chapel Hill, NC mnhtnbb Jan 2023 #2

I'll check out that ordinance. Kaleva Jan 2023 #3

Well, as long as you don't drive an auto within the city limits. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2023 #11

The prohibition on roosters sounds reasonable to me. ShazzieB Jan 2023 #4

Chickens are so entertaining... Trueblue Texan Jan 2023 #10

I was thankful my rooster would crow I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2023 #17

I love my rooster and hearing him crow. womanofthehills Jan 2023 #18

My city also yankee87 Jan 2023 #5

Get the chickens. No need to wait. Tetrachloride Jan 2023 #6

Yes.NY's Suufolk County loves chickens. Probably... TreasonousBastard Jan 2023 #7

Here is New London CT's. femmedem Jan 2023 #8

I can have chickens where I live, and I have a few times, but I'm not allowed to keep panader0 Jan 2023 #9

Lol! Kaleva Jan 2023 #13

Another good reason to get chickens - womanofthehills Jan 2023 #19

I got a rooster so I could have more chicks. I picked out the hens that seemed to nest the best panader0 Jan 2023 #20

My neighbors down the block have chickens. Ocelot II Jan 2023 #12

These regulations are not easy... Sancho Jan 2023 #14

My coop had only to be coyote and hawk proof. Chicken wire on the top too. panader0 Jan 2023 #21

Some people are just too highly strung....... getagrip_already Jan 2023 #15

Don't live there anymore, but Fayetteville, AR allowed chickens. sinkingfeeling Jan 2023 #16