How long until Otis starts a thread like this (1 Viewer)

[Raider Nation]

If the chickens get bored, rent Gran Torino for them.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Let me remind you that I have spent the last 7 weeks building the ultimate coop that will be anything but an eyesore(cedar, heated, cooled, weathervane,etc).

Pics? Blueprints?!!

Chickens are getting close to laying the first eggs. I finally posted a few picsMy Coop post 397

Nicely done!

Wow. It looks nicer than the Otis Mansion..

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Let me remind you that I have spent the last 7 weeks building the ultimate coop that will be anything but an eyesore(cedar, heated, cooled, weathervane,etc).

Pics? Blueprints?!!

Chickens are getting close to laying the first eggs. I finally posted a few picsMy Coop post 397

Nicely done!

Wow. It looks nicer than the Otis Mansion..

Sweet - awesome work - can't imagine why anyone would get upset about that, it looks very cool.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Still no chickens here FYI

that was fasttttt

It's the new FiOS Quantum.

 

[Otis]

Still no chickens here FYI

that was fasttttt

It's the new FiOS Quantum.

Definitely gives me a leg up in posting.

 

[McGarnicle]

I've never lived in a neighborhood with restrictive covenants. I've heard that they often don't have any real muscle, but they can harass you endlessly and turn the neighbors against you. Personally I wouldn't want the hassle, but you've obviously gone all in. My first suggestion would be to make a point of giving away lots of eggs as a goodwill gesture. You'll probably have a huge surplus anyway, once the hens start cranking them out every day. As for the PITA neighbor, I'd hope he/she doesn't have any influence with the neighborhood board/president or whatever, and I'd hope your city or county allows you to raise poultry on a residential lot. In my county, you have to have at least 2 acres to do so. But, you wouldn't be so stupid as to not check that out first, right?

Also, no sheds?

How big is your lot?

 

[Charlie Frown]

Let me remind you that I have spent the last 7 weeks building the ultimate coop that will be anything but an eyesore(cedar, heated, cooled, weathervane,etc).

Pics? Blueprints?!!

Chickens are getting close to laying the first eggs. I finally posted a few picsMy Coop post 397

I bought my daughter 6 Colombian Rock Cross chicks for her 4H project on 4/6. Got our first egg today!

 

[squidrope]

I've never lived in a neighborhood with restrictive covenants. I've heard that they often don't have any real muscle, but they can harass you endlessly and turn the neighbors against you. Personally I wouldn't want the hassle, but you've obviously gone all in. My first suggestion would be to make a point of giving away lots of eggs as a goodwill gesture. You'll probably have a huge surplus anyway, once the hens start cranking them out every day. As for the PITA neighbor, I'd hope he/she doesn't have any influence with the neighborhood board/president or whatever, and I'd hope your city or county allows you to raise poultry on a residential lot. In my county, you have to have at least 2 acres to do so. But, you wouldn't be so stupid as to not check that out first, right?Also, no sheds? How big is your lot?

lots 1 acrethere's no neighborhood board/pres. That's part of the reason I'm like wth

 

[squidrope]

Let me remind you that I have spent the last 7 weeks building the ultimate coop that will be anything but an eyesore(cedar, heated, cooled, weathervane,etc).

Pics? Blueprints?!!

Chickens are getting close to laying the first eggs. I finally posted a few picsMy Coop post 397

I bought my daughter 6 Colombian Rock Cross chicks for her 4H project on 4/6. Got our first egg today!

Very cool! Can't wait until we get our first egg.

 

[squidrope]

Update-It was fun while it lasted. Chickens were productive for about 1.5 years and then we'd get 2 eggs a week from 5 chickens. My daughter made some good $ selling the eggs, and it was mostly a good experience. I put the chickens down myself... Not fun.

Lots of work and fun. It was a hell of a learning experience.

 

[TxBuckeye]

Ah crap, I was reading an old thread and didn't know it.

 

[Koya]

How'd the chickens taste?

 

[squidrope]

How'd the chickens taste?

Wife and daughter refused to eat them. I wasn't willing to go thru the plucking/cleaning if I was only one willing to eat them (I didn't want to either, but would have). Local wildlife got to enjoy them.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

When I was in grade school my parents got me puppies plus fish, hamsters, parakeets, chicks and ducklings from the pet store and they are all a lot of fun. Finding eggs the first few times was very exiting.

 

[MC Gas Money]

If you have ever been to a large egg production facility, you would probably have a hard time eating eggs. We took a field trip in grade school. I do not eat eggs.

Yeah the big factory farms are brutal to visit.

I cant believe they send school children to watch animals being tortured when they could just as easily send them to a real farm

 

[NCCommish]

Update-It was fun while it lasted. Chickens were productive for about 1.5 years and then we'd get 2 eggs a week from 5 chickens. My daughter made some good $ selling the eggs, and it was mostly a good experience. I put the chickens down myself... Not fun.

Lots of work and fun. It was a hell of a learning experience.

Yeah chickens don't have a long life span and so you need new ones every so often to keep production up. My grandfather raised chickens. Whenever we wanted chicken for supper he went out and got us a fresh one. You guys don't know what you missed.

 

[squidrope]

Otis?

 

[squidrope]

Been a long time, good buddy?