sandpat

We used to have lots and lots of all different kinds of fowl. We couldn't let the chickens run loose due to coyotes, which were really thick around where we used to live. We raised English Pointer bird dogs too...Sadly, the dogs got out one day while we were at work and dug into the chicken house. We had "The Great Chicken Massacre"...very sad. I made DH bury them all. A couple of the roosters made it tricky to get the eggs in the house.

jpthequilter

I like an english pointer...nice smart dogs.
Those dogs will do that, like kids in a gang....Our beautiful but stupid collie and the neighbors dog chased the other neighbor's sheep. We had to move him to a new owner in town.
But what I was going to tell you, all of those beautiful New Hampshire Reds - roosters got eaten by us!!!
There were seven of us so - Attack us = in the pot!

Foxflower

200 :shock: chickens? You must have had quite the egg selling business going on. I had 60 and have been selling hens and giving away chicks....tooo many chickens! It has gotten expensive to feed them. Out here in farm country eggs don't demand the same price they do in more urban areas either. We do enjoy raising poultry. I might try geese, turkeys, or guineas sometime too. Any of you have those?

sandpat

We did the turkeys, geese and also the guineas. My fav of these are the guineas...this is funny...we raised all these birds at a livery stable located in an older part of a really "ritzy" little town. The barn had been there for years and the neighborhood grew up around it...so these were nice nice homes- filled with "city" people. One day, the guineas escaped and were wandering around the neighbor. Of course, I got in the car and was driving around looking for them when I spotted them up in a tree in someone's front yard. Those of you who have heard the noise that guineas make would know that it was making quite the racket...These guys are better than watch dogs..believe me! Anyway, I'm rolling down the window to call to them when the "lady" of the house opens the front door wearing her robe and rollers- complete with the fuzzy high heeled slippers and screams at her DH " Harold, Harold!!! Come quick, there are TURKEYS in our tree!!! Call the police!!!"

As soon as I can quit laughing, I roll up the window and silently creep by..... LOL!!!

Foxflower

:lol: That's hIlarious! Some people really take the cake. :shock:

owlvamp

Beautiful ducks!! I miss living on the farm except all the droppings.

Foxflower

I hear ya there :!:

sandpat

yup..yup...and some of those piles seem huge!! :shock:

jpthequilter

Yes, but what happened next?
Did Harold call the police?
If he did, did they come?
I know the guineas would come home on their own eventually!
Did you lurk around the corner and call them?
Since guineas catch and eat bugs right out of the air, they might be strong minded about running about....LOL!!!
Jeannie

jpthequilter

Yes, and mama pigs are the worst!!!!