Re: in defense of chickens

[Guest guest]

when I read the subject I thought " no way, these are animals that

don't even know when they're dead! " , but now I kind of want a pet

chicken!

[Guest guest]

Chickens are great. We just lost our survivor Henny Penny of two predator

massacres that took all our turkeys, capons, peafowl and other chickens in two

raids a few years back. She was a Partridge Rock/Silvar Laced Wyandotte cross.

The only chick that was born here and survived. She'd come to the back deck

when she wanted to be fed, would disappear for days and reappear.

When our youngest was in kindergarten we had a dozen turkeys. They were in a

semi circle off the front of the barn. Every day as she got off the bus she

had

to run the turkeys before coming to the house. She'd go back and forth on the

outside and all would follow her as long as she did it. Wanted to send it into

home videos as recipe for low fat turkey. :-) The turkeys would follow us

around the yard when out and answer my gobbles.

Had guinea hens too. Every night onewould fly to the barn peak call buckwheat,

all others would come, join in and then they'd all go in for the night.

They're

not as people oriented but great for taking care of ticks as they forage more

in the woods. My Dad said he saw a guinea hen attack a hawk coming in for a

chicken at his Grandmother's. Another plus that is true but I never realized

until they were gone is you'll never see a snake as long as you've got guinea

hens.

Wanita

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it

expects what never was and never will be.

- Jefferson

[Guest guest]

Okay, I want to tell just one chicken story. We have a pair of Buff Brahma

Bantams. My husband digs up grubs for them several times a week. When he

throws the grub over to them, the rooster runs over to the grub, points it

out to his hen and lets her eat her fill of grubs before he eats any. No

kidding.

Carmen