A chicken has been wandering around our neighborhood
It's (she's) been on the loose (on the lam?) for about a week now. We've posted on our local neighborhood webpage but nobody has stepped forward to claim her.
I'd keep her if we had a fenced yard. She's quite friendly, for a chicken.
I told Rachel if we fed her, maybe she'd hang about forever, you know, like cats do. *g*
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I'd keep her if we had a fenced yard. She's quite friendly, for a chicken.
I told Rachel if we fed her, maybe she'd hang about forever, you know, like cats do. *g*
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Awww, you've got a pet!
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Like the ad says, if you're a free range chicken, you roam free; it's what you do.
Some of my neighbors chickens visit frequently; I guess they feel less competition over here. It's quite likely that, if you provide food, water, and a laying box*, she'll hang around. However, chickens scratch the ground deeply as they look for bugs. If she becomes a permanent resident, your lawn will become quite tattered. OTOH, hens can lay an egg a day, so she'll pay for her feed.
*One chicken likes a deep box that she can scrunch down in; another likes the box on its side -- she's protected on three sides, but can see out. I'd put two sturdy cardboard boxes close to each other, one upright and one on its side, and see which she prefers.
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We'd love to keep her but we do have coyotes in the pasture behind our house. I'm afraid she's going to come to a bitter end.
We're going to try to catch her this evening (if she comes back around) and take her out to a friend who keeps chickens. Wish us (and her) luck!
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