I want a new life.

[angelaa73]

I heard if you plant a flag it's yours

[TrickyBob]

I'd suggest not trading your purple pass for the yellow in this case.

[luckyval]

Any hope of barricading yourself in there and staying forever?

Maybe starting a gbcn commune?

[iamgrace]

Mmmmm. Gin.

[iamgrace]

Yeah. Later though.

All the wives around here have chickens. It's the thing to do. Lol

[FastHands]

Jul 11, 2013 12:55:19 GMT -5 angelaa73 said:

I heard if you plant a flag it's yours

worked for the moon!

[papie]

Jul 11, 2013 13:00:03 GMT -5 Que? said:

Jul 11, 2013 12:58:39 GMT -5 iamgrace said:

Mmmmm. Gin.

Dude. You need chickens. They love children, and the kids are basically doing all the work. They think it's the best thing ever, and suddenly eating eggs is cool.

I love chickens!

Can't you have them at home? Isn't it all hippies out west?
(we aren't allowed chickens, I wish we were.  My H would divorce me though.  Oh well, trade-offs)

[LauraMoser]

Jul 11, 2013 13:01:43 GMT -5 papie said:

Jul 11, 2013 13:00:03 GMT -5 Que? said:

Dude. You need chickens. They love children, and the kids are basically doing all the work. They think it's the best thing ever, and suddenly eating eggs is cool.

I love chickens!

Can't you have them at home? Isn't it all hippies out west?
(we aren't allowed chickens, I wish we were.  My H would divorce me though.  Oh well, trade-offs)

Same here. I dream of having some chickens, but the township doesn't allow them and my DH would likely divorce me too. Boo.

[fryjack2]

Jul 11, 2013 13:06:26 GMT -5 Que? said:

Jul 11, 2013 12:55:34 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

I'd suggest not trading your purple pass for the yellow in this case.

I have no idea what this means, lol.

Haha! go read miso's thread

[julez]

I'm jealous!

I would love, love, love chickens, but H is all, "no more living things to care for and feed right now!" Spoilsport.

[papie]

Jul 11, 2013 13:15:06 GMT -5 julez said:

I'm jealous!

I would love, love, love chickens, but H is all, "no more living things to care for and feed right now!" Spoilsport.

What is up with men and that? lol

We have two kids, two cats, two frogs and a snail.  I don't understand why he is against adding a dog and two chickens to the mix.  In the meantime, Anna and I are planning names for our future hypothetical dog (she knows it is many years down the road) and she catches worms to keep as pets in a bin.  WE NEED MORE LIVING THINGS TO NURTURE!

[LauraMoser]

I know what you mean papie. We have three kids, a cat and a dog. I saw a cat up for adoption on FB about a month ago and told him our cat could use a friend, she's lonely! DH wasn't buying it.

[papie]

How dirty are they? My mom grew up with chickens and says they are messy and stinky.

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Jul 11, 2013 13:25:19 GMT -5 papie said:

How dirty are they? My mom grew up with chickens and says they are messy and stinky.

They are. It amuses me endlessly that one of the most disgusting, redneck, aspects of my childhood is now a yuppy trend. I was pecked endlessly by my grandmother's chickens. I will happily buy brown eggs from the farmers market and never touch a chicken again.

[Deleted]

Chickens are easy once you get them set up. My parents have had chickens for a while now, and the beginning was rough, trying to build a good enclosure so they wouldn't get eaten (many did), figuring out what to do with the roosters (they can only have one), yadda yadda. But now it's set up and it's awesome. They're surprisingly friendly, love to be cuddled and talked to, and just follow you everywhere.

[Deleted]

Jul 11, 2013 13:29:47 GMT -5 Que? said:

Jul 11, 2013 13:28:04 GMT -5 @tnteacher said:

Chickens are easy once you get them set up. My parents have had chickens for a while now, and the beginning was rough, trying to build a good enclosure so they wouldn't get eaten (many did), figuring out what to do with the roosters (they can only have one), yadda yadda. But now it's set up and it's awesome. They're surprisingly friendly, love to be cuddled and talked to, and just follow you everywhere.

I just let them follow me around, there's no cuddling.

I don't cuddle either, but my mom loves to hold them. 

[glassofsyrah]

Jul 11, 2013 13:17:30 GMT -5 papie said:

Jul 11, 2013 13:15:06 GMT -5 julez said:

I'm jealous!

I would love, love, love chickens, but H is all, "no more living things to care for and feed right now!" Spoilsport.

What is up with men and that? lol

We have two kids, two cats, two frogs and a snail.  I don't understand why he is against adding a dog and two chickens to the mix.  In the meantime, Anna and I are planning names for our future hypothetical dog (she knows it is many years down the road) and she catches worms to keep as pets in a bin.  WE NEED MORE LIVING THINGS TO NURTURE!

Ha!  It's the opposite in my house.  I am in charge of way too many people and animals.  I want someone to nurture me.