Well,if you feel sorry for them[and every one does,even if they got a nice house and outdoor pen] and let them out,they poop every where,they eat anything[than you eat the eggs],they dig big holes to wallow in,they climb up on your outdoor stuff,[and than,yep,poop somemore].
You can buy eggs cheaper than feeding them,when they get old,their eggs are not fit to eat,and they themselfs are to tough to eat.
I could go on.
True story,when I was about 14-15,me and my buddy,[both starved for intertainment],and by the way both familys always had chickens,everybody did than,where I was raised anyways.Used to go up a hollow where these people lived,they didn't have electricity nor phone,[except the old crank kind that they could now only talk to two people on].
They got their water from an outside well,[with one of those water bailer things,and wash water from a spring using a gas motor powered washer,etc,etc,
They had a retarded daughter,and the old man eyes were looking at two directions at once[one eye pointed left]..[just setting the sceen here]
Now we was poor too,but battleing to get into the 20th century anyways.
Anyways,me and my buddy every now and than would walk the mile or two up the hollar to where they lived in the evenings,and when we got there,it was a little come out and set on the pourch get together,the old cross eyed man,the old woman,the young guy who was his self pretty strange and the retarded daughter[no its not that kinda story],The old man would always bring out his battery operated record player with same 3-4 records and there we sat.
Now the highlight of this show was when the old man started coughing[had a lung condition of some sort]. Me and my buddy would than know the grand finaly was at hand.
They of course had chickens,and when the old man started harking up a big glob,it was like my grandma calling the chickens with,chick,chick,chick.
Than he would spit out a big glob,right at the chickens[cause they knew where it was going to land] and man they fought over that glob,just like throwing a handfull of worms out to them[remember,these chickens were loose all the time,plenty of stuff for them to eat,but guess they considered this desert].
After that it was about dark,and show was over,and me and my buddy said goodbye and walked home.
You can buy eggs cheaper than feeding them,when they get old,their eggs are not fit to eat,and they themselfs are to tough to eat.
I could go on.
True story,when I was about 14-15,me and my buddy,[both starved for intertainment],and by the way both familys always had chickens,everybody did than,where I was raised anyways.Used to go up a hollow where these people lived,they didn't have electricity nor phone,[except the old crank kind that they could now only talk to two people on].
They got their water from an outside well,[with one of those water bailer things,and wash water from a spring using a gas motor powered washer,etc,etc,
They had a retarded daughter,and the old man eyes were looking at two directions at once[one eye pointed left]..[just setting the sceen here]
Now we was poor too,but battleing to get into the 20th century anyways.
Anyways,me and my buddy every now and than would walk the mile or two up the hollar to where they lived in the evenings,and when we got there,it was a little come out and set on the pourch get together,the old cross eyed man,the old woman,the young guy who was his self pretty strange and the retarded daughter[no its not that kinda story],The old man would always bring out his battery operated record player with same 3-4 records and there we sat.
Now the highlight of this show was when the old man started coughing[had a lung condition of some sort]. Me and my buddy would than know the grand finaly was at hand.
They of course had chickens,and when the old man started harking up a big glob,it was like my grandma calling the chickens with,chick,chick,chick.
Than he would spit out a big glob,right at the chickens[cause they knew where it was going to land] and man they fought over that glob,just like throwing a handfull of worms out to them[remember,these chickens were loose all the time,plenty of stuff for them to eat,but guess they considered this desert].
After that it was about dark,and show was over,and me and my buddy said goodbye and walked home.
