You Know You Are Old When

[masseyrider]

I never understood the point in having chickens. One, they are filthy, two they are very hands on to maintain and coyotes love to eat them and 3, chickens carry histoplasmosis which I have from helping to clean my grandparents copp and once tou get it, there is no cure.

We get our eggs from the grocery, much easier, I like frieg eggs. I don't like chickens in general.

Some communities have banned raising chickens because owners don't take care of them

My parents had chickens until I was in my 30s.
True free range.
I hated the things.
Poop everywhere and the more you were dressed up or in a rush to go somewhere the more likely you were to step in some.
Any worked ground was an ideal place for them to dig up for dust baths.
This included my mother's flower beds and veggie garden.
Where the farm orchard wasn't far from the house and nicely worked up, they weren't interested.
Chickens attract mice and rats. Doesn't matter how clean you keep the area.
And I hated slaughtering them.
Each Fall we'd do 40-50 at a time.
The smell of wet feathers is still in my nose. And then torching off the little quills and feathers. Ugh!
To this day I have a tough time eating chicken.
Oh! The Bast-rd things would ruin my tomatoes. I used to grow tomatoes as a side hustle as a kid. I'd have a trailer load of 100+ large baskets backed into the barn for sorting and packing
They had plenty seconds thrown out for their consumption. No, that wasn't good enough.
As soon as you turned your head they'd jump on the trailer and usually destroy the best ones.
I hates chickens to pieces.

 

[WinterDeere]

I let mine free range for all of a week, thinking they’d be safe as long as I or family were near. One was attacked by one of our countless hawks when I was no more than 30 feet away, and they destroyed our flower gardens. They’ve been kept in a coop and run, ever since.

We have a half dozen fox go right past that coop every day, and constant hawk traffic. No chicken would be safe free-ranging in this yard.

 

[Oaktree]

YKYAO when you forget how to tie a neck tie. Wore one every day for 35 years, but I think I've only worn one once in the last 9 years. I woke up in the middle of the night wondering if I could still tie one.

I don't think I've worn a tie in 40-odd years, and have no intentions of wearing one ever again. I will dress presentably if the need arises, but it won't include a tie.

 

[Oaktree]

I’ve had chickens the last ten years, mostly because my son was interested in getting them, and I figured it’d be fun. And it was for awhile. They’re actually entertaining outdoor companions, as much as any other pet.

But with the startup costs and feed, I don’t think they’ll ever save us any real money, so I don’t really understand people who do it for the sake of cost alone.

We had them for a while, wife's idea. Strictly pets. Well eggs too, for her...I neither like them, nor do they agree with me.
5030 makes a good point. Chickens are magnets for every sort of predator imaginable, a strong coop is a must.
I will say that when we had them ticks were not an issue.

There's a girl down the road who raises them partly as a 4H project, if we want eggs we get them from her.

 

[John0829]

When it comes to chickens, eggs are fine, beyond that don't want anything to do with em'. Everyone around me likes to eat chicken but I will not touch it... ever.

Early years I had a few times it was necessary I wear a tie for work and a few times I did for funerals but usually not since people who know me know how much I hate em'. Always hated it since I do not like anything tight around my neck, not even turtle neck sweaters. Always feels like they are choking me, I think SWMBO finally disposed of the few ties I had years ago.

 

[CalG]

I was recently "made" to select a tie that would compliment my wife's new dress.
Youngest son is getting hitched next week end out south of Lake Tahoe, My wife wants to have the photographs worth keeping. ;-)

 

[mjonesnh]

When it comes to chickens, eggs are fine, beyond that don't want anything to do with em'. Everyone around me likes to eat chicken but I will not touch it... ever.

Early years I had a few times it was necessary I wear a tie for work and a few times I did for funerals but usually not since people who know me know how much I hate em'. Always hated it since I do not like anything tight around my neck, not even turtle neck sweaters. Always feels like they are choking me, I think SWMBO finally disposed of the few ties I had years ago.

grew up on a farm that had about 300 chickens at any one time, sold eggs to our regular customers. No chicken for me ever, don't eat eggs either. Decided in my early years if I ever got away from them, I was done with em. Haven't eaten eggs or chicken in 50 years.

 

[Jstpssng]

It's funny how people who grew up with chickens don't want anything to do with them, yet many enjoy raising them as an expensive hobby. I didn't buy meat for 10 years. While the price of grain more than offset any savings they were better to eat.
I go into the grocery store now, pick up a package of meat, look at the price and set it back down.

 

[newbury]

I was recently "made" to select a tie that would compliment my wife's new dress.
Youngest son is getting hitched next week end out south of Lake Tahoe, My wife wants to have the photographs worth keeping. ;-)

Photoshop the images

 

[sandman2234]

My first job off the farm at 15 was at a chicken plant. Did pretty much every job there. Have a pretty good scar on left thumb from the razor sharp knifes we used. I don't think I have a problem with eating chicken (or eggs), tastes just like froglegs.
David from jax