Can I raise chickens in my back yard? (activity, place)

[Visitor2007]

Originally Posted by nismospec

Sure you can raise chickens in your backyard.....but beware, we have Chupacabra's lurking around

sorry....i couldn't resist.

Well, that's a valid point. I am sure OP doens't want his mother waking up one morning seeing all her chickens dead and blood sucked out.

[Visitor2007]

Originally Posted by jwebtx

what about the 30 million + male chicks that meet the grinder every year because they are worthless to the industry?

AFP: Baby chicks ground alive by poultry producer: activists

I wonder if those meat can be used to feed other farm animals such as pigs. Maybe not, due to the hard to digest feathers, but if they can take out the feathers, they might even be able to turn those meat into meat used for chicken nuggets.

[SnappyBob]

Originally Posted by Visitor2007

Okay, then buy the $5.00 eggs instead then. Those are let loose and fed grains and without regular doses of antibiotics.

I see them at the farmers market all the time for $5.00 / doz but that seems rather high. I buy farm eggs for $2.00 / doz from a small private farmer. They are all different sizes and some are brown, a few are white and some are blue green shell colors but they are all good.

[Visitor2007]

Originally Posted by SnappyBob

Yes, they are brown, but they are all the exact same size and color.

There is nothing wrong with non-brown, white eggs. They are just from different species, not because one is more natural or healthy than the other.

[OHTX]

I can tell I am going to like SA big time - you all are so funny

[verybadgnome]

Raising chickens for eggs is one thing but raising ***** for fighting is another. I'll gladly call any of my neighbors in on a noise ordinance if I thought they were raising animals for such a barbaric purpose. And yes cultures can change with the times and become more humane in the process so let's not even go that direction.

[HisLilSecret]

Originally Posted by verybadgnome

Raising chickens for eggs is one thing but raising ***** for fighting is another. I'll gladly call any of my neighbors in on a noise ordinance if I thought they were raising animals for such a barbaric purpose. And yes cultures can change with the times and become more humane in the process so let's not even go that direction.

And which culture would that be to which you're referring?

[TXtrkgrl]

Originally Posted by HisLilSecret

And which culture would that be to which you're referring?

German?

[HisLilSecret]

Originally Posted by TXtrkgrl

German?

Ya think?

[perticusrex]

I'm going to step out on a limb here and say........ Mexicans!