They're looking more and more like chickens!

Key West has tons of feral chickens.

I'm in the "love them" camp.

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
that's what they call the neighborhood the co-op.  

 meower wrote: 
that would be nice of them. maybe they can trade them for other garden goodies. a little neighborhood co-op.

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
dunno sell or give away..... they'll have four chickens so it'll be about two dozen a week apparently..... they live in a neighborhood with tons of families and everyone is friends so probably just give em away.  

 meower wrote: 
are they going to sell eggs?

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
excellent.  will keep you informed......

 meower wrote: 
that would be cool! I always have compost piles going during the summer and fall.

 hobiejoe wrote: 
Actually, we do have a problem with gophers and wood rats. They don't seem to care that there's a hawk living here. In fact there was a huge gopher mound at the base of her perch in her weather compound one day. What we need is to put up a barn owl nest box. 

 manbirdexperiment wrote: 
 
And I bet you don't have a rodent problem thereabouts either.

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
narberth..... lower mainline... i can also get it to you when the time comes

 meower wrote: 
The grass grows really thick and deep green around Griffy's outdoor perches. Must be good stuff. 

 meower wrote: 
maybe. where are they?

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
A neighbor is gonna take the poop for her garden..... you want some?

man they poop a lot  

 meower wrote: 
cool!  people should do more with the spaces they have. it's time for Victory Gardens to make a big comeback.

 
May I suggest the latest in urban modular avian roosting solutions?
 
 

 
 
More here, at - no, really - Omlet.co.uk!

 dmax wrote: 

cross post from the thread I jacked....... my friend just got two Americanas and they're getting two more..... 

I started this topic a while back and have been trying to learn a bit more about it by reading up. I'm about this close to renovating an unused shed in my yard into a chicken coop.

With the way things are going (insert canned economy-crashing fears here) it certainly seems reasonable to grow your own food and maybe your own eggs. Cheaper, healthier, and more immune to the weirdness that bad investments have caused. 

I am completely against purposely pitting any animals against one another, if they want to fight on their own, that is fine and of their own choice. Man should not breed, orchestrate and benefit financially from animal combat. However, I totally appreciate the warrior spirit and admittedly love violence for sport in the form of mixed martial arts. I suppose the whole key on what makes one legitimate sport and entertainment and the other morally reprehensible is the exploitation of animals as opposed to allowing warriors to engage in a sport that they love, earn a living and provide millions with the entertainment of two equally skilled fighters challenge their limits. Which brings us to BoBo, he was a proud, muscular, well armed and extremely mean Phoenix rooster who positively terrorized anyone who had the unmitigated gall to step foot in the chicken yard. This guy could been a contenda! He was big, fast, aggressive and had Crocodile Dundee knife sharp spurs that stuck out a good two inches and were only slightly bent to a hook. He was a born warrior who would've been a hero in the cock fighting world. Sadly, he met his demise when he challenged my black lab Amelie, Amelie just let BoBo lie where he was slain without as much as a bite as an example to the rest of the roosters. Very strange, whenever they are fortunate enough to score a chicken they usually gobble em right up!

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
 thanx.