tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post2964306133169274500..comments2023-09-23T11:16:00.352+02:00Comments on The Franco-American Flophouse has moved: Operation Chicken Run Victoria FERAUGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-77366964275170454462013-10-09T08:04:59.522+02:002013-10-09T08:04:59.522+02:00@bubblebustin, My cats are hopeless. Lousy hunte...@bubblebustin, My cats are hopeless. Lousy hunters. when we had the mouse in the living room, they played with it and thats about it.<br /><br />@anonymous, Meric infiniment pour le lien. En principe nos voisins sont d'accord mais on sait jamais.....Victoria FERAUGEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-17989859485253607312013-10-07T18:36:41.169+02:002013-10-07T18:36:41.169+02:00Au cas ou les Versaillais coinces vous fassent des...Au cas ou les Versaillais coinces vous fassent des histoires....Voila la LEGISLATION sur les poulets pondue par l administration!!!!!....<br />Comme cela vous ne serez pas fliquer...No pun intended..<br />http://www.poulaillerdesign.com/content/24-la-reglementation-autour-du-poulailler-legislation<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-53856053874440920192013-10-07T17:37:49.390+02:002013-10-07T17:37:49.390+02:00I have a what I thought was a mouse living in my c...I have a what I thought was a mouse living in my composter until someone suggested it might be a rat. I went on the 'net to investigate and apparently the only difference between a mouse and a rat is the size of the creature! I'm not going to investigate any further and will assume that because it prefers a composter to a sewer that it's a mouse ;-) Are any of your cats good mousers? Because if one is, voila! no more rats. Yes the eggs were good and the convenience of fetching them out of your own back yard's even better. Be prepared, they aren't pristine like the store bought ones and require washing.bubblebustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789474207408205280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-48952112686677098712013-10-07T16:46:41.148+02:002013-10-07T16:46:41.148+02:00I wish I could do it. My HOA forbids it.
If you ge...I wish I could do it. My HOA forbids it.<br />If you get chicks, it can be difficult to distinguish hens and roosters at first. A friend started raising 4 of them last year, and he's having a lot of fun.<br />My parents say they might stink...<br /><br />Take care!Christophenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-59511728160685340352013-10-07T10:24:50.532+02:002013-10-07T10:24:50.532+02:00@Ellen, Well, we already pay someone to feed the c...@Ellen, Well, we already pay someone to feed the cats while we're gone. Chickens would just be more "pets" for them to take care of. (Of course, these are "pets" that you can eat so I'm not sure I'm too comfie using that word...)<br /><br />@Blaze, And thank you for the "virtual chickens". That was very sweet if unexpected. <br /><br />@anonymous, Yes that is another item to put in the benefits column. I shared your comment with my spouse who said, "But if we feed them kitchen scraps, then we won't have anything for the compost pile." To which I replied, "No, sweetheart, the chicken eat the scraps, produce eggs and poop. The poop goes in the compost pile and that's what we use to fertilize the garden - those tomatoes, for example, that you like so much." He's such a city boy. :-)<br /><br />@Catherine, See the comment from Tonia below. Looks like people do have them as pets. <br /><br />@Tonia, Ouch! That's a bit out of my price range. I'm very VERY attached to chicken stew so those chickens would have to really be something special if they want to avoid the pot. <br /><br />@bubblebustin, Were the fresh eggs really that good? I talked to my neighbor about it and he said that he had no objections as long as we didn't have roosters. In fact he tried bringing some from Italy many years ago. The problem, he said, was the rats. Fewer pests today but they are still around. Guess we would have to make that cage really solid.Victoria FERAUGEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-62712439412690260152013-10-07T04:55:12.241+02:002013-10-07T04:55:12.241+02:00I had chickens once. Golden Comets, they were. We ...I had chickens once. Golden Comets, they were. We had some property where they would run free, that is until a neighbourhood creature started feasting on them. I would find piles of feathers all over the place. I even went out and got a Firearms Acquisition Certificate so I could use our shotgun on it, but never had the courage to stake it out. So that was the end of chicken husbandry for me. I loved having the fresh eggs - there's nothing like it.<br />After we moved to where we are now, some neighbours down the street got a rooster (presumably with some chickens) that used to wake us up early in the morning. That didn't last very long. Vancouver allows chickens to be raised within city limits, but not roosters for good reason.<br />Try it out! If you don't like it, you can always console yourself with some baked chicken with thyme. As for the chicken run, throw some plastic over it and turn it into a green house!bubblebustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789474207408205280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-33774227111865084652013-10-07T02:18:03.245+02:002013-10-07T02:18:03.245+02:00Good luck with the chickens. They have a lot of pe...Good luck with the chickens. They have a lot of personality and make great pets. I have a friend who spent over $1,000 at the vet on one of hers because it was part of the family, so don't get too attached!Tonia Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08841121290446551461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-11373053490674908642013-10-06T18:00:16.661+02:002013-10-06T18:00:16.661+02:00Sounds like you're about to have one interesti...Sounds like you're about to have one interesting adventure with the chickens. I've heard they can actually be kept as proper pets, too - so maybe they aren't so bad? <br /><br />Good luck and have fun :)<br />Catherinehttp://www.facingcancer.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-40508112350543743622013-10-06T10:20:43.615+02:002013-10-06T10:20:43.615+02:00Ah but you forget their most important contributio...Ah but you forget their most important contribution -- rubbish disposal. At least that's what Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme sanitation department says and is urging its householders to believe. They're handing out chickens instead of rubbish bags over there! See http://bit.ly/GFxiP3 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-70366357278595032072013-10-05T16:12:20.390+02:002013-10-05T16:12:20.390+02:00OMG Victoria!
Give your head a cluck!
The chick...OMG Victoria!<br /><br />Give your head a cluck! <br /><br />The chickens would dig up all those bulbs you just planted.<br /><br />Swanson on Steroids?!?Blazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12871285356307431578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-47751517627272700932013-10-05T15:20:48.898+02:002013-10-05T15:20:48.898+02:00And just what do you do when you want to go on vac...And just what do you do when you want to go on vacation or an extended weekend? Have you got a neighbor who would be happy to take care of them, in exchange for the fresh eggs? <br />Would you get a rooster, too? It may or may not be allowed.<br />Where we spent a week last summer, they had a wired off section of garden with a rooster, two hens, a duck, little duck pond, and rabbit, with the appropriate lodgings. And we got to see the seven chicks grow during their first week. Great fun.Ellen Lebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929639076042070115noreply@blogger.com