Originally Posted by
georgem
Detronic : Here's my chicken info. I live in Northeast Ohio, about 25 miles south of Cleveland. When I was a kid, my Dad ALWAYS had a couple dozen chickens in the back yard. The roosters do crow alot, and fight with each other. The biggest ones, can be mean S.O.B."s. And, like littlebuddy said, too much food, will bring rats. You have to have a sturdy fence, to keep out dogs & foxes. And THEN, when it comes time to " process " your fowl, you chop their heads off, and you have this headless bird flopping around, with blood squirting out. Then he had to pluck the feathers, by dunking them into a tub of boiling water. A nasty smell. Wet, hot chicken feathers. I was too young to do this, but I remember it like it was yesterday. I'm 53 years old now, and I freakin HATE chickens. I don't even like chicken sammiches from MickyD's. Would'nt it be easier to just go to the grocery store, and buy organic eggs? That's just my 2 cents worth. Did I mention, that I HATE chickens!