Monykalyn
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- Jun 11, 2014
Haha you should get a couple chickens!
They do require daily care, but really not much more than a dog. At least until it comes to coop cleaning time. I change out straw and scrub coop 2 times a year. I use the “deep litter” method and the underside of the straw breaks down for some really rich compost. And mine come when called too (well they provabaly actuall come when they see me for the mealworms). I’d actually like a couple Easter Eggers.Oh, and chickens are so much work, after seeing them being taken care of, it's a no for me. I'm sure you've read my stories about my neighbor's 8 chickens. Yep, they had eggs for about 4 or 5 years, but since those chickens can live for about 10 years, his thoughts of chicken dinner were dashed when his wife named the chickens, and they come when called. I will say, though, the eggs were very good, and fun, as the chickens are from South America, and called the Easter Egg birds. We'd get light green, light yellow and light pink egg shelled eggs. Only thing different was the yoke was a darker color than we we usually saw in eggs bought from the local market. Taste was the same, though I thought tasted fresher. Well, as fresh as collected the day or so before. And like MonyK, they first got one that started to grow up as a rooster. Yeah, like her, they had to get rid of that rooster too. They only wanted eggs, not more chicks.