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hey /an/,

i've always wanted to get a chicken as a pet, i think they're adorable in all stages of life.

anyone ever had a chicken??
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I have had chikinz recently.
>> Anonymous
Chicken bacon sandwiches for dinner. Yum.
>> Anonymous
Evil-minded noisy little featherbrains.

I like them better fried.
>> Anonymous
>>86555
true dat
even though they're kyoooot in their small yellow stage, they make for fucking awful pets when they evolve to their larger form
>> Anonymous
;_;


nooooo chekenz!
>> Anonymous
I had two pet ducks when I was a kid. Ducks are superior to chickens in every way. They used to come in the house and watch tv.
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I have five Silkie Bantams.
They're small, stupid, docile, don't mind being manhandled, and can be carried anywhere. Above all else they're fuzzy!
Roosters are still loud, but the hens are really quiet. And docile to hell.
Our rooster attacks anything that moves. We had a guy weedwhack the inside of the pen. Aragorn (I didn't name him, my sis did) was attached to the guy's leg, while the guy was looking at Tori wondering if by some means he had killed the hen because she wasn't moving. He picked her up and placed her in the already cleared area (with Argy still rip on his pant legs like a rabid dog) and went about his business. The damned hen didn't move from that spot even after he left. He came down and asked us to check on her.
My sister took Argy out to an open air flea market...he apparently stayed in her arms the whole time without spazzing. People thought he was a black poodle until they came up to pet him.

They're interesting creatures. Our polish hen follows you around the yard and waits for you to move things so she can inspect them for creepy-crawly delicacies.
Before we had the pen cleared, Argy would hide in the ragweed. Whenever you walked past the pen he'd run through the weed 'trees' making funky ass noises...all I needed was the danger highvoltage signs and you'd have the velociraptor pen reenacted.
Throw a vegetable in the pen and watch the chickens mimic their dinosaurian ancestors. I think they find it invigorating to drop down on their prey and rip it apart.
They get fed everyday...they're just really love their veggies.
>> Anonymous
>>86559

Dumbass, just press B to stop the evolution process
>> Anonymous
>>86772
Thanks for sharing your nice story. My family had Silkies most of my life. Right now we have one guarding our front yard. We keep her indoors, so at night she walks up the stairs and into the living room so we can pick her up and put her into her "room". All our dogs respect her. We have one fluffy little ratter/bird-dog sweetie who goes absolutely insane whenever she hears our chicken. She would like nothing more than to eat her, but our wise old hen taught her the meaning of respect. Our hen walks confidently, like a queen because she knows our bigger dogs all respect our property (in this case, the hen) and the smaller dogs respect her, because of her mighty "one-two". Her specialty is the flying-drumsticks-of-fury move. No-one ever gets hurt though, just so you know, and our hen only did this move once.
>> Anonymous
op here, thanks for the nice stories :)

i'm definitely getting some chickens when i can.

anyone know what the smallest breed of chicken is?
>> Anonymous
>>86533

no, except for your local mexicans

also, they are loud and obnoxious and will shit themselves when scared
>> Anonymous
>>also, they are loud and obnoxious and will shit themselves when scared

Sounds like children to me!
>> Anonymous
i like to choke my chicken
>> Anonymous
They shit all over the place.
>> Anonymous
Don't keep poultry in your apartment unless you beg to be evicted. :)

Try visiting the local 4H.
>> Anonymous
>>86797
Bantams are the smallest. They aren't really pet kinda things though, they are mean. I suggest rooks, I had one when I was little that would do flips for crackers. <3
>> Anonymous
My mom had a pet chicken when she was 6. She lived on a farm with her grandma, and she adopted a little chick. She named him Bobo. They were best friends, she told me. Bobo would hop around the yard at her heels and eat out of her hand and stuff. He grew up to be a fine rooster.

Then her grandma was like, "WE NEED TO EAT BOBO." My mom freaked out and wouldn't let her near Bobo. Mom got beaten with a belt, and Gramma took Bobo anyway. He was killed, plucked, gutted, and fried. Mom got another beating for refusing to eat Bobo.

She still misses that little chick to this very day.
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We have a pet chicken - she's very affectionate, and she's much smarter than people give chickens credit for.

Chickens for the win!
>> Anonymous
When I was very young I lived with my grandparents and we kept chickinz. I helped my grandfather behead one (read: I held the knife and he held my hand and he did all the work because I was too fucking small to cut anything) >:)
>> Anonymous
I've known people with farms, and they love their chickens' personalities. The hens tend to be very shy, the roosters tend to be aggressive like the above posts say.
>> Anonymous
>>86984
*sniffle*

...poor BoBo
>> Anonymous
Shy? If the hens on my farm don't want to get moved when it's time to collect the eggs they hunker down, puff up, and peck like motherfuckers. The feathery bastards go into siege mode basically, and the only way to counter is with an attack from above - get the big coffee can and scoop the hen up with it. Collect the eggs while the chicken is kicking it's legs out the end and attacking the can (Baaaaaawk.... BONG! Pang, pang, THUNK!), then replace the chicken, who will glare at you while you collect the rest of the eggs.

Two summers ago when there was a drought I noticed a few hens sitting along the fence line when I went to water the chickens, so I picked them off with the hose. Next day there were more hens on the fence than off. I guess 'blast of cold water to the chest' wasn't exactly something bad from a black chicken's point of view on a summer afternoon.
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>>86982

>>86772here.
XD My silkies did the same, came in the house until we got too many. But we have a blue tick/lab cross and they'd sleep on her head and back. Sometimes we'd miss Argy on her back because he'd lay on her black patch.
There's battles between Argy and my mom's Yorkshire, they both come out with their share of wounds.

>>86792
Odd...my bantams (we have 3 different broods from three different places) are sweet. Everyone I know who has had a silkie bantam love them to death. We pick them up, plop em on our lap, and pet them like a cat. They sit there and sometimes coo.

Silkies are supposed to be the smallest, but I have a light grey hen that's 3/4 the size of the silkies (even without the silkies fluff). I'm not sure what breed she is as she was given to us, all his chickens were pureblood.

Pic is part of my flock. Argy the black, Shiro and Tori the white hens. Lame names, but couldn't tell the hens apart anyways.
>> Anonymous
>>87188
>>86792Here.
She is very sweet also and always "talks" to us when we talk to her. She just knows how to defend herself from nosey dogs. She and our dogs have been together for years without any problems.
>> Anonymous
I used to raise a bunch of chicken when I was young.

Then my family dined each and every single one of them. Even my favourite, pet-like chicken. I am one bitter adult who doesn't eat chicken.