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Eric Muehlbauer
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I've been hearing about these chickens for awhile. Finally saw them today, a few blocks from my home...right here in NYC! About 6-7 of them, very friendly. Totally undisturbed by me.
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The Orchid Boy
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Neat, city chickens! I have friendlier chickens than that... And they come running when I call them and they sometimes follow me around.Build them a nice fancy coop and invite them to stay. Fresh eggs are wonderful from free range chickens. I'd say that's about a "free range"
as it comes! They're quite pretty too.
as it comes! They're quite pretty too.
interesting. I didn't know that you could keep livestock in the city/villages
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limuhead
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I have chickens all around my neighborhood. There is forest reserve on both sides of the area I live in. Some are escapees from the egg farm about mile away, which breed in the wild, some are escaped fighting chickens. Flocks of them running up and down the street... Start crowing at about 4 or 5 in the morning but after a while you don't even hear it.
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KyushuCalanthe
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Got city chickens here in Japan as well. The roosters make a lot of noise in the spring.
wjs2nd
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I too was wondering that.
It is very cool. I'm hoping, once I own a house, to get some chickens.
Beats alligators in the sewer!
or pythons in the everglades
guess there aren't any pythons in queens or hawaii for the chickens to be running around. surprised feral cats aren't getting the chickens?
guess there aren't any pythons in queens or hawaii for the chickens to be running around. surprised feral cats aren't getting the chickens?
Ron-NY
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you can actually have chickens in NYC with a permit. No roosters allowed, only hens
are fowl classified not as 'livestock'? it was the non-livestock thing that i'd heard about at least in upstate ny villages and assumed for elsewhere... especially when people were being harassed by entities for having pot-bellied pigs as pets in villages; of course pet owners were saying they aren't livestock, they're pets so don't apply
I have known of people having pigeons in villages/cities, so guess chickens (that don't crow) wouldn't be much different
I have known of people having pigeons in villages/cities, so guess chickens (that don't crow) wouldn't be much different
The Orchid Boy
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Better than cats...
Our chickens will stand up to stray cats that come around. Did you know that chickens are better than cats at ridding buildings of mice? Our chicken shed has very few mice and I've see our chickens kill, fight over, and swallow many mice. Our barn still has lots of mice that get into the feed and the cats aren't the best mouse catchers... Yay chickens!!! :clap:
You could have a mean rooster (a guard rooster) that chases the authorities and anyone else (including you) off your property or you could have a rooster that sounds like a really, really old car trying to start... Then they wouldn't know that you had a rooster.
I'm quite surprised at how many people don't know how to tell the difference between a hen and a rooster.
Our chickens will stand up to stray cats that come around. Did you know that chickens are better than cats at ridding buildings of mice?
Our chicken shed has very few mice and I've see our chickens kill, fight over, and swallow many mice. Our barn still has lots of mice that get into the feed and the cats aren't the best mouse catchers... Yay chickens!!! :clap:You could have a mean rooster (a guard rooster) that chases the authorities and anyone else (including you) off your property or you could have a rooster that sounds like a really, really old car trying to start... Then they wouldn't know that you had a rooster.
I'm quite surprised at how many people don't know how to tell the difference between a hen and a rooster.
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goldenrose
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Hey - how did my chickens end up in NY? Look like the same types I have!
Hens are great! and yes they follow you around like puppy dogs and when you sit on the bench, they park right under it or between your feet!
or that you can get eggs without a rooster! Roosters are a PITB! Yes, can be very pretty, have their own unique personality BUT they usually cause troubles with the neighbors when in close quarters.
Hens are great! and yes they follow you around like puppy dogs and when you sit on the bench, they park right under it or between your feet!
one of my former co-workers bought some hens and roosters of a few different kinds, and one of the surviving roosters (coyotes) had a knack of nailing him right in the back of the leg when he wasn't watching! he'd kick the thing away (nicely) and the thing would keep going for the back of his leg.. finally he'd give it a real kick and run away. it would never learn, though and as soon as his back was turned - bam!
the furnace repair person told him that he wasn't going to come work on his boiler unless the rooster was hidden away.... (I said that it should be dinner or worse, but he is a softy) the repair guy wouldn't even answer his phone messages for awhile because he was sick of dealing with the rooster! :rollhappy:
the furnace repair person told him that he wasn't going to come work on his boiler unless the rooster was hidden away.... (I said that it should be dinner or worse, but he is a softy) the repair guy wouldn't even answer his phone messages for awhile because he was sick of dealing with the rooster! :rollhappy:
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Clark
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Chicken chasing is how we always used to train in the old days. If you can catch this thing, you can catch greased lightning!
Man, we're from NY our rats can eat your cats!
.....Colonel Sanders you left the door open...........
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Eric Muehlbauer
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Yeah, chickens are legal in NYC, just no roosters. Why do I keep thinking of that great crappy Troma movie, "Poultrygeist"?
never saw that one
