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A Boy and His Chicken... (Original Post) MrScorpio Apr 2014 OP
Chickens don't get a lot of repect, but you gotta love that. Hoyt Apr 2014 #1
Yeah, OK defacto7 Apr 2014 #2
Aww...We have ducks. FourScore Apr 2014 #3
Would love to know more about this Omaha Steve Apr 2014 #4
The chicken is named "Love Bird". Curmudgeoness Apr 2014 #9
Chickens are such great pets! 4_TN_TITANS Apr 2014 #5
Dick Smothers would agree. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2014 #6
I was taking care of the neighbors chickens oldandhappy Apr 2014 #7
Buck.. buck.. Maynar Apr 2014 #8
... CFLDem Apr 2014 #10
I had a pet Rhode Island Red as a kid... mwdem Apr 2014 #11
Isn't that cannibalism? trof Apr 2014 #14
Absolutely! mwdem Apr 2014 #18
We started keeping Chickens in 2007. bvar22 Apr 2014 #12
Oh. Black Giants are my fave! Nice and happy looking flock :) nt adirondacker Apr 2014 #15
My farmer father-in-law on chickens: trof Apr 2014 #13
Reminds me of a song from the 40s . . . colorado_ufo Apr 2014 #16
Yes, but... Shadowflash Apr 2014 #17
We adopted an abandoned black baby chick once. Rozlee Apr 2014 #19
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. Chickens don't get a lot of repect, but you gotta love that.
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 12:45 AM
Apr 2014

Chicken producers need to hire him for big bucks.

FourScore

(9,704 posts)
3. Aww...We have ducks.
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 02:47 AM
Apr 2014

It's amazing how much joy ducks and chickens can bring to a person. And with kids...Just like in this gif.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
9. The chicken is named "Love Bird".
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 05:22 PM
Apr 2014
Have you hugged your chicken today? Love Bird the Chicken loves hugs! She now lives at Rifle Creek Ranch in Colorado and shares a special bond with a 6-year-old boy named Mason


http://dailypicksandflicks.com/2014/04/17/little-boy-hugging-a-chicken-video/

This kid is a real chick magnet!

4_TN_TITANS

(2,977 posts)
5. Chickens are such great pets!
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 07:33 AM
Apr 2014

We'd have more in a heartbeat if not for one of our dogs who likes to play with them to death. She's too good of a guard dog, so for now it's her instead of chickens.

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)
7. I was taking care of the neighbors chickens
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 01:10 PM
Apr 2014

and was surprised when one of the hens came and asked to be petted. Pretty soon all of them were there wanting to be petter. Who knew. I was happy to pet them. Just very very surprised.

This little boy and chicken are too cute. Gentle hugs to both of them.

mwdem

(4,031 posts)
11. I had a pet Rhode Island Red as a kid...
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 06:03 PM
Apr 2014

She would sit at our table and eat scrambled eggs for breakfast. She was a sweetheart!

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
12. We started keeping Chickens in 2007.
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 06:10 PM
Apr 2014

It was a clinical decision for a source of healthy food,
but we quickly fell in love with our birds.
They are an unending source of amazement and entertainment.
We have found them to be very Social, each with an individualized personality,
and accompanying grief when we lose one.
We still have one old hen that has been with us since the original flock in 2007.
That is long lived for a chicken.

trof

(54,255 posts)
13. My farmer father-in-law on chickens:
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 06:44 PM
Apr 2014

"Every morning when they wake up they're born again.
It's the first day of their life.
They're the dumbest animals on the place."

colorado_ufo

(5,717 posts)
16. Reminds me of a song from the 40s . . .
Sun Apr 20, 2014, 04:28 AM
Apr 2014

"I love you
A bushel and a PECK
A bushel and a peck
And a hug around the neck . . .

A hug around the neck
And a barrel and a heap,
A barrel and a heap
And I'm talking in my sleep
About you . . . about you . . ."

Rozlee

(2,529 posts)
19. We adopted an abandoned black baby chick once.
Sun Apr 20, 2014, 12:48 PM
Apr 2014

We raised chickens and it was hard to figure which flock he belonged to. All the chickens would run him off. We made him a pet and he grew into the meanest rooster you ever saw. He'd guard our front yard and attack anyone he saw walking on the street in front of our house. People on the block knew his reputation and would slow down and watch him warily as they went by. He'd peck busily on the grass and once they thought they were in the clear, he'd rear his head, flap his wings and tear off after them, pecking away at their heels. We didn't get much traffic from Jehovah's Witnesses while we had him.

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