I've been thinking (as well as some of my friends) for a while now that maybe I (we) should get some chickens. Its one of those things that seems really daunting and I question "do I really want to raise chickens or do I just like the idea of it?" So....
The other day we had quite a ruckus storm blow through. After it passed I went over to Sarah's house to trim some of the palms that were taking over the front steps. Some of us were standing around when someone said "Is that a baby chicken?" Sure enough, a chicken had arrived at our front door; a perfect opportunity to see what it might take to raise chickens. Sarah and I took the chicken to my house, made a temporary cage for it out of an old dog crate and set it in a spot where it could still peck at the ground. Sarah and I went in for dinner and as we were finishing up we heard loud chick sounds, it had made it's way out of the cage in the back yard and around to my front door. We then named it Founder. It was cool that night and Founder loved to snuggle itself into Sarah's lap. We later made the cage escape proof and sent Founder off to bed. The next day Founder hung out on the sidewalk with me as I pulled weeds from between my picket fence and the sidewalk. Just as fast as the ants were biting me Founder was eating the ants. Founder wouldn't get any further than a few feet from me. She (well we don't know if Founder was a she or a he) would follow my every move.
Being that a number of us were interested in raising chickens we thought it be best if Founder went to live over at Sarah's and Kristen's house,where a big dog named Pounder doesn't live, and we could all be apart of raising a chicken. We made the switch and Founder was now to live in it's own back yard. She was put to bed that evening in her new place. The next morning another strong storm moved through. After the storm passed Kristen went out to check on Founder. One of the boards had shifted in the wind and Founder was gone.
She came in with the storm and left with the storm.
I'm still not sure if I want to raise chickens or not.
