My new chick

[SANDRA_MEISSNEST]

What are u doing with the old once? I wont eat mine

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[mike taylor]

I eat them . They are not pets they are food . But I do enjoy them and I treat them as pets and let them live a happy life as possible till is there time to feed my family.

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[RosieRedfoot]

I once had chickens. I bought five little silkie bantams for show/pest control and lo and behold they were all roosters. I gave them away to a family friend who wanted to breed silkies. After 6 months of 24/7 crowing due to the sun never fully going down during the Alaskan summer we all wanted them gone...

 

[mike taylor]

Re: RE: My new chick

I once had chickens. I bought five little silkie bantams for show/pest control and lo and behold they were all roosters. I gave them away to a family friend who wanted to breed silkies. After 6 months of 24/7 crowing due to the sun never fully going down during the Alaskan summer we all wanted them gone...

Man I think thats the best part of having chickens is waking up to a rooster crowing .

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[Chinque]

I REALLY hope pepper is a hen, not a rooster! We got her for shows and the eggs, NOT to be woken up really early! Like I said earlier, I do NOT like really loud pets (kinda loud is ok but not really really loud)

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Oh and also 4-h! I'm considering participating, but I'm not sure about it yet... If anyone has participated or has a kid who has participated can you pm me? I need a little more information than on the website

 

[SANDRA_MEISSNEST]

Sure what do u need i help

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[Chinque]

Just some information on what they do at the meetings, how to participate at things at the fair (they are always at all the fairs I go to), and do they teach people to handle their animals better? I'm only asking this because whenever I go to the local county fairs I always see members showing their animals to judges for ribbons and such

 

[SANDRA_MEISSNEST]

Yes u have to get in touch with the board members of the fair. Usually u bring the pet like one day there before the show starts and then you can pick it up again after the fair is over

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[jaizei]

I'm sure they help you. Do you have an idea of what animal you would want to raise?

 

[SANDRA_MEISSNEST]

I have 5 chickens. 3 dogs, cats,fish and 2 sulcatas so im busy raising them all, and its wonderfull

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what about you?

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[Chinque]

I would want to raise chickens and rabbits for 4-h, since I alseady have a chicken and I've always wanted a bunny. And I already have 3 dogs, 2cats, a Russian tortoise, a mouse, and a chicken. I recently had a guinea pig, but she died a few days ago

 

[SANDRA_MEISSNEST]

Sorry to hear that how old was she

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[Chinque]

She was turning four in about two months

 

[SANDRA_MEISSNEST]

Sorry to hear. How old can they get? Was she sick

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[Chinque]

They can live to be anywhere from 5 to 7. She wasn't sick and has just gotten over a large cyst on her throat (after weeks of me having to put a little dropper down her throat for medicine, quite persistently I might add), I think like last year (?). I think she died from heatstroke, although her water bottle was almost full when I took her home (she died at the fair... )... -sigh-

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The people were really nice and supportive about it and the lady who ran the contest offered to buy me a new one when I'm ready (she was my first pet, besides fish and a kidnapped cat, to leave me. So it'll probably take me a while to grieve for her). I've gotten better since I lost her, though and I've realized that the new one will not be a replacement that I should resent for replacing her, but a new member of the family to make new memories with. If anyone has any suggestions about the matter, feel free to pm me... I don't want to gunk up the thread with sadness and stuff like that...