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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 2:28 pm 
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anyone do something similar to this? sounds interesting and kinda fun

http://www.rentthechicken.com/p/south-c ... tario.html


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 10:05 am 
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First of all, it would be cruel to lock 2-4 chickens up in a small coup like that. If you're in urban Milton, better check Town of Milton by-laws about having farm animals in your backyard. Chickens make noise. Better ask your neighbours if it would be ok. Myself, I would not want my neighbours having chickens.


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 8:11 pm 
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denti wrote:
anyone do something similar to this? sounds interesting and kinda fun

http://www.rentthechicken.com/p/south-c ... tario.html


I'd say rent 2 chickens but give them the space for 4 - 8 hens
as they'd likely gobble up all the grass in the caged area
before long.

Our eternal enemy when it came to keeping our ducks and ducklings alive were rats and weasels.Each night another duckling vanished.

rent-a rooster sounds cool but if theres another rooster
within 300 feet of your rooster and two hens the 2 cocks
will let each another know they're around.

Our farm neighbour has about a dozen or so hens on one side of the property and a rooster hundreds of feet away.His experience with those
incubating machines you can buy at TSC Villager is that the temperature
in them fluctuates too wildly.He tends to buy day old chicks
or just-ready-to-lay hens

And a flock of loudly quacking ducks in urban Milton
would probably freak out the neighbourhood when they
get the urge and start invading other backyards


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 11:16 am 
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Go to backyardchickens.com tons of info, and unless you need fertilized eggs for breeding avoid roosters altogether. They are just assholes.


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:46 pm 
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Sorry to rain on the parade here, but chickens (and every other type of farm animal) are specifically forbidden unless you live in Rural Milton:
http://www.milton.ca/MeetingDocuments/Council/bylaws2004/090-2004%20Animal%20Control%20-Consolidated.pdf


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 1:06 pm 
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Since we're talking about chickens


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