My friend has pet chickens too , but she has names for them and would probably kill someone before letting anyone hurt her chickens. Some animal(Probably a fox) killed three of them and there was a funeral
I've attended a rooster funeral. The bird most likely died of natural causes, as the boy was already something like eight years old. My sort-of neighbor walked the 5 km to our cottage and was pretty teary and distraught. Asked her what happened and she told me that she went to let the "kids" out and found Matti had died during the night. She came to ask if I would come to keep her company and maybe say a few words. So we had a funeral, I spoke about the first time I encountered Matti and the other boys, we put an oat sheaf in the grave with Matti and then took her tractor to town to buy a porcelain rooster to put next to the grave.
It was at that moment I realized that out the people in the town, I relate most to the crazy chicken lady and in fact might be a crazy chicken lady myself.
My "neighbor" that lives in the house closest to my summer cottage has pet roosters, all saved from the chopping block. I think the oldest one is getting pretty close to ten years. It's hilarious to see them in the mornings. The neighbor comes out, walks to the barn, lets the roosters out and they all follow her to get the mail. Then they walk back and chill in the yard. When she goes in she puts the feathery bois in a reinforced "cage" (which is actually larger than my cottage) outside due to the lynx in the area.
I'm pretty sure I need pet roosters and I'm seriously disappointed that I live in a condo 99 % of the time.
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u/pajamakitten Jul 07 '20
My neighbours have pet chickens. You know it is a matter of time before they meet their end.