squonk 41,741 #1 Posted August 6, 2018 My wife wants to have chickens. We can't have them where we live. As a joke a while back I bought a couple of metal chicken lawn decorations and planted them in a flower bed and waited for my wife to see them. Took a while but she got a good laugh out of it and named them after a couple of neighbor's that moved away that we miss. I found another one and didn't tell her again and she finally found it and joked they were multiplying. I named it Ralph after my retired next door neighbor engineer. Picked up a big ceramic Rooster on my way home the show. She named him Homer as he's what you see when you get home. It's our 30th Anniversary this weekend so I got her a coop and we made a little display in hope that someone sees it and turns us in for having chickens. @stevasaurus thought of The Dead Chicken Society but since these were never alive in the first place I un gruesomed it a bit. Hope to get some good laughs out of it. We'll do more landscaping after it cools off! 9 1 1 16 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Machineguy 877 #2 Posted August 6, 2018 That’s Awesome! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 28,060 #3 Posted August 6, 2018 50 minutes ago, squonk said: I got her a coop and we made a little display in hope that someone sees it and turns us in for having chickens That display is awesome!! A rooster crow recording set to go off every 15min starting at 5am might speed things along for you. 3 1 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CasualObserver 3,410 #4 Posted August 6, 2018 Love it Squonk!! and honestly... in town, it's probably better than live ones anyway. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,741 #5 Posted August 6, 2018 I thought of a rooster recording! or maybe Some Foghorn Leghorn quotes! 2 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevasaurus 22,956 #6 Posted August 6, 2018 The chickens are "Out Standing" in the yard. 2 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,741 #7 Posted August 6, 2018 I took these pictures from the street corner. The white one on the left really looks real with a passing glance... 3 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
19richie66 17,537 #8 Posted August 6, 2018 Those plastic chickens won’t taste too good deep fried. 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,741 #9 Posted August 6, 2018 (edited) Actually 3 are metal and 1 is ceramic. Hot sauce won't make a dent! Edited August 6, 2018 by squonk 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SPINJIM 1,981 #10 Posted August 6, 2018 Don't eat any metal or ceramic eggs. Cluck, Cluck. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 56,379 #11 Posted August 6, 2018 Mike, you do know how to stir the pot, and I ain't talkin chicken soup. If you lived in a community with a Home Owner Association you would be on a wanted poster by now! 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,143 #12 Posted August 7, 2018 Props to the redhead at :20 second mark. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,741 #13 Posted August 9, 2018 Chickens almost got swamped yesterday! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 28,060 #14 Posted August 9, 2018 3 hours ago, squonk said: Chickens almost got swamped yesterday! Might have to trade them in on some ducks. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 56,379 #15 Posted August 9, 2018 4 hours ago, squonk said: Chickens almost got swamped yesterday! Hope they don't rust, patina on a Wheel Horse is good, on a fake chicken; not so much. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LengerichKA88 1,883 #16 Posted January 3, 2019 On 8/6/2018 at 9:46 AM, Achto said: That display is awesome!! A rooster crow recording set to go off every 15min starting at 5am might speed things along for you. Ours started every morning at 3:15 🙄 we figured he was on London time. We also figured he wasn’t too bright. We had ours smack in the middle of indianapolis. They would roam during the day, the neighbors loved it. When we moved we had to get rid of them because like you, the city we moved to wouldn’t allow them. Our neighbors seemed to be more upset that the chickens wouldn’t be around anymore than they were that we were moving 😂. I would loooooove to have hens again. We had three that we had raised from day olds, and they followed me everywhere. We had 14 in total, along with a couple dozen meat rabbits and a pair of ducks. Out little lot looked like an exploded petting zoo. If you REALLY wanted to get hens, you could see about circulating a petition and submitting it to the City Council next time they’re in session. I’ve considered doing the same thing, but apparently the majority or our CC has been around forever and has knocked down every attempt at changing that ordinance. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 63,290 #17 Posted January 3, 2019 One of the 16 hens gave us a surprise today, a double yolker from an Easter Egger! 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,988 #18 Posted January 3, 2019 1 hour ago, KyleLengerich said: I would loooooove to have hens again. We had three that we had raised from day olds, and they followed me everywhere. We had 14 in total, along with a couple dozen meat rabbits and a pair of ducks. Out little lot looked like an exploded petting zoo. If you REALLY wanted to get hens, you could see about circulating a petition and submitting it to the City Council next time they’re in session. I’ve considered doing the same thing, but apparently the majority or our CC has been around forever and has knocked down every attempt at changing that ordinance. I always wanted to have chickens here, but knew that it is illegal to do so. Funny that last year all of a sudden there was a big uproar here in town when they warned they would start fining people $1000.00 a day for every chicken they had until they got rid of them. I said to myself, how many chickens can there be in this tiny upper scale town 15 miles from NYC that this is such a problem for them to do this? Little did I know that there were literally hundreds of chickens in town. It all started when one of the chicken owners rooster was waking up the neighbors and they decided to call the cops.That started an entire investigation into the matter that almost caused a riot. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 49,599 #19 Posted January 3, 2019 Don't know how I missed this thread and a chance to at Squonk! When we venture into TSC in the spring and see the cute little chicks they have I tell her I want some.... that's when I get the look. Just think we could have chicken pooping contests on plow day how fun would that be!?!? Hope she don't see this thread I'm doomed. I always wanted a goat to so Cindy got me one! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,982 #20 Posted January 4, 2019 On 1/3/2019 at 7:32 PM, WHX21 said: I always wanted a goat to so Cindy got me one! Your kidding! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,741 #21 Posted June 17, 2020 My fake chickens had chicks!! Meet Jo and Waldo! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elcamino/wheelhorse 9,358 #22 Posted June 17, 2020 Where are Waldo's suspenders ? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,741 #23 Posted June 17, 2020 He doesn't have any pants on yet! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 15,758 #24 Posted June 17, 2020 I did not reply to this thread earlier because gardening is not my thing, but had I given my wife a fake chicken coop to house fake chickens for a 30th anniversary gift, I may have not been around for 31. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,741 #25 Posted June 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, rmaynard said: I did not reply to this thread earlier because gardening is not my thing, but had I given my wife a fake chicken coop to house fake chickens for a 30th anniversary gift, I may have not been around for 31. My wife loved it! The Chicks are a belated mother's day gift. I said this morning look out into the coop and she said WE GOT CHICKS!! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
