Remember that post I did a while back about how asking me to tend your critters was a bad idea? A very, very bad idea? Then remember how my cousin asked me to tend her chickens and one of them died? Yeah. Bad, bad idea.
I am jinxed when it comes to tending chickens. Seriously. My cousin went out of town again this past week, and guess who was left tending the chickens? Thing 2 and Me. Guess what died while they were gone? Yup. Another chicken.
To say I am feeling a little skittish around the chickens is an understatement. The Chicken God hates me because whenever we are left in charge, he calls another one home. To chicken heaven.
Her neighbors are not fond of the chickens either. Apparently, lots of people are breaking their "HOA" rules, but guess which rule it is that's being enforced? Yup, you guessed it. The no chicken rule.
My cousin and her husband really love those smelly chickens. It has been one craptastic year and those chickens make their day a little brighter, a little happier. Besides, whats not to love about farm fresh eggs first thing in the morning?
They have named all the chickens too. All 20 something of them. Secretly, I think the chickens are kind of cool looking. I had no idea there were that many different kinds of chickens. The only troubling part is how do you tell the hen from the rooster? I mean, I know how... but how? Ack!
Jefe felt sorry for my cousin when they were telling him how chickens + neighbors + HOA = no chickens. They were being forced to get rid of them. They were sad, and it made Jefe's heart grow three sizes that day. For real. It must have. How else do you explain the 3 chicken coops that are now in my backyard?
Now, lest you think we were driving across town with 3 chicken coops strapped to the top of our car (which would have been funny), let me explain that my cousin lives right behind me. We had no idea each other lived where they did when we were purchasing our homes. It was just sheer dumb luck. And divine intervention.
We actually share backyards. Except for that pesky fence between our yards. So, rather than driving across town toting chickens, we drove around the block instead. With chicken coops on the back of a trailer. It actually was rather funny to see the people's faces driving by when they realized what was on the back of our trailer!
Here's where Operation SAVE THE CHICKENS comes into play...
Remember? The chicken God hates me! They die-- I said DIE--when they are in my care! I don't want to kill the chickens that made Jefe's heart grow 3 sizes in one day! For Pete's sake! That would be an atrocity to END all atrocities.
SAVE THE CHICKENS from Motherboard!
Seriously.
SAVE THE CHICKENS.
I don't need any more Chicken's hanging over my head. I have way too much to talk to my maker about when I enter those pearly gates. I don't want to have to answer for more dead chickens. Besides, my cousin wants her chickens back. She loves them. And so do her kids and husband.
Take my nifty little button up there for your blog, and help me help myself by SAVING THE CHICKENS!
I'm thinking what with the Tens of Tens of us that read this blog, if we put the save the chicken buttons up on our blogs, we can start a movement. A SAVE THE CHICKENS movement. I've always wanted to be a part of a movement.
You will need to sign in the comments about how we need to save the chickens from motherboards jinx. Then maybe, just maybe, the HOA's hearts will grow 3 sizes in one day and they will be persuaded to let her keep her chickens.
Leave me a comment. Or four.
Tell me how the HOA needs to let my adorable cousin keep her chickens.
Or maybe how their hearts could grow 3 sizes in one day too-- if they just let her keep her chickens.
You could say in the comments "SAVE THE CHICKENS! Motherboard is a chicken killer."
Or not.
If nothing else, just say"Chickens are our friends. Not food." or "Chickens have feelings too."
Then I think I will print them all off and give them to my cousin to submit to her HOA.
Power to the people! (and the chickens!)
Let's band together people, for the common good of chickens everywhere, and SAVE THE CHICKENS. From Motherboard.
30 monkeys jumping on the bed:
This is hilarious!
And why would she ask you to watch the chickens, when you are clearly a chicken killer?!?!
Can I make little Snuggies for all the chickens?
I'm pretty sure I'm eating a chicken sandwich for dinner, now.
I saw that on FB and told Alli that I am in need of Chickens, I just don't want to pay $10 for them!
I only need 4 or so, if you wanto get rid of some!!! I am serious!
Don't be mad, but I don't really want to save the chickens. I can't fathom having them as pets. I figure I'll leave that to people like your cousin who love the chickens:) But I do hope for your sake and your cousin's that the chickens are okay.
And how come you can have them in your backyard...but they can't? What?
And also, my grandma used to call us her chickens. Kinda cute:)
I believe that you (motherboard) shall hereafter be known simply as "Colonel Sanders".
Long live KFC.
Awww, Babs. Come on! Save me from myself!
I can keep them because, although we do share backyards, we live in different sub-divisions. I am HOA-less. And, it's nice.
Judi: They are still Al's. I'm just "chicken-sitting". She's still looking for homes. I'm willing to bet you could negotiate with her...
Just sayin'.
hehe!! I LOVE Veronica's comment!! hehe!!
As long as they are in coops--what's the harm really?! My neighbors 2 doors down just had they running around like crazy. Half of the time they were knocking on my door to get them out of my backyard. I haven't seen the chickens in about a year so they must have become dinner.
SAVE THE CHICKENS!! I will add the button now--just 'cause I love ya!!
Is it okay if I leave a comment that says HOAs suck?
Because they do.
Unless they will allow you to save the chickens.
No, they still suck.
(We belong to one.)
Who wouldn't want chickens in their neighborhood? Besides the lazy bums who like to sleep in.
And they let us eat their undeveloped offspring.
Chickens are amazing.
I say, if chickens are wrong, I don't want to be right.
VIVA LA POULETS!!
This is why your blog is my favorite blog.
Chickens have feelings too! Save the chickens!
Can we save the chickens for Sunday dinner? No? *sigh*
I'll add the button to my blog all the same and hope that someday, somehow, they'll find a new way of living...
Motherboard are you one of the people going to chic-fil-a tomorrow dressed as a cow to get you some free chicken. Oh wait no , you have them in your back yard why drive to chic-fil-a when you know one will fall prey to the Motherboard curse.
LOL We definitely need to save the chickens and Motherboard from herself. Come on peeps. (Pun intended)
Dear HOA people,
Chickens are good.
They make eggs.
They peck at the soil, making room for new beautiful grass.
They eat bugs.
H-O-H-O OHHH A, let the chickens stay! yea! yea yea yea...
Do you have any idea how hard it is to not explain that the way to tell the difference between roosters and hens is to count their p*ck*rs? How can you set me up that way, on this otherwise wholesome and righteous blog??
And I'm thinking a yardful of McNuggets-On-The-Hoof sounds perfectly wretched. Bring on the Ranch dressing, and get it overwith.
WV: dischic, as in 'dischic' needs a new home!
Two things, fly traps and lots of straw. The deep litter method just stinks less. Also a fly trap every two weeks. Toss it even if it's not full yet.
Can't help you on the not killing them thing. Other than keeping them cool when it gets really hot. (Mist them, give them water, give them shade.)
For the HOA, I suggest a bribe. Otherwise they will not be moved by the self-sufficiency thing, or the pet thing, or the beauty thing, or the prevention of cruelty thing, or the health thing. Chickens are great in so many ways, awful in just one (the smell). If you can keep the smell down then there are no drawbacks at all--until the roosters grow up. Guess that makes two draw-backs.
Esta es la cuenta de un hombre y sus gallinas... una triste y conmovedora historia... de Americanos derecho a llevar los pollos. Larga vida la revolución de pollo!
Why don't you just put a gate in the fence-between-the-yards and your cousin can come and take care of her own chickens? she can feed them, water them, gather their eggs, all you have to do is rent out a little section of your backyard (I'd charge a dozen eggs a week)
I am telling you, if we don't stop eating chickens we will be up to our armpits in chickens in the next life. Costco alone sells 30 million of their roasted chickens. I figure that's about 300,000 thousand chickens to every tiger or lion or bear. Woudn't you rather have a lion for a pet than a chicken? Well, you'll probaboy have to have 100 chickens pet chickens or even 1,000 pet chickens. Yes, keep the chickens alive! Let them lay eggs.
I am seriously laughing at a thought that probably wouldn't occur to anyone else.
In my 'pre-kid' life, I worked as a City Planner and often had to field complaint calls from one neighbor whining about the actions of another. Then a war would start and both parties would try and use us as the bat.
So when you said you have connecting yards, I thought of all the complaining neighbors being so glad to see the chickens go- then the completely crestfallen faces when they realized the chickens only moved 20 feet (or so) away. Classic!
I hope they live. We let the neighbor's dog escape over the weekend when we were supposed to be watching him so I'm no better with dogs than you are with chickens!
Oh my heck! No lie, my word verification word is 'wings'. Totally serious! HA!
Chickens are good! And tasty...
Wait. i don't remember reading anything about a No Chickens rule in the HOA. Could it be possible that the problem is that your cousin lives next door to a member of the HOA committee?
Kinda hard to hide 20 chickens from your next door neighbor.
Hey HOA members please don't turn Motherboard into Mrs. Tweety. Even though I like me some chicken pot pie.
Maybe you could make little costumes for the chickens to disguise their identity so the HOA people won't recognize them.
You could dress them all as Elvis! (or would it be Elvi?)
Or you could dress them in camoflage then they won't be able to see them and won't even know that they're there!
SAVE THE CHICKENS!!
CHICKENS ARE PEOPLE TOO!!
Jillybean:If you make the costumes, I will TOTALLY put the chickens in them. And take photos.
Kristina: If you make snuggies, I'll put those on top of the costumes from Jillybean.
We could start charging for viewing... I'm seeing dollar signs now!
SAVE THE CHICKENS!
HOA quit hatin' on the chickens!!
I'll haunt you from my grave if you don't let the chickens stay.
Do you want me to punch someone in their chicken hatin face?
Dear HOA people,
You stink...worse than the chickens!
We love our chickens!
I just have to say, you ar very funny and you have funny people who read your blog!
I want chickens too someday. I hope I don't find I am a chicken killer too!
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