Can you rent chickens?

[Violent Rainbow]

I want to rent some chickens to eat all the snails in my yard.

[crunchyfrog]

Kind of, I suppose it depends where you are. There may be certain ordinanaces and local regs why you can't do that or there may be farmers nearby who ain't willing to dio it.

But generally it's not unheard of for people to let animals graze on their property. I've done it.
Though it wasn't chickens.

[Violent Rainbow]

Цитата допису crunchyfrog:

Kind of, I suppose it depends where you are. There may be certain ordinanaces and local regs why you can't do that or there may be farmers nearby who ain't willing to dio it.

But generally it's not unheard of for people to let animals graze on their property. I've done it.
Though it wasn't chickens.

Yeah I feel like I've seen people rent tiny horses to eat their grass around here, it's not super rural but it's kinda half suburbs and half rural.

[crunchyfrog]

Цитата допису Violent Rainbow:

Цитата допису crunchyfrog:

Kind of, I suppose it depends where you are. There may be certain ordinanaces and local regs why you can't do that or there may be farmers nearby who ain't willing to dio it.

But generally it's not unheard of for people to let animals graze on their property. I've done it.
Though it wasn't chickens.

Yeah I feel like I've seen people rent tiny horses to eat their grass around here, it's not super rural but it's kinda half suburbs and half rural.

Without knowing your country and region, your best bet would be to make sure there's no local rules or regulations preventing you (ring your local council if you're unsure). And if all's good, ring some farmers who have chickens. If you can't get any luck there, then simply put an advert in some local classifieds there and someone who has a small lot of chickens might oblige.

[DarkCrystalMethod]

I don't think its a great idea to get "used" chickens.
What will the neighbors think? They'll have to protect their corn fields form all those hungry hungry hens.

[Violent Rainbow]

Yeah you know I thought about having pet chickens but I feel like that would be stressful, but my yard is infested with snails and baits don't seem to work on them and they're really attacking my tangelo trees and I'm just so done fighting the damn things.

[DarkCrystalMethod]

If they're potted then you can move them around every few days so the snails don't get wise.

[ZAP]

Yes

[kbiz]

Цитата допису crunchyfrog:

Kind of, I suppose it depends where you are. There may be certain ordinanaces and local regs why you can't do that or there may be farmers nearby who ain't willing to dio it.

This is exactly why I love OT. The breadth of knowledge is astounding.

Thanks, Crunchy Frog. And everyone else that knows this sh!t.

[doug]

Visit your local Blockbuster Chicken

[Irene ❤]

They will come back again after rain. Why not raise a few boks. Not only they are beautiful, you get good fertilizers for the soil too.

[Angel]

It's probably easier to use snail pallets to dry up the pesky snails.
Or you can buy a chicken then give it away if you don't need it... or chicken dinner.

[crunchyfrog]

Цитата допису kbiz:

Цитата допису crunchyfrog:

Kind of, I suppose it depends where you are. There may be certain ordinanaces and local regs why you can't do that or there may be farmers nearby who ain't willing to dio it.

This is exactly why I love OT. The breadth of knowledge is astounding.

Thanks, Crunchy Frog. And everyone else that knows this sh!t.

Ah thank you. I'm not smart, but I have lived :)

Caution and all that.

I wouldn't go down the actually owning chickens route unless you REALLY know what you're doing. Then there's the diseases and the neighbours to think about too :)

Renting or getting them to peck around, now that's a cheap option.

[feytharn]

I know there are people offering 'rental' Indian Runner ducks for a small fee in my region (Indian Runner ducks are far superior snail gobblers compared to chicken)

[invision2212]

Pour a thick ass band of salt around your tree and shrubs and those snails won’t cross it

[Haemorrhoid Graboid]

Gonna needs to those chickens quick.Problem with some slugs here.

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