I hate cats, and I really hate New Orleans

[Mango]

Just leave the cat around, don't feed it, problem solved.

 

[Beachbummette]

I did take out the trash! Can somebody please explain how I have 2 dogs, and at least 8 chickens to look after? We do not need a cat Maybe I will bring it to a place where it is needed, like outside Bud and Alley's Anybody need some roosters or hens?

I must have missed something...where did the chickens come in?

 

[dbuck]

I did take out the trash! Can somebody please explain how I have 2 dogs, and at least 8 chickens to look after? We do not need a cat Maybe I will bring it to a place where it is needed, like outside Bud and Alley's Anybody need some roosters or hens?

:scratch: Chickens? Please explain that one. Are you expecting a famine?

 

[Allifunn]

:scratch: Chickens? Please explain that one. Are you expecting a famine?

 

[30A Skunkape]

:scratch: Chickens? Please explain that one. Are you expecting a famine?

Katrina fowl, or so I was told. An old man kept a hen house in the neighborhood (yes, this is true) and one of the last things he did before evacuating (and never being heard from again) was opening the cages so the birds could fend for themselves. Well, they did pretty well in the storm and are now getting FAT on some feed Rapunzy bought for them. Oh, and spoiled too;the biggest rooster comes to the front door and crows at about 6AM until he is fed They also raid the neighbors cat food, and trust me, those cats don't dare do anything about it-those roosters have spurs that would send those kitties running

 

[Mango]

Katrina fowl, or so I was told. An old man kept a hen house in the neighborhood (yes, this is true) and one of the last things he did before evacuating (and never being heard from again) was opening the cages so the birds could fend for themselves. Well, they did pretty well in the storm and are now getting FAT on some feed Rapunzy bought for them. Oh, and spoiled too;the biggest rooster comes to the front door and crows at about 6AM until he is fed They also raid the neighbors cat food, and trust me, those cats don't dare do anything about it-those roosters have spurs that would send those kitties running

They have spunk those roosters.

 

[dbuck]

Do they lay eggs? What was he going to do with them? What are y'all going to do with them?

Skunky, is NO in total disarray? I have heard that the French Quarter is business as usual, that you would never know anything had happened, but what about everything else?

 

[Smiling JOe]

I did take out the trash! Can somebody please explain how I have 2 dogs, and at least 8 chickens to look after? We do not need a cat Maybe I will bring it to a place where it is needed, like outside Bud and Alley's Anybody need some roosters or hens?

I haven't eaten fresh chicken in a long time, but I am scared that chickens coming from free range of the city in NO may contain worse toxins than the ones at the grocery store. I better let you keep those yardbirds.

 

[rapunzel]

SJ, you make me homesick!

First things first, Skunky is a liar. He did not take out the trash. He was working the 12pm-12am shift in the ER last night. But even if he had been here he wouldn't have taken out the trash because he is one of those men that only empties the trash when the can will no longer shut even when he sits on the lid.

Second, the chickens were not doing just fine. They were scrawny and bedraggled and they did have to fight with the cats for the cat food. The rooster had no problems, but they'd chase the baby rooster and the hens off. It was a sad thing to see. I bought a 25 lb. bag of feed for $5, and it lasted them three months. In those three months, they have turned into shiny, healthy chickens and the roosters have beautiful red combs now. It is facsinating to watch them sort out the pecking order. Two new roosters and two new hens have joined the group that used to be four hens, a baby rooster, and a rooster. They all sleep in a big oak tree across the street at night, and they even have a certain order they have to follow about who gets in the tree first. As far as eggs go, I haven't seen any. I think roosting in a tree is probably going to present a problem as far as egg laying goes. Plus, they need ground oyster shell and things, and I haven't gotten that into poultry-rearing...yet.

As for the cat, he was nowhere to be seen this morning. Skunky probably took him to the LASP gas chamber last night.

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[Lady D]

SJ, you make me homesick!

First things first, Skunky is a liar. He did not take out the trash. He was working the 12pm-12am shift in the ER last night. But even if he had been here he wouldn't have taken out the trash because he is one of those men that only empties the trash when the can will no longer shut even when he sits on the lid.

Second, the chickens were not doing just fine. They were scrawny and bedraggled and they did have to fight with the cats for the cat food. The rooster had no problems, but they'd chase the baby rooster and the hens off. It was a sad thing to see. I bought a 25 lb. bag of feed for $5, and it lasted them three months. In those three months, they have turned into shiny, healthy chickens and the roosters have beautiful red combs now. It is facsinating to watch them sort out the pecking order. Two new roosters and two new hens have joined the group that used to be four hens, a baby rooster, and a rooster. They all sleep in a big oak tree across the street at night, and they even have a certain order they have to follow about who gets in the tree first. As far as eggs go, I haven't seen any. I think roosting in a tree is probably going to present a problem as far as egg laying goes. Plus, they need ground oyster shell and things, and I haven't gotten that into poultry-rearing...yet.

As for the cat, he was nowhere to be seen this morning. Skunky probably took him to the LASP gas chamber last night.

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Cats are wanderers so that cat will be back around. Especially if he has a food source. I would do the same thing. Can't stand to see a starving animal of any kind.