Been a while since we had any out here on the old rancho. Wife's grandfather had some and when he passed on, we got the chickens by default. My M in law didn't care to take care of them. Also had some wild turkeys that he hatched running around the yard too. After a while, they all went back to the wild.
Just recently started a pretty good size gardenwith the kids. It is about 30 foot square. Our first attempt since the F in law quit doing it and is now in a nursing home. they use to help him out when they were kids. Now, both at 30 and 31, they have to do it all and find that it is not so easy. I just water. I don't like working that hard. That's why I retired.
The hot thing around here now is fighting roosters. Well, it has been for the last 20 years or so. Being that there are alot of ranches and private rural places to go, it is a lucrative passtime for some. Wasn't for me cause I was involved with the prosecution side of the ones that got caught. Neighbors down the road have several "Rooster Teepees" in their yard. Guy a couple of miles down the road has about 20 of the little plywood A frame rooster houses in his yard too.
