The Girls

Canada
June 1, 2016 8:16am CST
My daughter has chickens. Last year she started with six. They are free range and have a large cage for sleeping and a separate room to lay eggs in when they get old enough to lay eggs. The video show you those young birds and how cute they are. They wander around all day enjoying life and eating bugs. But if a human shows up, all the girls come running to say hello and hang out with the humans.
Very friendly chickens
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
1 Jun 16
Aren't they just the cutest things there are. They do seem to enjoy life.
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• Canada
1 Jun 16
They were so funny. the minute I went outside they would come running.
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
1 Jun 16
@PainsOnSlate That is so neat that they come running like that.
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@rebelann (111405)
• El Paso, Texas
1 Jun 16
I wish I had chickens but before I'd do that I'd have to create a stronghold to protect them from coyotes, hawks and the human thieves that are in this community, not many but the few we have are those teens that feel it's fun to steal.
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@rebelann (111405)
• El Paso, Texas
1 Jun 16
That was a neat video,
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@rebelann (111405)
• El Paso, Texas
1 Jun 16
Was that you calling those girls @PainsOnSlate ? You have a pleasant voice.
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• Canada
1 Jun 16
@rebelann Glad you liked it.
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• United States
3 Jun 16
Love chickens. We hope to one day have some ourselves. Fresh eggs are the best. Love how they came right up to the camera. LOL.
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• United States
4 Jun 16
@PainsOnSlate that is hilarious! I would like to see that first hand.
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• Canada
4 Jun 16
They are very friendly. They will hop up onto your lap especially if you are eating something they like to share your food.
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• Canada
4 Jun 16
@ElusiveButterfly My daughter made a video of it, I'll see if I can find it.
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@vandana7 (99067)
• India
2 Jun 16
Oh so what we call country fowl is a free range chicken. I always wondered, why they continue to call them chicken when they are grown ups...why not hens, or cocks...
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@vandana7 (99067)
• India
2 Jun 16
@PainsOnSlate ..That is a lot of new words for me...and new information as well...pullets indeed...
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• Canada
2 Jun 16
Free range just indicates that they are allowed to wander around the yard during the day but these chicks are closed in at night. Young hens are called pullets (I don't why). The species is called chickens, females called hens and males called roosters. But these girls have human names. They are pets with a bonus called eggs...
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• Canada
2 Jun 16
Definition, Synonyms, Translations of pullets by The Free Dictionary
@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
3 Jun 16
How sweet - they really did come running. It sounds as if they have an idyllic life.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
4 Jun 16
@PainsOnSlate That's sad - you mean a predator got them?
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• Canada
5 Jun 16
@jaboUK yes, it was a learning curve, when people are around you can hear them if there is trouble but she left them out when she left to go into town and they think it was a hawk or fox that got two of them. When she got home the chickens were hiding in their cage and two were gone and in the yard, feathers and blood to tell the story.
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• Canada
4 Jun 16
They are very cute and the eggs are great. They lost a couple of them to something and now makes sure they are in their hen house when no humans are around...live and learn
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@JudyEv (326580)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Jun 16
That is so cute. How nice that they come running to 'hang out' with you.
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• Canada
8 Jun 16
They really are pets with benefits (eggs).
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• Canada
8 Jun 16
@JudyEv yes these girls will get up in your lap if you hare having a snack on the porch.
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@JudyEv (326580)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Jun 16
@PainsOnSlate Some get very tame don't they?
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• United States
21 Dec 16
i've been thinking about getting chickens.but first,i'd need to rebuild the pad outside and buy a dog pen to anchor it to before i even build a coop.we now have coyotes on island thanks to the bridges.
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• Canada
21 Dec 16
My daughter lost a couple to the coyotes that decided to have lunch. I'm not sure she lets them out ro free range anymore. I think she lets them out if someone is out in the yard with them. And they do go to their pen when told to... trained well.
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• United States
1 Jun 16
Aw those are great Paints! I subscribed so I can see more of them. Thanks for sharing.
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• United States
4 Jun 16
@PainsOnSlate I really did Paints thanks
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• Canada
4 Jun 16
Thanks, I hope to get more videos on YouTube. I'm glad you enjoy them.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
2 Jun 16
That is pretty cute, they sure can run fast.
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• Canada
2 Jun 16
They are entertaining.
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@LadyDuck (460148)
• Switzerland
1 Jun 16
Chicken are cute, I remember when my grandmother had chickens, they rushed when someone approached them.
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• Canada
3 Jun 16
They are very entertaining and they give you free eggs...
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@LadyDuck (460148)
• Switzerland
3 Jun 16
@PainsOnSlate You are right, fresh and delicious eggs.
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• United States
2 Jun 16
looks akin to the horses when they're out'n pasture. when the winds blowin' to fierce'n from the wrong direction, makin' my whistle a waste'f time. one'll pop their head'p'n see me, then come runnin' 'cross the field. the others'll soon follow'n hot pursuit. wonderin' if'n i've a treat fer 'em, 'r jest a bit'f lovin' :) beautiful chickens!
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• Canada
3 Jun 16
My horses would run to the fence to say hello to me too. Loved it. I had company waiting for the school bus every morning.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
4 Jun 16
great little video.... friendly little things aren't they .... nice colouring....
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• Canada
4 Jun 16
They are friendly and pretty too. They are part of the family.
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5 Jul 16
They are very cute. It is always fun to have some pet animal at home.
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• Canada
5 Jul 16
These are pets with benefits, they all lay an egg a day.
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• Hangzhou, China
21 Aug 16
I like to raise chickens, too, but I do not have such a place to raise them due to the reason that I live in the city. I love especially those chickens when they are very small with only furry leather of yellow, so nice and beautiful. Well, one of my relatives raise many chickens as they live in the country. It is wonderful that you can always have some fresh eggs to eat if you raise the hens by yourself.
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• Canada
21 Aug 16
My daughter always rings me eggs because her girls produce and are fun too.
@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
2 Jun 16
That's so cool. I used to have chickens years ago.
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• Canada
2 Jun 16
Me too, I love that my daughter has them now and fresh eggs.
@Juliaacv (48614)
• Canada
1 Jun 16
I'd love to have some free range chickens, there are no better tasting eggs in the world! They are cut.
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• Canada
4 Jun 16
My daughter certainly enjoys them and the eggs. When she visits I get free eggs too.
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@gr8nana6 (6614)
• Conyers, Georgia
1 Jun 16
Cute video, they sure know where to go for their food, lol.
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• Canada
1 Jun 16
Yup, its the humans who feed them, but they really are social birds, they come running when any human shows up.
1 Jun 16
It's so funny how much I enjoy stuff about chickens now. I grew up on a farm with chickens and I never even took the time to look at them or appreciate them. Now I do. And I regret my youthful self-centeredness.
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• Canada
1 Jun 16
I really enjoy them and they are always happy to see me. We had chickens when i was a kid but I didn't have much to do with them and they weren't pets. I had a pet duck though..loved Wibble Wobble.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
1 Jun 16
If I lived in the country like I did as a child, I would have chickens and goats. The chickens would take care of the bugs and the goats would mow the lawn. In exchange for feeding them, they would share their eggs and milk.
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• Canada
3 Jun 16
I'm surprised my daughter doesn't have goats or sheep. There are a lot of sheep in her area. We had a lamb every spring to mow the lawn ...but we ate it for Easter...but we children didn't know that until we were older..
@addy007 (722)
2 Jun 16
they are cute, i also used to pet them.
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• Canada
3 Jun 16
They are fee when someone is home but have to go into their cage if the family and the dog are leaving.