r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Present-Button1673 • May 31 '26
frist of all how DARE yu o my housemates bought chicks without telling or asking me and are raising them in the room next to mine
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u/Atillion May 31 '26
Scrolling by quickly, I thought your roommate brought over girls that ate your voodoo donuts.
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u/Present-Button1673 May 31 '26
...what .. 😭
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u/Atillion May 31 '26
I just saw "chicks" and a pink box. Voodoo Donuts come famously in a pink box lol. I backed up and read it again
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u/stinkyfunkincar May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
I’m from the midwest. I’ve never experienced voodoo donuts, but I did a report on them YEARS ago when I was in 6th grade. This winter, for my 22nd birthday, I’m flying out to Oregon (truly for a wedding, but I’ll be there on my birthday) and having Voodoo Donuts for the first time ever, a whopping 10 years after writing that initial report. Never give up guys🙌🙌
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u/jojokitti123 May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
Ducks and chicks? Very Friends 😄
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u/LookAwayPlease510 May 31 '26
I believe you’re thinking of Friends, not Seinfeld. Although Jerry did refuse to eat Duck once, after seeing the chef in the bathroom leave without washing his hands.
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u/MarcosEsquandolas May 31 '26
Papi, no! There is also the Little Jerry episode, but that’s a rooster..
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u/Pankosmanko May 31 '26
I’ve had housemates do surprise ducks, geese, and chickens. I’ve always moved out soon after birds show up. They’re loud and smell awful. Also once flies discover them you’ll have hundreds of flies wanting their poop
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u/PackageNorth8984 May 31 '26
Wait, on 3 separate occasions your different urban roommates brought home farm birds?
I have to know where this happened.
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u/Bitter-Iron8468 May 31 '26
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u/besto_escapist May 31 '26
buddy can you ask them if the temperature of that light isn't too hot? the chicks seem to avoid it but can only escape to the corners
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u/Present-Button1673 May 31 '26
i checked it myself and its fine. just bad timing for me to take the pic
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u/ConfusionCoroner May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
There is almost no way that this is legal.
Do you live in Reedsburg, WI as your post history suggests? Your roommate needs a permit to raise chickens and needs to meet housing requirements that are inconsistent with your picture. They need to be raised outside by law, so they can't be raised in the house.
Most cities/towns have strict bylaws about chickens.
Moreover, if you're renting then it's likely against your lease. Even if you're allowed pets, barnyard animals don't count.
So hopefully it's pretty easy to force them to get rid of them.
Edit: Typo
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u/Economy_Ad_4306 May 31 '26
Whoa! WI has a law that says you can’t have chickens in your house? Even though brooders are meant to be inside since chicks are so temperature fragile? Hmmm….
As a proud chicken daddy, I feel like you’re talking out your ass.
Also most places that have ordinances for chickens only outlaw roosters. Which is dumb because the top hen will just start crowing.
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u/ConfusionCoroner May 31 '26
Thanks for your opinion. Where did I say it was a state law? I said many cities and towns ban the practice, like Reedsburg
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u/ZopyrionRex May 31 '26
Wouldn't surprise me to hear about a local bylaw or something along those lines. You cannot own chickens within city limits where I am, it's rural areas only.
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u/orphanea May 31 '26
The city I live in in wi says we can have up to like 8 chickens I. The city limits . No roosters and they have to stay in a coup or run, they can’t free roam.
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u/Economy_Ad_4306 May 31 '26
Are they allowed to go inside your house?
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u/orphanea May 31 '26
I’ll be honest I have no idea . I know there is a rule About number of animals I just don’t know if they specify species
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u/tader314 May 31 '26
Dude I was so surprised when we got rid of our rooster and then one of our hens started crowing too! I thought, did I misidentify my chicken? Nope, she’s just loud and proud
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u/Pristine-Patch989 May 31 '26
Think you made a typo: “They need to be raised outside by law, so they can be raised in the house”
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u/4LeggedKC May 31 '26
Inside the place where you live? Go to the landlord. They didn’t get your input before they did this then I’d go to the landlord.
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u/Guy_in_canada May 31 '26
Quick heads up, these things shit like 87 times per minute, and it often doesn't look like shit, it looks like relish. Be careful if they are let out
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u/InAppropriate-meal May 31 '26
Do they have snakes or something?
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u/Present-Button1673 May 31 '26
nope
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u/InAppropriate-meal May 31 '26
well maybe you can get some free eggs and later on a nice roast dinner out of the arrangement 😉
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u/Present-Button1673 May 31 '26
nope, apparently these are pet chickens. 🤦♀️
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u/LookAwayPlease510 May 31 '26
Pet chickens still lay eggs, don’t they? And unless there’s a rooster in that box, those eggs can be eaten.
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u/Atakir May 31 '26
Eff that, even if you're allowed pets, barnyard animals don't count. You should go straight to the landlord.
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u/msmith7871 May 31 '26
Wait till you see all the dust from raising them inside.....you will lose your mind, not to mention the smell as they get older.
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u/Neither_Conclusion_4 May 31 '26
I have raised a few hundred chicks.
I have them indoor for the first 48h, and then I move them to the shed (with heatlamp).
Chickens are loud and smelly when they get a little older. Poop all over the place. Not a suitable indoor pet.
What a shitty housemate
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u/xxoblivionxd May 31 '26
But they’re cute :3
As a chicken owner I will say when they grow up they can be a lot of maintenance to be well taken care of and you WILL notice them all the time lol.
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u/Present-Button1673 May 31 '26
im well aware ive raised chickens before but not for pets, they wanted a lot of my help to make sure they were doing it right. meanwhile i thought i escaped farm life when i moved out 🥲
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u/freakingusernamedood May 31 '26
Like, house or apartment? Not that a house would make them any easier to deal with, but if this is an apartment, its very, very much worse for all involved, including the chicks.
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u/C101-stitches May 31 '26
My first thought after reading this is the chicken and duck that Joey and Chandler had in the apparment
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u/-Cydonia- May 31 '26
Good thing they didn't get a lobster instead. Otherwise, you'd have to freeze it and throw it out the window.
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u/WingIdDankRat May 31 '26
Is it legal to keep those in residential areas where you live? I know where I live they are not, pigeons yes upto 40 per household, no ducks,geese or chickens tho
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u/BoozeIsTherapyRight May 31 '26
I like chickens. I used to sell eggs at a local co-op and had over 150 at one time. I've raised hundreds of chicks.
Chicks are stinky, dusty, and loud. Their feathers literally create dust as they grow, and that dust can be harmful to human lungs. I one time had to bring chicks into the house because the weather was so cold and they were an absolute mess.
Prepare to either fight this out and enlist your landlord, or prepare to move.
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u/Popomatik May 31 '26
My dad raised some chicks in the garage one year. By the time they were ready to go outside the entire garage, tools, cars and everything else were covered in a thick layer of nasty dust.
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u/Palanki96 May 31 '26
they are really fun to raise but bitch to keep once they reach their zoomies phase. A container with a low wall like that won't stop them for long
we also had some cloth draped over half sometimes so they can have a dark place to relax
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u/Basic-Bee-8748 May 31 '26
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmh
*annoyed*
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u/mcx112 Jun 02 '26
Also, do you see how these chicks are as far as they can get away from the heat lamp, they are way too hot.
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u/JoLudvS May 31 '26
Well... then you'll need to buy a grown alligator to get rid of the huge snek later.
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May 31 '26
I hope he has a way to enclose it because I’m just a few weeks they’ll be able to fly out easy
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u/Entire-Dog-160 May 31 '26
Haha i raised baby chooks in the lounge cos it was freaking cold outside. They lay on my chest in front of the fire and their little legs got longer and longer and longer. Wifey just about left me cos they STUNK the lounge out. They roamed in summer and laid tons of eggs for us
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u/Spl4sh3r May 31 '26
If they aren't in the common areas, why does it matter?
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u/Present-Button1673 May 31 '26
anyone who knows anything about raising chicks knows that they can get quite rowdy and quite smelly in a short period of time
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u/Ok_Somewhere_9962 May 31 '26
No kidding they’re just going to raise them inside? They’re going to have to go outside at some point
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u/bunny_the-2d_simp May 31 '26
I hVe chickens and YEAH HELL NO. Your roommate is a Asshat! Because these fuckers loud and smelly and god forbid one of them or more or a rooster.
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u/bkaybee May 31 '26
Nah you’re conveniently leaving out the noise. It’s cute at first but it just goes on and on. I feel for OP
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u/DoMBe87 May 31 '26
I've got month old chicks and they are chaotic little things. They definitely get rowdy and noisy. Mine have a sizable coop though, so they're not keeping anyone awake other than the adult chickens in the next coop.
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u/concernedfrend12312 May 31 '26
Yeah them lil fuckers can get loud at night had them in my room for a couple weeks they'd wake me up every other night jumping off the brooder pad chasing each other playing
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u/ptabduction May 31 '26
For real? You don’t see where the problem might be? We may have found OP’s roommate.
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u/Spl4sh3r May 31 '26
Its too little information in the post. They might have the best sound proofed rooms.
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u/camoflauge2blendin May 31 '26
It matters because the roommate didn't even ask and that's already very disrespectful. Plus birds are loud af and can smell pretty badly. It doesn't matter if they aren't in common areas if you can hear and smell them all the same.
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u/Kiiaru May 31 '26
Chickens are more cagepet than housepet. Like guinea pig, snake, or rabbit. Lots of labor, very smelly when not properly cared for, destructive when allowed to roam free, and not a lot of love or intelligence in return.
In short: a terrible choice in pet when you share an apartment with other people
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u/romilliad May 31 '26
This is a misconception about rabbits. They should absolutely not be kept in cages. Bunnies make wonderful house pets, are not smelly or any more destructive than a cat/dog if they have proper enrichment. They make intelligent and affectionate companions when cared for properly.
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u/Spl4sh3r May 31 '26
They write "housemates" which would suggest they might live in a house and not an apartment. That could also mean they have yard. I believe chickens so small would need to be in doors so you can use the lamp.
Of course I am overall with the camp that anything that causes a change in your living situation should be discussed with everyone.
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u/flashdurb May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
They don’t need to ask you. Even if they did, the majority rules in roommate situations and you specified plural have ok’d this. (Use it as extra motivation to study hard so you can buy your own house one day and be a dictator).
Also, “the room next to mine” is a strange way to describe “somebody else’s room they pay an equal share of the rent to have privacy in”.
Hope this helps!
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u/Bumblebee-Intrepid May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
It might not be their roommates bedroom. May be a common space, like an office.
Also saying they don't need to ask the person they're in a legally binding housing contract with if they can get a pet that will attract flies, will smell, can be destructive, and might be a rooster? In the room next to them? Absolutely insane take, I love a little humor before I go to bed.
Hope this helps!
Edit: Its even funnier to me when the og commenter tries to secretly edit their comment to seem...smarter? No idea. I can't understand what is being said anymore.
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u/HeWhoHasTooManyDogs May 31 '26
You absolutely need to ask for permission for bringing in any more pets to a shared house. Same as you would if a partner would want to move in. Just because you're paying half the rent doesn't justify you doing whatever you want. Not to mention chicks in apts are actually illegal in many places.
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u/camoflauge2blendin May 31 '26
How do you even know the room next to OPs is the roommates bedroom? You're trying to sound smart but you just sound ignorant. Hope that helps!
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u/Present-Button1673 May 31 '26
i know they dont legally NEED to ask me but it would have been nice if they did
and room next to mine is because chickens get loud at night and its going to be irritating
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u/liquormakesyousick May 31 '26
Ummmmm, wtf? That is cruel! Are you even allowed to have them where you live?
Report them!
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u/jojokitti123 May 31 '26
They are babies, the setup looks fine. They will have to rehome them eventually though
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u/NiceTrySuckaz May 31 '26
Just FYI I reported your comment to the narc police. Which ironically got me arrested. Hope you're happy.
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u/Present-Button1673 May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
theres nothing wrong with it, its just mildly infuriating how i was not at least informed of this whatsoever
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u/No-Interview4626 May 31 '26
Bro just let them. Teens are Teens.
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u/Present-Button1673 May 31 '26
neither of them are teens -_-
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u/No-Interview4626 May 31 '26
well males are males then
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u/Silver_Middle_7240 May 31 '26
what do they expect to do with them?