Does the old adage “If one is good, two is better” really apply to chickens? With the relevant modifications that apply to our house the saying would be “If four chickens are good, then certainly eleven are better”. That’s right, eleven. Just shy of a dozen (due to a shipping error that left two chicks behind) [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Surely The Colonel got his start this way…
Posted in chickens, tagged urban chickens on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Backyard Chickens: A Neighborhood Conversation
Posted in chickens, tagged urban chickens on February 4, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I recently posted a query on our neighborhood yahoo group to see if there were other chicken owners who might be interested in pooling resources to find organic chicken feed at a reasonable price. While most interested parties were very supportive of the concept of backyard chickens, one neighbor had a very strong opposing viewpoint. [...]