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Growing Number Of U.S. Urban Residents Turn To Chicken As Household Pets
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| January 2, 2009
Posted on 01/02/2009 11:26:02 AM PST by george76
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To: WildcatClan
You no want chicken. Chicken make lousy house pet. They make great soup, thougn. Especially during cold and flu season.
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:43:43 AM PST
by
Allegra
To: george76
People who keep chickens as pets could run afoul of the law.
Actually I wrote a paper about chickens once ... won the pulletser prize for it
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:44:06 AM PST
by
clamper1797
(I pledge to give the Obamanation the same level of support that the liberals gave GWB)
To: george76
Your pet - it’s what’s for dinner.
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:44:20 AM PST
by
mrs. a
(It's a short life but a merry one...)
To: clamper1797
People who keep chickens as pets could run afoul of the law. Actually I wrote a paper about chickens once ... won the pulletser prize for it That's eggsactly what I was going to say.
To: Allegra
Every time I've lived in areas where there were chickens we would hear roosters crow at night.
Turns out the answer is simpler than you might think. First, roosters crow all the time. The connection with the sun coming up is a misconception. They might, on occasion, crow right at dawn. But its just a coincidence, Pete Alcorn (TransitionsAbroad.com) says. Roosters crow whenever they feel like it: morning, noon and night, not to mention afternoon, evening and the parts of the day that dont have names.
Roosters crow because they hear other roosters crowing, to show that a certain place in the barnyard is their turf, to try and assert their authority over another rooster, or even to gloat when a hen cackles after laying an egg. Joe Faust, the Accidental Farmer (JoeCliffordFaust.com/chickens), says, I think the general rule for this is that a rooster crows any time it wants to or feels the need. For all I know, mine may crow on and off all night, but I just hear them in the morning.
http://www.grit.com/Animals/Secret-of-the-Roosters-Crow.aspx
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:46:12 AM PST
by
brytlea
(You can fool enough of the people enough of the time.)
To: Allegra
MP3 recording of a rooster crowing?
I’m not telling...
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:46:18 AM PST
by
listenhillary
(No representation without taxation! ~~ Mark Steyn)
To: brytlea; listenhillary
I think this particular rooster was a bit tipsy.
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:47:53 AM PST
by
Allegra
To: kalee
Sorry to read of your loss and to be reminded that there are some sick people out there. Any idea why would someone would do that?
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:47:57 AM PST
by
posterchild
(Endowed by my Creator with certain inalienable rights.)
To: Allegra
Maybe he met a pretty redhead!
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:49:21 AM PST
by
brytlea
(You can fool enough of the people enough of the time.)
To: clamper1797
Actually I wrote a paper about chickens once ... won the pulletser prize for it That's beak-cause of all of the feathery adjectives you used.
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:49:51 AM PST
by
Allegra
To: posterchild
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:50:06 AM PST
by
listenhillary
(No representation without taxation! ~~ Mark Steyn)
To: Allegra
"Actually I wrote a paper about chickens once ... won the pulletser prize for it
That's beak-cause of all of the feathery adjectives you used.
Omelet all that go, and not start something...must'n...egg...them on.
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:55:57 AM PST
by
PowderMonkey
(Will Work for Ammo)
To: TonyStark
Its due to the rising popularity of being a Mexican, Hatian, or Chinese national living (legally or illegally) in America, nothing more.Not necessarily true. When I moved to our current house 25 years ago I raised chickens, rare breeds. We ate and sold the eggs, and excess roosters I took to the livestock auction and made some nice money. I bought my chicks every spring from Murray McMurray. We still have three or four neighbors who raise birds. No illegals here... I love the sound of a rooster crowing in the morning.
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:58:56 AM PST
by
steveo
To: clamper1797; SunkenCiv; girlangler; LucyT; potlatch
LOL
I wrote a paper about chickens once ... won the pulletser prize for it
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:59:03 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Allegra; BIGLOOK; Rembrandt
Roosters are not supposed to crow at midnight.
8-)
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posted on
01/02/2009 12:00:39 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Marie2
“I checked the website to see if chickens were allowed in San Francisco, but there seems to be no directory of that.”
Chickens are an endangered species in San Francisco. Or at least they ought to be. Enough said.
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posted on
01/02/2009 12:01:42 PM PST
by
MPJackal
("From my cold dead hands.")
To: brytlea
When I lived in Costa Rica, the roosters crowed all day and sometimes as night too! But NEVER...NEVER at sunrise. I had to invest in an alarm clock.
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posted on
01/02/2009 12:02:30 PM PST
by
Op-Head
To: george76
Mmmmmmm... chicken milk!
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posted on
01/02/2009 12:02:52 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Don't rush to be savage!.)
To: posterchild
No clue who or why. We wondered if it might have been a response to the McCain/Palin signs in our yard.
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posted on
01/02/2009 12:05:52 PM PST
by
kalee
To: george76; clamper1797
Lol, and this is what the 'pulletser prize' looked like;
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posted on
01/02/2009 12:07:50 PM PST
by
potlatch
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