Chickens Becoming Urban Pets

myfoxny ^ | LILY FU

[JoeProBono]

[MediaMole]

Yeah, but my dog will never become dinner.

[MaxMax]

I told me neighbors I was getting a small bee hive and they freeked.
I said it's either bees or a Rooster. The debate ended there.

[martin_fierro]

When someone travels with one of these in the airplane cabin, I’ll know we’ve officially reached “Third Word” Status.

[KoRn]

I wonder how many of the urban chicken owners choke their chickens when they want to eat them.

I suppose it would be better than using a knife, or beating the thing to death.

[DYngbld]

Got 42 of them in my backyard. Of course we do live in the country.

[MinorityRepublican]

A few blocks away from my old apartment in the town that I live in North Carolina, a bunch of Mexicans were keeping chickens around their property.

[jakerobins]

Sure his name is Extra Crispy.....And I got some things to go along with him....biscuit...slaw.....MMMMMMMMM Delicious ...Delicious ...Extra Crispy. Matter of fact I think I’ll go pick up some tonight

[Dysart]

I think my new neighbors are harboring Peacocks.

It's not as if I live in the sticks --I live in the city and there's suddenly a Peacock roaming thru my yard big as you please and acting like he owns the place.

[JoeProBono]

[Redcitizen]

Third word? Are the first two words Kentucky Fried? =)

[HighWheeler]

LOL!

[JoeProBono]

[Aglooka]

There are a few pet peacocks near where I live.

A few summers ago a male peacock got loose and spent two weeks following a (wild) tom turkey. Eventually the peacock got bored and went home or was eaten by something.

[Pontiac]

"People are turning to things that remind them of simpler times," Ron Kean, a poultry specialist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, told the Los Angeles Times . "If you're smart, you can save money doing this."

Having cleaned a chicken coop in my time; I will pay the money.

With the increasing number of Coyotes in the urban environment chicken owners will have to be sure that they keep their chickens in the coop, especially at night.

[omega4179]

Chickens are popular with La Raza.

[Kirkwood]

Rabbits are easy to raise in hutches. They reproduce fast, are quiet, and taste delicious.

[DejaJude]

I wonder how many of the urban chicken owners choke their chickens when they want to eat them.

I suppose it would be better than using a knife, or beating the thing to death.

You don't "choke" them to death. You put your foot on their head and twist/jerk to behead them. I've done it before as a child. I've always understood the saying, "a chicken with its head cut off" because I've seen it myself. My grandmother kept chickens for eggs and meat. I preferred the killing to the dunking in boiling water and plucking feathers. That was really smelly and hard work. We all had to do our part for the meal (which was always delicious).

[Alice in Wonderland]

Got 14 in my backyard. Now if I could only keep them there . . . they like to come up on my porch and poop.

[JoeProBono]