Comments on: The Underground Chicken Movement

By: Lena

Lena — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:12:44 +0000

Gardening is one of those things that takes a constant vigilance and dedication to the overall outcome.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:49:26 +0000

Like Alan says it is much easier to get them at the store. The problem is I have had chickens for over 30 years and I almost gag on the runny odorous eggs from the store.

I keep chickens because I enjoy them. I don’t waste food as they eat nearly all leftovers from the table. During the warmer months they get over 50% of the food they need from the land, and the droppings create the best fertilizer there is if composted properly.

I consider it stupid to take citizens right’s away by not letting them have chickens. The crow of a rooster will blend with the noises around a neighborhood much better than the sounds of trucks, squealing tires, and the like. Actually if you have one in the neighborhood, most people won’t even hear it after a few days.

By: Mrs. M

Mrs. M — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:28:41 +0000

Thanks, Karen!

I see chickens are supportive of the local human population… lol.

Alan, it may be less expensive and easier to buy eggs and pre-cut chickens in the store, but the reason why I like chickens is because they are an easy livestock animal to keep that helps maintain a self-sufficient lifestyle. I don’t trust the food supply anymore– did you know that some chickens are fed the remains of other dead birds, and antibiotics? And if meat and eggs prices go sky-high with this impending inflation that our government seemes determined to create, the sustainable homesteader is prepared. That’s why I want chickens– to have a cleaner and safer food supply and to be prepared when/if things go down.

Thanks for your comments, folks. We’ve got quite a bunch of cut ups around here! LOL

By: Ivory Soap

Ivory Soap — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:30:55 +0000

Yee-haw, underground chickens! By the way, thank you for that gorgeous post featuring our blog. U R the BEST! I put you on our blogroll today.

And in my town, we are still zoned for “fenced poultry.” LOL! So my chicks aren’t ‘underground’ per se, but I support it none the less.

I do have to point out that roosters are nuisance pets around here. We don’t have one. We want eggs, not baby chicks, so WHO CARES that we can’t have roosters. And I don’t want to get up at 4AM anyway! You?

Ivory

By: Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:25:07 +0000

All towns should allow a certain number of chickens there is nothing more relaxing than setting back under the shade tree watching the chickens scratch.

By: Shinade

Shinade — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:15:47 +0000

What a great topic today. Oh there is nothing as delicious as your own fresh eggs.

Here’s an old old wives tale for you handed down from the Irish mother who raised me.

It’s kind of morbid but here it is:

“If a rooster crows during the night then there will be a death in the family.”

I am not superstitious of course. but, I have a ton of these little tidbits…some good and some not so good….that I heard all of my life from my mom.

Happy week:-)

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:58:23 +0000

Yes! And you can add Missoula, Montana, to cities that have revised ordinances to allow urban chickens! (No worse than our urban whitetail deer, and chickens know how to cross a road.)

Roosters remain on the “outlaw” list, however.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:49:11 +0000

I think it’s cheaper just to get them at the grocery market and easier.

By: Rich Dansereau

Rich Dansereau — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:26:08 +0000

LOL! This is a great way to present a couple of serious subjects. I am with you 100% that zoning laws are for the benefit of the people and have to be able to be changed as the times dictate. I am also with you on people taking a more active role in their food production. I have a large organic garden that produces most of my veggies for the years and I also have 11 hens that should be ready to start laying this month or next. I do live in a suburb of Knoxville, TN and chicken is allowed. The same thing was true when I lived in south Florida and had chickens as well. Good luck with your efforts!

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:43:58 +0000

This is so interesting. I stumbled it but forgot that I am on hubby’s computer so it is stumbled by Lynn. If it wouldn’t take time from my blogging, I might consider getting some chickens myself.