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When we were in elementary school our class once hatched chickens in an incubator. One Friday it was our turn to take some of the chicks home for the weekend and so we put three little peeps into a cardboard box at the end of the day and left school for home. But first we went to go and see Jurassic Park which had opened that day. Suffice it to say, leaving a movie whose moral is that birds and dinosaurs are closely related with three chickens under your arm is an experience one doesn't easily forget.
So we were very happy to learn in today's City section that a growing number of city folk are now getting the chance to commune with chickens. According to the Times there are at least a few chicken coops popping up in backyards around the city. While it is illegal to keep a rooster in the city (wouldn't want any cock fighting) hens are apparently fair game. And really, how many city pets can feed you right back? Who, besides vegans, doesn't love fresh eggs?
If you are interested in setting up your own little poultry co-op there is even a website called City Chickens ("Building Community through Raising Chickens") devoted to the hobby! Makes us wonder what happened to those birds we took to the movies...
Chicken of Manhattanville, NYC by mtkr via Contribute.
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Chicken on a leash in Red Hook! That's an urban chicken.
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Chickens eh? I was running in Battery Park last week and I saw a wild turkey. Seriously. The nearest bum assured us we shouldn't worry, it was just a giant pigeon. I hope he ate well that night. On the way back, a cop was trying to chase the turkey back into the park as it made it's way toward the Staten Island ferry. That was one ugly bird.
I hatched baby chicks in elementary school too !
I love CHICKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Baked, Fried, Saute`d, Stewed .
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
How strange; I just saw a chicken in Palisades Park this weekend. He was crossing the road. Perhaps he crossed the GWB as well.
If you want to really piss off your neighbors, get a guinea hen. They are the little yap-yap dogs of the poultry world, but their raspy shriek would make any dog's bark sound like music. And they are ugly as hell too. You'll start flipping through the guinea fowl section of the Silver Spoon cookbook in about 3 weeks, guaranteed.