Backyard Chicken Revolution

Reader Contribution by Hank Will and Editor-In-Chief
Published on January 26, 2010
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When keeping a backyard chicken flock makes the news in publications like the <i>New York Times</i>, you know a fowl movement is afoot. When cities that promote sustainability such as Madison, Wisconsin, and Portland, Oregon, include raising pet chickens for eggs and pleasure as part of the process, you know the birds have moved beyond fad status. But when organizations like <a href=”http://www.chicken-revolution.com/” target=”_blank”>Chickens In The Yard</a> , individuals like Andy Schneider, aka the <a href=”http://atlantachickenwhisperer.blogspot.com/” target=”_blank”>Chicken Whisperer</a> , and magazines like GRIT and <a href=”http://motherearthnews.com/” target=”_blank”>Mother Earth News</a> take up the feathered cause and facilitate folks by the hundreds of thousands, you know there’s a real revolution under way. I am proud to be part of it.</p>
<p>As an adult, I’ve been without my own flock only during brief bouts of city living – in the early 1980s, I inquired about the legality of keeping a few hens within the city limits of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The answer I received was murky enough and my way-too-near neighbors were just nosey enough that I decided not to take the chance of getting an uninvited visit from animal control. Once I got back to the farm I made up for it by raising chickens by the thousands – not to mention turkeys, geese, ducks and guinea fowl. I’ve scaled back a bit these days, but we still raise chickens and turkeys and try to keep guineas at my Osage County, Kansas farm.</p>
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