Chickens are becoming more popular in suburban neighborhoods for pets and eggs. However, many areas have zoning explicitly forbidding them, which has caused many chicken owners to discover grassroots activism.
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I am facing 7 felonies, 6 misdemeanors, and more than 20 years in prison for helping the criminally abused animals at Reichardt Duck Farm and the Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse. I'm a factory farm investigator and I openly show my face and tell the...
by Zoe Rosenberg
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chickens are cool
Some are elegant.
by strawbale
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Earlier this year the price of eggs soared even as they disappeared from supermarket cooler cases. Predictably, silly memes started showing up online. "Get her something expensive for Valentine's Day!
by A Pagan in Arizona
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Good morning everyone and welcome to Thursday’s Morning Open Thread. Morning Open Thread is a daily, � copyrighted � post from a host of editors and guest writers. We support our community, ...
by officebss
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Last week, I wrote about losing Blinky one of my silky chickens. This left her sister Inky alone. I was asked for an update. Inky spent a lot of time wandering in her chicken run, calling for her sister. I often found the free roaming backyard chickens...
by cal birdbrain
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Blinky was a small soft round gold/black puff of feathers. She and her sister Inky roamed their chicken run eating the grass and the bugs. She loved getting fruit and vegetables scraps especially watermelon and pumpkin. I loved hearing her excited...
by cal birdbrain
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“Hey, Maybelle ? Are you fussin’ around in the Chicken Coop, Hon ?” Sam asked as ducked to enter the large Chicken House he’d built for Maybelle when they had moved out to the Country years ago. “Yes, Sam. Come on in. I was just checkin’ up on Mercy,...
by Leah Sellers
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Friday afternoon, as I was coming back from an errand, I saw, right outside our front door, a stray chicken. I found out, on Saturday, that some of our neighbors had seen the chicken roaming around our apartment complex, for two weeks. But this was the...
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
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"Be Happy With a Half a Loaf. It's Better Than Nothing". A snarky re-work of the decades old metaphor. Last November we bought an almost expired loaf at the Day Old Bread store (and some Tasty Cupcakes too).The first coupla four slices were really...
by FlaFaye
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“That’s right, Hank. You heard me. I say Halleluiah and Praise the Lord for the Democratic Legislators of Texas, ‘cause not only are they tryin’ to save Texas from the Dis-eased Trumpian clutches of Power Mongers like our Republican Governor Gregg...
by Leah Sellers
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Welp, again the computter and/or DKos is not cooperating this evening. So we will do another quickie. We did A-D last week, with E in the Comments, so let’s proceed!� F is for fowl:�
by elenacarlena
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Welcome To Woozle Wednesday Welcome to Woozleville, our little doggie-designated corner at the PWB Peeps [that’s Pooties (cats), Woozles (dogs), Birdeez (duh), and us Peeps of course]. Yes, it’s Woozle Wednesday, that day of the week when the PWBP...
by Dixiecollie
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“Well, look at you, Cheyenne,” Cheyenne’s Mama said with genuine surprise. “I have never known you to volutarily pick up the hen’s eggs out of the Chicken Coop without my having to threaten a grounding, Little Missy.” Cheyenne smiled...
by Leah Sellers
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While gathering Eggs inside the Family Chicken Coop, Cheyenne paused to hold one of the Brown Eggs up close to her right eye. Her left eye was squeezed shut. “Mommy, can you Re-Hatch what’s been Un-Hatched ?” “Cheyenne, do you mean Re-Hash...
by Leah Sellers
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The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) sabotage of Donald Trump's lackey, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, intended to help secure Trump’s reelection by preventing vote-by-mail, has resulted in at least 4,800 chicks that were shipped to farmers in Maine...
by Joan McCarter
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Thousands of chicks arrive dead to farmers in Maine amid USPS turmoil — USA TODAY PORTLAND, Maine — At least 4,800 chicks shipped to Maine farmers through the U.S. Postal Service have arrived dead in the recent weeks since rapid cuts hit the...
by xaxnar
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To get to the photo op.
by MikePhoenix
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Welcome to Woozle Wednesday — and our second tribute to the Peeps! This Time it’s Chicks on Parade.
Yes, it’s Woozle Wednesday, that day of the week when the Pooties take the day off and the ...
by Dixiecollie
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