On Aug 4, 1:18*am, "Gregory Morrow" > wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/bu...4chickens.html
>
> August 4, 2009
>
> Keeping Their Eggs in Their Backyard Nests
>
> By WILLIAM NEUMAN
>
> "As Americans struggle through a dismal recession, many are trying to
> safeguard themselves from what they fear will be even worse times ahead.
> They eat out less often. They take vacations closer to home. They put off
> buying new cars.
>
> And some raise chickens. Lloyd Romriell, a married father of four in Annis,
> Idaho, recently received seven grown chickens and a coop from a relative.
> The hens lay a total of about two dozen eggs a week.

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Not my backyard, even though I have 2 acres and a structure formerly
used as a coop. I just refuse to deal with shit.

Cindy Hamilton