On Aug 4, 11:09 am, zxcvbob > wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > 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.
>
> > <snippage>
>
> > 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
>
> I would love to have 2 or 3 chickens living under my apple tree. (I
> might actually get some worm-free apples that way)
>
> Bob

Illegal here, though I know a couple of people who have a few. Things
would have to get a lot rougher before I'd be willing to build even a
legal coop.