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George Shirley wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>> George Shirley wrote:


>>>> Just goofing. It amused me that they would have to add PETS ONLY,
>>>> like they had people stopping in expecting them to butcher a
>>>> chicken for them. What did they expect in a residential
>>>> neighborhood.

>>
>>> Wonder what they would think if you stopped and bought a chicken and
>>> then sacrificed it on their front lawn while doing a voodoo dance?

>>
>> (laugh) I think they'd be traumatized. I hate to tell them, I don't
>> know anyone who has pet chickens, I don't think there's a huge market
>> for them. Maybe the local 4H Club.


> I was in 4H as a kid and so were my kids. 4H kids generally understand
> that the critters they're raising are meant to be eaten. Those that
> don't understand that don't stay in 4H long.


I went to a couple of country fair type things lately, that's the only
place I ever saw pampered and named chickens. But they didn't
look like the eating kind, they looked like the decorative variety.

I'm sure there is no such thing, of course.

nancy