In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> 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

Heh! I fooled around with raising silkie bantams for awhile, but did
end up eating some of the roosters. My favorite "decorative" pet
chickens were cochin bantams in both smooth and frizzled varieties.

I still miss those. Some of them were so tiny, they weighed about 2 lbs.
live weight.
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Peace! Om

"Human nature seems to be to control other people until they put their foot down."
--Steve Rothstein


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