On Apr 2, 4:46*am, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:45:53 -0400, Cheryl >
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> >> On Mon, 1 Apr 2013 15:37:46 +0100, Ophelia wrote:
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> >>> When I was as a child the only time I saw chicken was at Christmas dinner
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> >> In several areas of the U.S. chickens have been so domesticated that
> >> they run wild. *They do seem to stick around the areas in which they
> >> were raised, so all it takes is a couple negligent and inconsiderate
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> >Someone in my neighborhood keeps some. This is the city, not Washington
> >or Baltimore, but still city. *I've seen their chickens on the side of
> >the road sometimes because I guess they have a hard time containing
> >them. *Unfortunately I saw a dead one that had been hit by a car, too.
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> Do you have a Guyanese population? *[or another ethnic group used to
> fresh chickens] * * One nearby city banned them and another made
> allowances-- but the first generation Guyanese here like their
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> We've even got a live poultry market now-http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Fresh-fowl-store-fills-urban-...
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In Chicago they are somewhat numerous now, but when I was a kid the
ethnic group was Polish. Windy City Poultry was and is across from the
PNCC at 4601 S. Kedzie.