Comments on: An interview with Chickens in the City http://ginnyskal.com/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/ I'm still Ginny from the Blog Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:06:32 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Neighborhood chicken tour scheduled in Raleigh | 30Threads.com: Highlighting the Triangle Online http://ginnyskal.com/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1644 Neighborhood chicken tour scheduled in Raleigh | 30Threads.com: Highlighting the Triangle Online Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:33:00 +0000 http://blogs.wncn.info/gskalski/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/#comment-1644 [...] backyard chicken coop tour date has been set. If you’ve never heard of this event before, it’s definitely worth checking out. Basically, you can see how a bunch of city folk have incorporated live chickens into their [...] [...] backyard chicken coop tour date has been set. If you’ve never heard of this event before, it’s definitely worth checking out. Basically, you can see how a bunch of city folk have incorporated live chickens into their [...]

]]> By: Keeping Chickens http://ginnyskal.com/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1634 Keeping Chickens Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:01:47 +0000 http://blogs.wncn.info/gskalski/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/#comment-1634 Wow, there's tours round your neigbours gardens who keep chickens! We've recently started on our chicken keeping adventure. We now have 4 Isa Brown chickens, which hopefully will start laying in a few weeks time. There's a huge interest in keeping chickens in the UK, mostly fueled by the recent celebrity chef campaigns, trying to get people to stop buying battery farm eggs and go organic instead. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's 'Chicken Out' programme was the final straw... Other plus points if you're a gardener is that the chickens keep the garden pests in check. Slugs now have a number one enemy! Oh and they produce quite a lot of 'poo', so there's always fresh 'vegetable' matter to add to you compost heap... LOL! <a href="http://www.keeping-chickens.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Chicken Keeping</a> Wow, there’s tours round your neigbours gardens who keep chickens!

We’ve recently started on our chicken keeping adventure. We now have 4 Isa Brown chickens, which hopefully will start laying in a few weeks time.

There’s a huge interest in keeping chickens in the UK, mostly fueled by the recent celebrity chef campaigns, trying to get people to stop buying battery farm eggs and go organic instead.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s ‘Chicken Out’ programme was the final straw…

Other plus points if you’re a gardener is that the chickens keep the garden pests in check. Slugs now have a number one enemy!

Oh and they produce quite a lot of ‘poo’, so there’s always fresh ‘vegetable’ matter to add to you compost heap… LOL!

Chicken Keeping

]]> By: Ginny http://ginnyskal.com/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1643 Ginny Wed, 21 May 2008 13:24:38 +0000 http://blogs.wncn.info/gskalski/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/#comment-1643 Glad you enjoyed the video. Nope, it doesn't smell. It's very clean and the chickens are very friendly. Glad you enjoyed the video. Nope, it doesn’t smell. It’s very clean and the chickens are very friendly.

]]> By: John Hutchinson http://ginnyskal.com/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1642 John Hutchinson Wed, 21 May 2008 05:17:07 +0000 http://blogs.wncn.info/gskalski/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/#comment-1642 I thought the video was great! Does the chicken coop smell bad? I used to drive by one outside of columbia that made me gag but it was huge. Still I wouldn't want to be down wind in that neighborhood. I thought the video was great! Does the chicken coop smell bad? I used to drive by one outside of columbia that made me gag but it was huge. Still I wouldn’t want to be down wind in that neighborhood.

]]> By: absent.canadian http://ginnyskal.com/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1641 absent.canadian Fri, 16 May 2008 13:02:03 +0000 http://blogs.wncn.info/gskalski/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/#comment-1641 I raised chickens when I was a youngin' in Canada ... "meat" birds and "laying" birds are very different breeds, and I'd think an older laying bird wouldn't make for very tasty meat. If I remember correctly, we only kept meat birds for four months or so ... layers would stay in our flock for years. I raised chickens when I was a youngin’ in Canada … “meat” birds and “laying” birds are very different breeds, and I’d think an older laying bird wouldn’t make for very tasty meat. If I remember correctly, we only kept meat birds for four months or so … layers would stay in our flock for years.

]]> By: Ginny http://ginnyskal.com/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1640 Ginny Fri, 16 May 2008 03:55:09 +0000 http://blogs.wncn.info/gskalski/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/#comment-1640 Are you serious about the meat being pretty tough? I guess I don't know much about the proper waiting period to butcher a chicken. Was it weird eating chickens that you watched from chickhood to adulthood? Are you serious about the meat being pretty tough? I guess I don’t know much about the proper waiting period to butcher a chicken. Was it weird eating chickens that you watched from chickhood to adulthood?

]]> By: Jennifer Wig http://ginnyskal.com/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1639 Jennifer Wig Thu, 15 May 2008 22:46:23 +0000 http://blogs.wncn.info/gskalski/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/#comment-1639 Your chicken commentary video is hilarious! :o) As you know, I grew up in farm country, and we raised chickens for awhile. The eggs were fantastic, but we waited too long to butcher some of the chickens, so the meat was pretty tough. Your chicken commentary video is hilarious! :o ) As you know, I grew up in farm country, and we raised chickens for awhile. The eggs were fantastic, but we waited too long to butcher some of the chickens, so the meat was pretty tough.

]]> By: Ilinap http://ginnyskal.com/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1636 Ilinap Wed, 14 May 2008 19:59:18 +0000 http://blogs.wncn.info/gskalski/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/#comment-1636 I've been to this the last couple years. It is a real kick, and the crowds are huge. One of the first city chickeners lives down the street from me. I have a hunch that photo was taken in front of her house. I’ve been to this the last couple years. It is a real kick, and the crowds are huge. One of the first city chickeners lives down the street from me. I have a hunch that photo was taken in front of her house.

]]> By: Jake http://ginnyskal.com/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1635 Jake Wed, 14 May 2008 13:48:32 +0000 http://blogs.wncn.info/gskalski/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/#comment-1635 This is awesome. I soon as I saw this I instantly thought of my time in Key West where they have a well renown population of wild chickens and roosters in an "urban" environment. Apparently the town has quite a <a href="http://keywestchickens.com/welcome.php" rel="nofollow">controversy over them</a> This is awesome. I soon as I saw this I instantly thought of my time in Key West where they have a well renown population of wild chickens and roosters in an “urban” environment.

Apparently the town has quite a controversy over them

]]> By: Matt Erwin http://ginnyskal.com/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1637 Matt Erwin Tue, 13 May 2008 21:07:37 +0000 http://blogs.wncn.info/gskalski/2008/05/13/an-interview-with-chickens-in-the-city/#comment-1637 Wow, that was a lot of puns for a little story. Wow, that was a lot of puns for a little story.

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