BYC Mentioned in the Wall Street Journal - What do you think?

[lavacaw]

Maybe off topic but I think the neighbor who replaced chickens that were killed by his dog on his property went above and beyond being a good neighbor. I am totally in favor of Backyard Chickens but I think we, as chicken owners, have the same responsibility as owners of dogs and cats to keep our animals in our yards. My chickens have never kept me up all night making noise - my dog and my neighbors dogs have!

 

[debilorrah]

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WSJ is an international newspaper. I used to work for the one in Riverside, CA before the Bancroft family ran it into the ground.

Education and responsibility are key. That gentleman that replaced his neighbor's birds after they were on HIS land is a true neighbor. He did not have to do that. People need education on the benefits of chickens, and owners need to keep them on their own property.

Snooty neighbors are everywhere - it's a fact of life. The same ones that complain about chickens, are the ones that complain about the OTHER neighbors yappy dog.

ETA: I said yappy

 

[Mahonri]

Well, I'm one that believes that any publicity is almost always good publicity. It brings awareness!

Good job Nifty!

 

[joebryant]

I read the entire article, and I couldn't find fault with any of it. It merely stated facts as best the writer could. I think that it has value because it publicized problems that many chicken owners have to deal with. I think most readers would think, "Why would anyone care if someone had/has a few pet hens in the city?" It was evident that the writer skirted the rooster question with just a couple of sentences.

 

[ducks4you]

SLOPPY REPORTING
News Jealousy
Allergic to Anything Animal

Initially, I was excited that I would be able to read a WSJ article on one of my hobbies. I thought that the title of this thread was referencing a story that would excite non-chicken owners who had been sitting on the fence to join us here, at a family safe site.

I was dissappointed in the negative view of chicken owners that the author, NICK TIMIRAOS has, painting us all as (potential) criminals and putting a bulls-eye on us for future fines and punishment. (I am referencing NAIS.)

Pretty sloppy, that, with only one incident in only one city in a country with >300 Million. I would have more respect if Nick had talked about WHY chickens became illegal in many locations. But, that would have taken time and required journalistic dedication. Just like our local paper which ran another crummy aritcle a week ago, these big city AP copiers are too elitist to dig for facts.

I didn't know that we had already reached 35K

--Hey, I was entered in that contest with a guess in September!

Nick missed the boat. He SHOULD have written about:
1) Chicken farming and hobby farming has grown in popularity
2) Interest in networking your hobby has EXPLODED on the Internet (he ignored the interview with NiftyChicken, obviously)

3) Interest in healthy food alternatives has gone way beyond lip service
Finally,
4) Newspapers C A N N O T Compete with Internet news
(must be some jealousy there)

Somebody needs to tell Nick about where the buggy whip industry is today...

 

[mjdtexan]

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This needs to be sent to the editor just like ducks4you wrote it.

 

[ducks4you]

Thanks, mjdtexan!!

BTW, I guess that we DID hit 35K (on 06/22/2009 10:22 pm)
Sorry for not noticing.

I was TOO BUSY READING COOPS AND CONSTUCTION!!!
...and PREDATORS AND PESTS!!!
...AND looking at BYC webpages!!!

are we gonna guess when we hit 40K?

 

[chickenwhisperer123]

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Really?

I must be hanging out in the wrong section of BYC?!

 

[joebryant]

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Really?

Aww, come on! The guy was only being facetious about "nosy" neighbors and worthless local politicians.

 

[skeeter9]

It's unfortunate that the writer chose to portray BYC in a rather shady light while reporting his facts, but hopefully people will be curious enough to check us out and they will see what a wonderfully comprehensive and informative site this is, and how wonderful chicken ownership can be. At least we can boast that we were mentioned in the WSJ!