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Sandusky County puts inmates to work
FREMONT -- Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer has heard the laughter, shrugged off the "jail bird" jokes, and happily restocked his jail's chicken coop for a second season.
"People laughed at me, laughed about the idea of the chickens, but it turned out to be something that actually worked," he said.
For the second summer in a row, inmates at the Sandusky County jail are raising a small brood of chickens -- 60 White Mountain Broilers that are almost ready for butchering -- in a small coop in a fenced-in area behind the sheriff's office. Beyond the coop is a lush green vegetable garden where inmates raise crops ranging from sweet corn to cantaloupe for the jail's kitchen.
Sheriff Overmyer said that because vegetable seeds, chicken feed, and all expenses are covered by donations, the miniature farm saves the county thousands of dollars a year. "I'm very blessed with what kind of citizens we have in Sandusky County, to donate the money to take a dream and make it a reality," he said.
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FREMONT -- Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer has heard the laughter, shrugged off the "jail bird" jokes, and happily restocked his jail's chicken coop for a second season.
"People laughed at me, laughed about the idea of the chickens, but it turned out to be something that actually worked," he said.
For the second summer in a row, inmates at the Sandusky County jail are raising a small brood of chickens -- 60 White Mountain Broilers that are almost ready for butchering -- in a small coop in a fenced-in area behind the sheriff's office. Beyond the coop is a lush green vegetable garden where inmates raise crops ranging from sweet corn to cantaloupe for the jail's kitchen.
Sheriff Overmyer said that because vegetable seeds, chicken feed, and all expenses are covered by donations, the miniature farm saves the county thousands of dollars a year. "I'm very blessed with what kind of citizens we have in Sandusky County, to donate the money to take a dream and make it a reality," he said.
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