Interesting article for you urban chicken owners

[utahmethodist]

This article is in this morning's Salt Lake Tribune.

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_9733710

It's about how popular it's becoming in Salt Lake to have a few laying hens in the back yard. A local non-profit called Wasatch Community Gardens had a lecture on urban chicken-raising on Wednesday and yesterday they had a "Tour de Coop" so that people could visit back-yard poultry set-ups and get ideas for their own.

 

[Aneesa's Muse]

Thanks for sharing that article ..interesting how many of us are seeing the benefit of having our own chickens.. eggs.. etc.

Now I must ask, what kind of "rat" do you have with your two chickens? (from your signature

) Just wondering if it is the same as the ones I have here

 

[utahmethodist]

The rat I mention in my signature is a very obese, very spoiled, very sweet domesticated rat who lives in a cage in my house. I try not to associate with the ones out in my yard.

 

[Aneesa's Muse]

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one with very spoiled fatty chunkas that live in my house ...and no, not the pesty kind outside! I have a few more than ONE, though

 

[Eagleman]

Another http://www.local-iq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=966&Itemid=53, this one from Albuquerque.