local newspaper anti-chicken editorial

[Ewe Mama2]

Regarding the older people and their condo associations...

Isn't there an old Seinfeld episode that deals with this? As I recall it was quite funny, but also incredibly accurate. Does any one else remember that episode?

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

I think you're right, and that autism comment may be emailed all over the place. I think these editors are just "fluffing up" their paper to gain readership.

 

[TigerLilly]

Wow...whether it's the editors or the general public writing the negative crap, that's all it is...CRAP! People should seriously be informed before they try to give opinions on that which they know nothing about. It was good for a laugh, though, as I had no idea so many people were truly that ignorant!

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

Actually the most entertaining and best informed commentary is from the pro-chicken people! The nay-sayers sound small, limited, boring, uneducated and afraid of everything different than themselves. Perhaps those are the newspaper's targeted readers, the ones with time on their hands to sound off about how they want the world to be...

But I feel for people in HOA's. At times I am a Very Tired Working Mom, and the thought of living in a maintenance free, easy environment where my hardest decision is the fragrance of my bubble bath GETS REAL APPEALING!!!! Especially when my painful shoulder feels more important than my manners! I believe the boundaries of people paying for that stress-reduced environment ought to be respected. The rest of society gets a lot more colorful, with jagged edges, rusty old cars, non-square lawns and sometimes live chickens, out here in the great bigger world, but for the people paying for simplicity, plain green lawns (maintained by hired help) and silent neighbors probably deserve what they want, and should be respected for the time and work they put into their home environment.

I currently don't live there, so there's no reason to bother me about it, I'm way over here outside the HOA life. My home is over 110 years old and practically begs for gardens with chickens. But I think after my next heart attack, when I'm no longer able to be the colorful, gardening, chicken lovin nut that I (legally) am, if I put my hard earned money into the lovely, simple lifestyle I just pray the young lady who rehomed my last noisiest rooster doesn't move in nextdoor. There's a time and a place for everything.

 

[PineappleMama]

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[Q9]

Come on, give me a break! The dirt they kick up? Since when does that matter? With 5 acres, I somehow doubt the smell would be noticeable to any degree. Personally, I LIKE the sound of a rooster crowing. We live in a small neighborhood, (thankfully it's outside city limits) and some of our neighbors owned a few bantam roosters. They're a few hundred yards away, so we heard 'em loud and clear. Never bothered ANYONE. Now, the roosters have either died or been sold, and they are much missed. Some people just like having unnatural silence, I guess.