Story on Drudge Report: Recession Shock! Chicken Farming in the City..

[Elwar]

'Chicken underground' emerges in Indiana

http://www.indystar.com/article/20090818/NEWS/908180375/1001

Gay-Ellen Stulp and Stephany Miskunas are lobbying the Lafayette City Council to allow them to keep pet chickens at their homes in the historic Highland Park neighborhood.

Stulp said she wants city council members to amend the ordinance that forbids having chickens in the city. The city council's Public Health Welfare and Safety Committee plans to consider the matter.

"It's been a blast," Stulp said of her quest. "I can't believe the discussions I've gotten as I go around with my petition.

"It's a little hobby. They are pets. I guess I'm now part of the chicken underground."

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[cmjust0]

I just saw the same story and came here to post it... My guess is that this "chicken underground" owner is a member of the forum.

I didn't like that Drudge had it titled "Recession Shock!" though. The lady in the story is a Chemical Engineer with Eli Lilly, and she only has a handful of birds...kinda doubt she's a dirt poor subsistance chicken farming outlaw who raises birds because she can't afford $1/doz eggs at the grocery.