USA Today

[ibpboo]

Wooo hoooo!! I have always loved chickens, I use to be a weirdo, bringing pictures of my chickens two work, giving them all names, hugging them.
Now so many are doing it!!

 

[cherig22]

Two thoughts....

The article in the 'Offbeat' section.

And the statement that you just need to go to a farm for fresh eggs (which most folks in the city cannot do) and that the chickens would be 'running amok'.

Attack of the Killer chickens? I think not.

Congrats, Nifty!

Cheri

 

[speckledhen]

I love the stupid comment that guy made about "makeshift chicken coops". Obviously, he's never seen any of ours, LOL. I DARE him to call any of my coops "makeshift".

 

[horsejody]

I can't believe the stupid comments some of the people have made on the article. I posted a comment, but it doen't show yet. I hope everybody on the board posts a positive comment on USA Today.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

The thing about newspapers is that (1) they have to report the facts, and (2) they have to be objective.

Also, providing a bit of controversy isn't a bad thing; conflict is one of the news values, which are determinants of what makes something newsworthy or not. Controversy gets people talking, and debate is a good thing in small and informed doses. Education can't happen if people aren't willing to engage and discuss something.

 

[Wifezilla]

The thing about newspapers is that (1) they have to report the facts, and (2) they have to be objective.

Close...they are SUPPOSED to report the facts and they are SUPPOSED to be objective. That seldom happens these days.​

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

I've been waiting for this article to publish for the past month. Glad it finally came out.

Looks like we still have a lot of work to do in order to educate the general public.

horsejody, that's a great idea about posting comments on that story! People need to hear the real facts.

Invite people to BYC and invite people to come check out your coops and chickens. Let them learn that they are great pets and not smelly or dirty animals.

BTW, it will REALLY help if you guys can click on the tags for:

o Yahoo! Buzz
o Digg
o Newsvine
o Reddit
o Facebook
o etc.

This will be one of our best opportunities to spread the word about our addiction... er... um hobby!

If we can drive this story to the top of those services we can hit 22,222 members in a week!

 

[The Chicken Lady]

I've added a link to the USA Today article to our BYC page on Facebook, and I'll see if I can post it on the pages of some other Facebook chicken groups I belong to. (BTW, the Facebook group is at 135 members...)

 

[magsrags]

I just loved it!! BRAVO!!!

 

[conroy]

Great interview!!!