Friday, December 18, 2009
Chefs share favorite holiday recipes - Jackson Clarion-Ledger
The tower of cookies coated in powdery white calls to mind snow and Christmas and sweet things ahead. For Jon Lansdale, owner of Crazy Cat Bakers, the mound of maple pecan buttons recalls a blizzard of holiday activity and their own sweet history ...
Should Sacramento\'s laws be changed to allow backyard chickens? - Examiner
... are legal). See the December 12, 2009 Sacramento Bee article, \" Sacramento to Rethink Backyard Chicken Ban .\" Persons against chickens in the backyard are afraid of turning their neighborhoods into \"third world countries.\" The latest news is ...
Middle school farm may be doing some growing of its own - Herald Tribune
Lough plans to expand the farm with more livestock, a poultry house, a fish farm and a hydroponic growing area ... Florida is the nation\'s top producer of citrus, sugarcane, winter vegetables and sod. Farming ranks second only to tourism in ...
Chefs share favorite holiday recipes - Jackson Clarion Ledger
Chefs share favorite holiday recipesJackson Clarion LedgerRooster's, Basil's, The Auditorium mastermind Nathan Glenn is back in the kitchen for the holiday. "We have a big restaurant family and instead of Christmas ...and more »
Chicken Man plucked of pets by Roswell City Council - NorthFulton.com
Chicken Man plucked of pets by Roswell City CouncilNorthFulton.com... severely limiting the number of poultry citizens could keep in residential areas. No roosters can be kept at all. Wordes' troubles did not end there. ...
Should Waltham permit chickens to be pets? - Wicked Local Waltham
Should Waltham permit chickens to be pets?Wicked Local Waltham"The one common theme in these amendments has been not to allow a rooster," Marchese said, noting that roosters would be too noisy and not compatible with ...
Dining Guide (Grunion Gazette)
Editor’s Note: Once a month, we present an abbreviated compilation of restaurant listings.
Should Sacramento\'s laws be changed to allow backyard chickens? - Examiner
The latest news is that the ban will be reconsidered--but not until next year. The Sacramento City Council promises ... for any person to pen, enclose, or otherwise confine, any chicken within twenty-five (25) feet of an inhabited residence without ...
Middle school farm may be doing some growing of its own - Herald Tribune
Lough plans to expand the farm with more livestock, a poultry house, a fish farm and a hydroponic growing ... carefully skirting around Harley, the farm\'s rooster whom students describe as a \"demon bird.\" Students enjoy growing vegetables and fruit ...
Backyard Nest Egg: Five Reasons to Never EVER Give Your Chicken to ...
There is some debate among authorities on chicken husbandry about whether chicken coops should be heated at all, except on the very coldest days in northernmost areas. An early 20th century book, Open Air Poultry Houses, ... They\'re harder to give away because many cities will not allow them, and healthy flocks outside cities require fewer roosters than hens. It may be that your beautiful bird will have to be sacrificed to feed someone less fortunate than yourself. ...
Meridian Collective » Blog Archive » Killing Chickens
It\'s reasonable to expect that having to kill a chicken myself would turn me off to eating poultry. It didn\'t. We\'ll be eating the rooster for dinner soon. Chicken Slaughter. No TweetBacks yet. (Be the first to Tweet this post) ...
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Raising Chickens In The City – Chicago Police Say NO | Easy ...
I am not an expert regarding poultry in Chicago but I can tell you that recording a conversation without the knowledge of the other party is a crime in the majority of states. ... But I\'d say as long as you keep the poop cleaned up and don\' t get a rooster (noisy) you\'ll be fine. kkrylowski says: December 17, 2009 at 11:24 am. hey man i live in … hey man i live in chicago too and have been considering raising chickens as well and knew that i might have to duke it out with ...
Midtowners\' quest for farm-fresh eggs puts plan for raising poultry in motion (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
A block from the fast-food joints lining Union Avenue and the hum of passing fire trucks and police cars, chickens peck through the straw-covered soil of a backyard enclosure.Lured by the promise of year-round fresh eggs, the Knipple family started raising chickens behind their Midtown home nearly two years ago.\"We live in Midtown, it\'s in the zoning, we have to be hippies,\" said Paul Knipple ...
Should Waltham permit chickens to be pets? (The Daily News Tribune)
Ward 5 Councilor Gary Marchese said he knew there would be some jokes about wanting to amend the city\'s zoning ordinance to allow residents to keep chickens or pigeon as pets.
Dining Guide (Downtown Gazette)
Editor’s Note: Once a month, we present an abbreviated compilation of restaurant listings.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Backyard chicken farmers get pecked by animal rights groups - Chicago Tribune (blog)
Backyard chicken farmers get pecked by animal rights groupsChicago Tribune (blog)... of the city who gave the roosters a home. Another humane option would have been to bring them to one of the many live poultry processors in the city. ...A chicken fancier defends the flockSacramento BeeThe Local Politics of Backyard ChickensFiredoglake (blog)all 6 news articles »
I Got a Little Red Rooster... - Nashville Scene (blog)
Nashville Scene (blog)I Got a Little Red Rooster...Nashville Scene (blog)... Rooster Bar and Music Hall. But not yet. Even though I was drawn there by the traveling poultry, the restaurant is still an active construction zone. ...
5 things to ask - Arizona Republic
5 things to askArizona RepublicHave you done your homework and learned what it takes to raise healthy poultry? The Phoenix Permaculture Guild (phoenixpermaculture.org) offers ...and more »
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Hollywood Freeway Chickens have always had a lot of pluck - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesHollywood Freeway Chickens have always had a lot of pluckLos Angeles TimesROADWAY ROOSTERS: Chickens can be seen on the freeway shoulder in 1981. An overturned poultry truck brought such birds to the area near the 101 and 170 ...
Wintering Your Chickens (GreenMuze)
With more rain and increasing incidents of cold weather, it is time to think about preparing your backyard flock for the winter. Unfortunately, we are too often taught that chickens are incredibly robust creatures when, in fact, they are actually quite sensitive to weather extremes and are prone to developing serious health problems when their living conditions are inadequate. Read more...
Jack Kleeb (Boise Weekly)
I was in amphibs in the Navy during \'Nam, and I said I am never going to raise another damn chicken. by Nathaniel Hoffman When the processing plant that Jack Kleeb used closed down, he and Janie Burns of Meadowlark Farm in Nampa started Homegrown Poultry, a butchering plant in New Meadows that caters to small- to medium-sized operators. This year, they butchered about 1,500 turkeys for ...
Dining Guide (Uptown Gazette)
Editor’s Note: Once a month, we present an abbreviated compilation of restaurant listings.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Frocks in the henhouse - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
As I noted last week, this is the time of year that we\'ve trained for since the failure of our New Year\'s resolution to lose 10 (or 20) pounds: the serious competitive-eating season. We\'re going for volume, and we\'re not picky about how we get it ...
Cris, Artist in Oregon: Gifts From Sue & Friends we helped move
The box says POULTRY IN MOTION. :)). The tea towel Rooster has Fruit on it . . hence the name Fruit Cocktail. Sue said it wasn\'t much but I think it was. The thought behind any gift is what is so special. Thank you again Sue. ...
Is the poultry industry sexist against females? | Male Estrogen
Isn\'t the vast majority of poultry, namely chicken, that we eat female (hens)? Why are we slaughtering the females while the male chickens frolic and play? Why aren\'t more male chickens slaughtered? Instead, roosters are used to patrol ...
The Self-Reliants: Guess what's in the box and WIN!
So much so that when our new rooster (also named Absalom because we like the name) arrived, Absalom I chased him round and round the poultry yard even though he\'s about three times as big. Jess had to separate them until she could ...
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Poultry raisers talk turkey - Granite Bay View
New York TimesPoultry raisers talk turkeyGranite Bay ViewAs for getting along with others on the Millers' property, they get along – except with a rooster. “I think it's a guy thing,” Miller said. ...OUT YONDER: Experiences with turkeys can turn a man to writingSan Angelo Standard Timesall 1,128 news articles »
FIJI - Halal accreditation for slaughterhouse - Meattradenewsdaily (blog)
FIJI - Halal accreditation for slaughterhouseMeattradenewsdaily (blog)Meat companies which have halal accreditation include Crest for its chicken and chicken portions, Rooster Poultry for its chicken and chicken portions, ...and more »
Wintering Your Chickens - Green Muze
Wintering Your ChickensGreen MuzeChicken combs and wattles are extremely prone to frostbite so birds should not be out in the snow and wind for long periods of time. A rooster is even more ...
Wong Maye-e - Egypt Today
A tiny dot on your world map would be pretty easy to dismiss. Not, however, when the tiny dot is Singapore. A business hub for Asia, comparable to Hong Kong, the city-state is a mishmash of Asian cultures, home to significant Chinese, Malay and South ...
Jack Kleeb - Boise Weekly
When the processing plant that Jack Kleeb used closed down, he and Janie Burns of Meadowlark Farm in Nampa started Homegrown Poultry , a butchering plant in New Meadows that caters to small- to medium-sized operators. This year, they butchered about ...
Frocks in the henhouse - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The sex life of poultry ... how abusive roosters are until a helpful reader pointed me to a site called HenSaver.com, which sells aprons, also called saddles, for chickens. I found this baffling at first. I have never ridden a chicken, and they\'re ...
Cris, Artist in Oregon: Gifts From Sue & Friends we helped move
The box says POULTRY IN MOTION. :)). The tea towel Rooster has Fruit on it . . hence the name Fruit Cocktail. Sue said it wasn't much but I think it was. The thought behind any gift is what is so special. Thank you again Sue. ...
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Is the poultry industry sexist against females? | Male Estrogen
Isn't the vast majority of poultry, namely chicken, that we eat female (hens)? Why are we slaughtering the females while the male chickens frolic and play? Why aren't more male chickens slaughtered? Instead, roosters are used to patrol ...
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The Self-Reliants: Guess what's in the box and WIN!
So much so that when our new rooster (also named Absalom because we like the name) arrived, Absalom I chased him round and round the poultry yard even though he's about three times as big. Jess had to separate them until she could ...
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Don't Like Turkey? No Problem - NBC4i.com
Don't Like Turkey? No ProblemNBC4i.com“It takes like chicken, but it's just the juiciest chicken you've ever had,“ Bullock said. A capon is a neutered rooster—raised differently than your ...
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Keeping Roosters Quiet | The Farmers' Almanac Blog
I still hate to see cities completely ban roosters, but it's a compromise that many urban chicken keepers are willing to make. For more information about keeping backyard poultry please listen to Backyard Poultry with the Chicken ...
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Northern Ohio Poultry: For Sale * Trade * Looking For * Local ...
I'm ordering poultry, hatching eggs, etc. from as far south as Texas. If we are talking about local food sources, then it makes sense to keep the supply chain more local. I'd like some crested ducks for my pond - fertile eggs or chicks. ... They were laying nice very dark brown eggs well until daylight went to under 14 hours. Waiting to see if my neighbor wants them. Also need to get rid of 4 roosters - Wheaten and Splash Americaunas if anyone is interested. Free. ...
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Monday, November 23, 2009
Billings Backyard Poultry: Nest box
Billings Backyard Poultry. Tips and experiences of a hobbiest chicken raiser. ... Barred rock. Barred rock we think it's a rooster .... Our only dominique. Our only dominique a medium sized rooster ... Our biggest rooster ...
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Monaco Intelligence: IN THE SOUP (A THANKSGIVING FABLE)
And when that happens--ha!--fried chicken is not on the menu." "N-n-no?" gobbled Terry. "Pork chops?" Rufus clucked with laughter. "Guess again, gobble-face." Something about this rooster's cockiness worried Terry. "You m-m-mean. .... The smell of poultry death hung foul in the air. Terry tried to hold his breath to stifle his fear. Terry's truck ground to a halt. Its back doors opened and, one by one, the turkeys were grabbed and hung by their feet from a metal shackle ...
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Don't Like Turkey? No Problem - NBC4i.com
Don't Like Turkey? No ProblemNBC4i.com“It takes like chicken, but it's just the juiciest chicken you've ever had,“ Bullock said. A capon is a neutered rooster—raised differently than your ...
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'Coop cam' offers a live look at Marblehead family's hens (The Salem News)
MARBLEHEAD and mdash; Want to see four young Marblehead chicks strutting through their daily routines on the Internet? There's plenty of drama, including watching statuesque Zoe establish her dominance over the shy Henrietta.
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Marblehead Hens: We are Front Page News!!!
In fact, a webcam monitors his backyard chicken coop and four stars, including Juliet and Penny Henny. It's "The Real World" with chickens, and none of the fowl language is censored. There is no sound, but lip readers — make that beak readers — will have a field day. ... In addition to his passion for poultry, Joe is a bit of an electronics enthusiast, which led to setting up the camera, taking it online and even arranging some advertising with Google. ...
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'Coop cam' offers a live look at Marblehead family's hens - The Salem News
'Coop cam' offers a live look at Marblehead family's hensThe Salem News"We promised no rooster," Joe said. "We live on a quiet street." The ultimate fate of the four chickens remains in doubt. Joe Selby explains that once you ...
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
'Coop cam' offers a live look at Marblehead family's hens - Salem News
In fact, a webcam monitors his backyard chicken coop and four stars, including Juliet and Penny Henny. It's "The Real World" with ... Zoe is the biggest bird, and she certainly appears to be the head hen," Joe says. "Henrietta is not the smallest ...
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'Coop cam' offers a live look at Marblehead family's hens (The Salem News)
MARBLEHEAD and mdash; Want to see four young Marblehead chicks strutting through their daily routines on the Internet? There's plenty of drama, including watching statuesque Zoe establish her dominance over the shy Henrietta.
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'Coop cam' offers a live look at Marblehead family's hens ...
In fact, a webcam monitors his backyard chicken coop and four stars, including Juliet and Penny Henny. It's "The Real World" with chickens, and none of the fowl language is censored. There is no sound, but lip readers — make that beak readers — will have a field day. ... In addition to his passion for poultry, Joe is a bit of an electronics enthusiast, which led to setting up the camera, taking it online and even arranging some advertising with Google. ...
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'Coop cam' offers a live look at Marblehead family's hens - The Salem News
'Coop cam' offers a live look at Marblehead family's hensThe Salem News"We promised no rooster," Joe said. "We live on a quiet street." The ultimate fate of the four chickens remains in doubt. Joe Selby explains that once you ...
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'Coop cam' offers a live look at Marblehead family's hens - The Salem News
'Coop cam' offers a live look at Marblehead family's hensThe Salem News"We promised no rooster," Joe said. "We live on a quiet street." The ultimate fate of the four chickens remains in doubt. Joe Selby explains that once you ...
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'Coop cam' offers a live look at Marblehead family's hens - Salem News
In fact, a webcam monitors his backyard chicken coop and four stars, including Juliet and Penny Henny. It's "The Real World" with ... Zoe is the biggest bird, and she certainly appears to be the head hen," Joe says. "Henrietta is not the smallest ...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
write that!: Big Chicken Day
Big Chicken Day. I thought this was a writing blog! Hah! I want to write about chickens. MONDAY the guinea hens screeched at the boy-gang of marauding young roosters, who invaded the vegetable patch for my ripening tomatoes. ... We leave at 7.30am for Kings Poultry near Troy, Ohio (USDOT inspected, chickens chilled to 40 degrees and sent out on ice) for our 10am appointment. I try not to think about how much I love the chickens, how funny Christmas is, how the guineas ...
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Poultry in Urbania - Ooooby
Re Guinea Fowl - I used to have one at my last place, luckily in the country. I loved it, so cute and heaps of personality, but they do sound like a rusty gate being wrenced back and forth continuously. And I only had one! Pam Unkovich Comment by Pam Unkovich on October 29, 2009 at 9:00am: From a clutch of four eggs now have one very cute fluffy black and white chicken. Mother hen is very very protective - have had to arm myself while feeding to avoid being attacked! ...
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Keys Voices » Why Chickens Rule the Roost in Key West
Fowl fanciers flocked to participate, dressing in full-body yellow chicken suits and feathered headdresses, covering their noses with vinyl rooster beaks and donning red and yellow plush chicken-head caps. The highlight was a Poultry in ...
[original post by Carol Shaughnessy]
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Featured Videos Victims of Fowl Play: Chickens Condenmed to ...
United Poultry Concerns is a non-profit group based in Michigan, USA that addresses “the treatment of domestic fowl in food production, science, education, entertainment and human companionship situations. ... And you can see the male roosters kind of take over their hens and protect them. Karen (f): They break up during the day into smaller groups of several hens and one rooster and they go off, and roosters will call to each other through the dense foliage ...
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Oak Creek Town Board allows family to keep 3 hens - Steamboat Pilot
Oak Creek Town Board allows family to keep 3 hensSteamboat PilotThe town's trustees granted residents Ann and Walt Trout permission to keep their fowl until a formal ordinance change can be crafted to allow live chickens ...
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Researchers ask: Are caged chickens miserable? (San Francisco Chronicle)
Are cramped chickens crazy chickens? Researchers are trying to answer that question through several studies that intend to take emotions out of an angry debate between animal welfare groups and producers. At issue are small cages, typically 24 inches wide by... Animal welfare - Chicken - Poultry - Ask an Expert - Birds
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Are caged chickens miserable (MalaysiaNews.net)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Are cramped chickens crazy chickens?Researchers are trying to answer that question through several studies that intend to take emotions out of an angry debate between animal welfa...
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If Goldman Sachs Wrote Fables - Firedoglake (blog)
If Goldman Sachs Wrote FablesFiredoglake (blog)"Oh, yes, said the fox to the hen as he talked to her through the chicken wire on the hen house. "I can teach you so many things. ...
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Flora the city hen keeps her 4 chicks fed and safe - Dallas Morning News
Dallas Morning NewsFlora the city hen keeps her 4 chicks fed and safeDallas Morning NewsI cannot tell yet whether there are roosters among the four. If so, they will have to be relocated where roosters are allowed, since they are against Dallas ...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Fate of chickens in the city decided (The Hamilton Journal News)
OXFORD - The issue of having chickens inside the city limits scratched by this week as council enacted a formal policy in favor of the poultry in a 4-3 vote.
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Allowing chickens in Layton residential areas still on hold - StandardNet
Allowing chickens in Layton residential areas still on holdStandardNetCurtis said it appears it is not the hens but the roosters that can serve as a distraction for neighbors. Some cities have opened up backyard chickens to ...
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Fate of chickens in the city decided - Oxford Press
Fate of chickens in the city decidedOxford PressChicken keeper Rob Abowitz, who attended the meeting, requested and was granted a change to the proposed rule, increasing the number of allowed birds from ...and more »
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City council considers chicken ordinance - WACH
City council considers chicken ordinanceWACHThe ordinance would allow residents to keep up to four hens in a coop. No roosters are allowed. City Council heard from the public at a meeting Wednesday. ...Yardbirds: urban chickens gain supportThe Stateall 2 news articles »
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Talking About Food and Farming with Orren Fox - OpEdNews
OpEdNewsTalking About Food and Farming with Orren FoxOpEdNewsWe have goats, hens, roosters, horses, ducks, and guinea hens. Boy, they sure do throw up a racket! When I first became interested in hens, I volunteered at ...
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City council considers chicken ordinance - WACH
City council considers chicken ordinanceWACHThe ordinance would allow residents to keep up to four hens in a coop. No roosters are allowed. City Council heard from the public at a meeting Wednesday. ...
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City council considers chicken ordinance - WACH
City council considers chicken ordinanceWACHThe ordinance would allow residents to keep up to four hens in a coop. No roosters are allowed. City Council heard from the public at a meeting Wednesday. ...
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Fate of chickens in the city decided (The Hamilton Journal News)
OXFORD - The issue of having chickens inside the city limits scratched by this week as council enacted a formal policy in favor of the poultry in a 4-3 vote.
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Alleged cockfighters busted in rural Douglas County - Pitch Weekly
Alleged cockfighters busted in rural Douglas CountyPitch WeeklyPolice storming the sleeping farm compound at 2174 North 700 Road in Eudora at 7:30 am also seized 118 gamecocks, 48 hens and 3 chicks, according to a ...and more »
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City council considers chicken ordinance - WACH
City council considers chicken ordinanceWACHThe ordinance would allow residents to keep up to four hens in a coop. No roosters are allowed. City Council heard from the public at a meeting Wednesday. ...
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Alleged cockfighters busted in rural Douglas County - Pitch Weekly
Alleged cockfighters busted in rural Douglas CountyPitch WeeklyPolice storming the sleeping farm compound at 2174 North 700 Road in Eudora at 7:30 am also seized 118 gamecocks, 48 hens and 3 chicks, according to a ...and more »
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Inghams warned over "no GM" claims after chickens eat GM feed (TVNZ)
A warning has been issued to poultry producer Inghams, over its claims that its chickens contain no genetically modified ingredients...COMMENT
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Fate of chickens in the city decided (The Hamilton Journal News)
OXFORD - The issue of having chickens inside the city limits scratched by this week as council enacted a formal policy in favor of the poultry in a 4-3 vote.
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City council considers chicken ordinance - WACH
City council considers chicken ordinanceWACHThe ordinance would allow residents to keep up to four hens in a coop. No roosters are allowed. City Council heard from the public at a meeting Wednesday. ...
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Alleged cockfighters busted in rural Douglas County - Pitch Weekly
Alleged cockfighters busted in rural Douglas CountyPitch WeeklyPolice storming the sleeping farm compound at 2174 North 700 Road in Eudora at 7:30 am also seized 118 gamecocks, 48 hens and 3 chicks, according to a ...and more »
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City council considers chicken ordinance - WACH
City council considers chicken ordinanceWACHThe ordinance would allow residents to keep up to four hens in a coop. No roosters are allowed. City Council heard from the public at a meeting Wednesday. ...
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Inghams warned over "no GM" claims after chickens eat GM feed (TVNZ)
A warning has been issued to poultry producer Inghams, over its claims that its chickens contain no genetically modified ingredients...COMMENT
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Fate of chickens in the city decided (The Hamilton Journal News)
OXFORD - The issue of having chickens inside the city limits scratched by this week as council enacted a formal policy in favor of the poultry in a 4-3 vote.
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Fate of chickens in the city decided - Oxford Press
Fate of chickens in the city decidedOxford PressChicken keeper Rob Abowitz, who attended the meeting, requested and was granted a change to the proposed rule, increasing the number of allowed birds from ...and more »
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Alleged cockfighters busted in rural Douglas County - Pitch Weekly
Alleged cockfighters busted in rural Douglas CountyPitch WeeklyPolice storming the sleeping farm compound at 2174 North 700 Road in Eudora at 7:30 am also seized 118 gamecocks, 48 hens and 3 chicks, according to a ...and more »
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Inghams warned over "no GM" claims after chickens eat GM feed (TVNZ)
A warning has been issued to poultry producer Inghams, over its claims that its chickens contain no genetically modified ingredients...COMMENT
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Fate of chickens in the city decided (The Hamilton Journal News)
OXFORD - The issue of having chickens inside the city limits scratched by this week as council enacted a formal policy in favor of the poultry in a 4-3 vote.
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City council considers chicken ordinance - WACH
City council considers chicken ordinanceWACHThe ordinance would allow residents to keep up to four hens in a coop. No roosters are allowed. City Council heard from the public at a meeting Wednesday. ...
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