Super Chicken … Here it comes to Save the Day ?

Recently, we finished our Chicken Comics and Jokes website.

One of our chicken comics was about a Super Chicken, who we called …
‘Cluck Kent‘

And even though we think chickens are super, I was a little skeptical of an article I read this morning.

It looks like the U.S. government is going to go ahead and start considering, and most likely allowing, the sale of genetically altered and modified animals as a food source in grocery stores to the American public.

You can read more about this here:
Genetically Engineered animals

I am deeply troubled by the government’s attempts at allowing items to be sold to us without really seeing what the implications are for people.

I’ve been reading a tremendous amount on this particular topic recently. And the nutrition value and healthiness of this food source is SERIOUSLY in question for me.

I want to encourage you to read the article. See what is coming soon. And no … this ‘Super Chicken’ may not be all it’s quacked up to be.

If you are doing any sort of backyard chicken farming - prepare to keep going with your healthier, more natural, more nutritious food source. Because, in my opinion, you’re going to need it.

Talk soon,

Kelson

Poisonous Pet Foods - general tips

HOWDEEEEE!

I love that saying. I used to hear it every week when I would visit my Grandma and Grandpa out on their farm.

Anyhow …
I caught this video the other night. Although it is for household pets - in general - I thought you might appreciate the tips and ideas in it.

And there might even be one tip for those of us who raise chickens.

The tip in the video says to avoid avocados - for birds. Apparently it causes an accumulation of fluid around the lungs and heart of birds and small pets.

But, if you want to watch the whole video you can check it out here, on ABC:
Poison Pet Foods video

I thought it was very good, and very informative.

Totally worth a couple minutes of my time.

All the best,
Kelson

When chickens outlive their usefulness …

Many times I wonder if I’ve outlived my useful years?

You know …

The times when I felt on the top of my game physically, and mentally.  The times when I felt like I really had something going for me.

And now - so many different things have started to fail, and not work, the way I always expected them to.

Have you ever felt that way?

Well … If not, enjoy your ride, because it could be coming.

If so - then you know exactly what I’m talking about.

And unfortunately, hens also reach a similar point in their lives.

When?

Well, they stop laying eggs at about 2 years of age, or so.  And most people are pretty much done with paying for the feed of an animal that isn’t providing something back to their family.

So - I just wanted to write and suggest that you think about this possibility before you jump in with both feet - and get a gigantic flock of hens.

Know this … Eventually they’re NOT going to give you eggs.  What will you do with them then?

Just a thought to help make things a little clearer for you.

Kelson

Stealth Chickens

We’ve briefly talked about this before - but there are many towns and municipalities all over the U.S., and even the world (for that matter), that don’t allow chickens inside their limits.

This is a quick little read about how some folks in the Sacramento area are keeping stealth chickens anyhow.

It’s worth a read.

Kelson

Urban chickens get tucked in at night all over California. They’re legal in varying number in Folsom, Roseville, Davis, Berkeley, Oakland, Anaheim and LA. Until Sacramento joins that list, the city’s stealth chickens will continue to run afoul of the law — which doesn’t have much meat, anyway. Get caught with a backyard hen, it’s a $100 fine. You’ve already saved that in free eggs! And – get this, the city lets you keep your chicken.

clipped from www.capradio.org	Morgan Ong