Article: School chickens get a reprieve

Article: Club Pollo takes flight
Capital (Annapolis);  November 7, 2007 ;     680 words ......about two dozen chickens. By feeding and caring for the chickens, students in Club Pollo are learning...play with the chickens. We learn...eighth-graders in Club Pollo - pollo is the...Indeed, most Club Pollo chickens will end up...

Article: LIFE WITH WENDY: If the kids ask for pet chickens, bawk, bawk, bawk
New Haven Register;  October 5, 2006 ;     592 words ......sn't crazy enough already, I decided to add one more element to the mix: two chickens. Yes, I said chickens, as in cluck, cluck. Now you're probably wondering, why chickens? I always thought that if I had enough property to have chickens, I would...

Article: Diet of organic food makes for tasty chickens ; When she purchased her first batch of chirping French chicks in 1999, Joanne Hurford had only intended to keep them as a hobby.
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  May 10, 2008 ;     583 words ......she sells 40 whole organically produced chickens each month, raised on her farm near Chulmleigh...two and three kilos," said Joanne. "The chickens are really pretty when they are little...the first time - I thought, 'Oh no, my chickens!' But you have to toughen up." The chickens...

Article: It's a backyard chick thing ; South Portland is asked to allow chickens in residential areas.
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  June 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......thing ; South Portland is asked to allow chickens in residential areas. Byline: WILLA PLANK...LOCAL & STATE Memo: "I think (keeping chickens) is kind of a growing trend." Donald...support her family's bid to raise a few chickens. Slogans such as "Go chickens" and "Give...

Article: GARDENSCAPE: ; Chickens scratch their way into gardener's heart
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  December 23, 2001 ;     579 words ...All I want for Christmas is a few chickens. If my children are reading this, they...not be pleased. We had a small flock of chickens for 18 years, and when we gave the last...yard to walk around in. Each day, the chickens' moment of joy came when I dumped some...

Article: Proposed ordinance: Proper shelter, space needed to raise chickens.
Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN);  August 11, 2008 ;     501 words ...Byline: Candace Renalls Aug. 11--Allowing chickens in the city of Duluth moves closer to...rules. You can't just get a couple of chickens and throw them in the backyard or garage...single family homes can have up to five chickens, while people in apartments or duplexes...

Article: Hawks swoop down on chickens on Cal State-Sacramento campus
University Wire;  April 2, 2003 ;     326 words ......unusual to hear the constant clucking of chickens around California State at Sacramento...spring is underway, large numbers of baby chickens can be seen scurrying around the campus...occurrence to see hawks prey on baby chickens and has personally seen it happen many...

Article: E.B. White, Chickens Hold Special Spot in one Heart
NPR All Things Considered;  October 25, 1994 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 NOAH ADAMS, Host: Chickens are a life-long passion for Bailey...well-known fact that the behavior of chickens can be used as an indicator of the...is turned on them, and even hungry chickens will refuse to eat in the presence...

Article: Waterloo resident puts chickens in the coop; Advocate of urban hens isn't waiting for a bylaw to pass.(FRONT)
The Record (Kitchener, Ontario);  June 10, 2008 ;     475 words ......decide until the fall whether to allow chickens in city backyards. But the Waterloo Hen...guidelines, so those who want to raise chickens can do so without annoying the neighbours...Bailey-Dick is waiting for permission to keep chickens. He's looking after the hen association...

Article: CHICKENS MORE THAN JUST DUMB CLUCKS
United Press International;  September 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Chickens more than just dumb clucks Sep 20, 2002...International via COMTEX) -- Although chickens tend to be associated with junk cars...to take care of them or realized that chickens, like any pet, required a long-term...

Article: Long tradition of breeding keeps chickens grounded.(Neighbor)(Kids ink)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  December 7, 2005 ;     352 words ......Libertyville wanted to know: Why can't chickens fly? If you have a question you'd like...more information To learn more about chickens, the Ela Area Public Library suggests...Life as a Chicken by Victoria Parker - Chickens by Sara Swan Miller - Chicks & Chickens...

Article: A CHICKEN COUP UNDER PROPOSED CITY LAW, YOU COULD HAVE CHICKENS, BUT WHEN YOU COUNT YOUR CHICKENS THEY SHOULDN'T EXCEED FOUR.(FRONT)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  February 21, 2004 ;     309 words ......Dean Mosiman City government reporter Chickens may soon come to roost in Madison...city law, which doesn't prohibit owning chickens but bans coops and such structures, said...Matt Sloan, 13th District. You can have chickens, you just can't put them anywhere, he...

Article: Chickens more than just dumb clucks.
United Press International;  September 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Press International via COMTEX) Although chickens tend to be associated with junk cars...to take care of them or realized that chickens, like any pet, required a long-term commitment...abused and discarded farmed animals, said chickens make wonderful companions. They are intelligent...

Article: HIS PETS RUN AFOUL OF VILLAGE'S CODES; AFTER 40 YEARS WITH BARELY A PEEP, BALDWINSVILLE MAN TOLD TO GET RID OF CHICKENS.(Local)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  July 27, 2005 ;     303 words ...Byline: Tom Leo Staff writer The chickens have to go. That's the word from Baldwinsville...codes. The village found out about the chickens when Frazier's son, John Frazier Jr...water bill. He mentioned that his dad has chickens on the property. I don't want to give...