The following is a letter I sent to Denver’s Washington Park Profile in response to their front-page article on keeping backyard chickens: I’m glad your July article on backyard chickens included the downside. Given the practical issues of daily care, humane concerns, and health consequences of eating eggs, is this something the city of Denver … Continue reading Keeping Backyard Chickens Is Not a Good Idea →
i find it surprising that people would bring them to shelters and that they would take them. I wouldn't think of them as pets. I would not be a big fan of a neighbor with a crowing rooster.