Comments on The Green Phone Booth: Why Backyard Chickens are Good for the Earth

I wish we had chickens. The owner of our rental wo...

2012-01-19T18:40:09.049-08:00

I wish we had chickens. The owner of our rental won't let us have furry pets, but maybe chickens! I'll have to look into it... in a few months.

Yay for chickens! We are going on three years wit...

2012-01-19T11:04:30.404-08:00

Yay for chickens! We are going on three years with our girls. In addition to everything you mention, they are hardly any work once you get them up and running and have the learning curve absorbed. I spend 30-60 minutes a week caring for my hens. In repayment, I have the freshest, best tasting, healthiest eggs, compost for my garden (we fill their run with straw and occasionally spread it around the garden) and great garden art.

I love my chickies!

2012-01-19T07:45:30.444-08:00

I love my chickies!

Like Alli said, sadly Halifax is anti-chickens, al...

2012-01-19T06:47:54.535-08:00

Like Alli said, sadly Halifax is anti-chickens, although we do have a few rebels that continue to fight! Alli has a fantastic yard for chickens!! (plus I would totally beg off some eggs from her lol).

My Tante Bernice had chickens when we were growing up, but my memories are far less pleasant than the picture typically painted about urban chickens. Perhaps it's because she a) had dozens and b) kept them in a large, usually stinky and dirty netted off pen. She eventually gave up the chickens- from what i hear they were too much work and too stinky. (really, as many of you will probably say, I think it was because she had too many and didn't keep good care of her chickens).

I finally talked my husband into getting chickens ...

2012-01-19T06:03:31.003-08:00

I finally talked my husband into getting chickens almost 7 years ago and he finally had to admit they were less trouble than the average dog. Unfortunately raccoons decimated our flock this fall and I decided to wait until spring to replace them. I miss them terribly and definitely miss the eggs.

We still have a by-law against urban chickens in H...

2012-01-19T04:16:09.943-08:00

We still have a by-law against urban chickens in Halifax, NS Canada but the debate is raging and my fingers are crossed that they stomp that by-law into history! I would love to have some chickens!!

BTW: I am new to your blog and am glad that the risky surgery went well and you did get the chickens!