Backyard Chickens: Why your neighbor might have a poultry farm in her backyard

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Sara Roth recently hit the road for Bend's First Annual Chicken Coop Tour. Modeled after coop tours in larger cities like Portland and Seattle, Bend's tour included 26 coops, most of which had fewer than four fowl in them. To participants, however, quantity didn't matter. Everyone -- from children and hipsters to parents and the elderly -- were enthralled by even the smallest makeshift coop and its roosting residents.

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[paraplegicgiraffe]

chickens are beautiful, smart animals. I think that people can learn a lot about animals by keeping chickens. Raising your own chickens in your backyard, you can also make your eggs more nutrient-dense and you could help prevent cruelty to hens on large-scale farms in battery cages. My family has 20 chickens in a huge backyard and they're free to hunt for bugs. The eggs are delicious and the hens are totally happy. I love them like pets.

[toothsoap]

Tooth Soap® loves urban chicken farmers! Those are beautiful chickens. Thank you for sharing! :-D

[alejonsu]

Great! so many families raising chickens, getting delicious fresh eggs every day.