Sunday, February 22, 2026

The Sunday Five: Chickens

1: Have you ever kept raised or kept chickens? 

2: Should your neighbors be able to keep chickens in their back garden? 

3: Other than chicken, what kind of eggs can you buy in your local neighborhood, and do you? 

4: Have you ever been chased by a chicken? 

5: Do you eat chicken? 

My answers: 

1: Have you ever kept raised or kept chickens? I have not, my father didn't want anything on the farm that required daily care. 

2: Should your neighbors be able to keep chickens in their back garden? This has become a hot topic in many American cities, I think they should, they don't make anymore noise than many dogs, and produce eggs. 

3: Other than chicken, what kind of eggs can you buy in your local neighborhood, and do you?  I can buy quail eggs almost all of the time, if I go to the fancy market or the asian market they often have duck eggs, Whole Foods has stopped carrying Emu eggs. Quail eggs are cute, but fussy to cook, Duck eggs are wonderful, I wish they were easier to get (we lost the Egg Man at the farmers market during COVID, he often has Duck eggs.) 

4: Have you ever been chased by a chicken? As a child, but then I ran from almost everything until I was in my 30's. 

5: Do you eat chicken? Yes, often. 

Please share your answers in the comments. 

2 comments:

  1. 1. nope
    2. Sure. BH and I l had neighbors once who owned peacocks. Chickens are a piece of cake!
    3. I have no idea. I'm not adventurous when it comes to eggs.
    4. Yes. Also, by a goose. As an adult I was chased by my bestie's blue streaked lory. Small bird that became the size of an ostrich when angry.
    5. Yes. It's one of the few meats I can chew without teeth (me without teeth not the chicken).

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  2. 1: Have you ever kept raised or kept chickens? Nope
    2: Should your neighbors be able to keep chickens in their back garden? Depends how it is done - partner's next door neighbor kept laying hens in her back yard but fed them by scattering the feed. This attracted rats and vermin from the alley and an additional expense for pest control for the neighbors. I'm sure that there is better way of feeding the laying hens and keeping the hens.
    3: Other than chicken, what kind of eggs can you buy in your local neighborhood, and do you? Haven't looked although I'm pretty sure that if I walked up to the neighborhood Asian market I could find something.
    4: Have you ever been chased by a chicken? No
    5: Do you eat chicken? Yes.

    Will Jay

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