What with the price of eggs today, a lot of folks have turned to raising their own chickens. After talk of Kelli’s new mini excavator (named Cecile Richards) and Sue’s visit to a local hardware store for a jazz concert, they welcome local realtor and all-around badass neighbor Abigail Niles to their audio front porch.
Abby introduces us to her flock of backyard chickens, tells how she got them and cares for them, and recounts the joys and perils of urban chicken husbandry. (There’s an inordinate amount of laughter in this episode, and Sue is the main guffaw-er. She promises to keep it in check for future shows.)
Kelli and Sue also discuss avian flu, its impact on the domestic chicken industry, its threat to the wild bird population—and how we can all help contain its spread.
On the website FrontPorchAF.com is a special Bonus Video of a visit with Laura Jo Amaral, their neighbor down the Bend, who has been raising chickens for seven years. “Free range,” indeed!
Fun Fact: Chickens are stalkers. Who knew? ... For more, come sit on the porch with Kelli and Sue, grab a drink, and tune in for a clucking good time. (And maybe even learn a little something useful along the way.)
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