What if there were chickens everywhere in your town? While towns all over the world argue about whether or not to allow their citizens to own chickens, other towns have taken a different approach. They allow flocks of feral chickens to run all over town!
I had thought that you had to go to a place like Guatemala to find a town enlightened enough to let their chickens run free, but it turns out there was a town, much, much closer!
Amber and I visited Yuba City, Ca, which is just such a town. We had no idea that fate had delivered us directly into a flock of feral chickens. How do they survive? How do the locals feel? What about other cities? Would you believe that one city has taken advantage of their 300 member strong chicken population, and even have a yearly festival? We’ll tell you all about it!
Also in this weeks show; we’re moving to a new town! Amber bought a house, and the chickens have far greener pastures ahead! Pardon us while we make the transition. An episode might be late here and there, but were not going away any time soon! Moving to a new town means starting all over with our chicken yard, chicken coop, our whole chicken set up. Stay tuned to future episodes and follow along as we show you how we make a new home for our chickens!
Amber has Medieval Christian Chickens in her Cabinet of Curiosities this week! What did Christian Medieval Monastics have to do with your hens wonderful personality? Amber takes a deep dive back into chicken history to bring you the curious history of Friar Tuck and Fryer Turken.
We’ve been really busy with the move, theres a lot of work to do on the new house. But we did get the chance to watch the movie “Chicken People“; An entertaining look at the world of show chickens. Chicken shows may sound silly, but they’re highly competitive, very exacting, and the competitors (ok, their people) take the shows very seriously. The characters in the movie are complex and interesting, and theres lots of very, very pretty birds to look at. If you’ve been curious about chicken shows, the movie gives the audience a good look at the workings of chicken competition.
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