On Apr 9, 12:42*pm, "Gregory Morrow" > wrote:
> Every farm wife used to raise chickens, a farm without a henhouse was a very
> unusual. *Even up until around 30 years some peeps still kept chickens, in
> talking to some older relatives from "back home" (downstate Illannoy)
> practically no one regularly raises chickens. *A few kids in 4-H do
> apparently raise them to show at county fairs...these are often more like
> pets instead of a meat food source...'course everybody likes fresh eggs.
>
> I have memories as a little kid (late 50's) of mom chopping the heads off of
> chickens so's we could have chicken for dinner, I'm sure many of us of a
> "certain age" do. *Frankly, I can't imagine such a thing now, PETA and other
> do-gooders would have the mom up for charges for "terrorising" the little
> kids as a result of the bloody carnage...!!!
>
> I know Our Very Own Chatty Cathy here raises fowl, but who else, or do you
> know anyone who does?
>
> --
> Best
> Greg
>
> "The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other
> people's money."~~~~Margaret Thatcher

Interesting question- my sis has 8-10 of them, and we occasionally get
eggs from her. She has a couple of geese that have moved in, so the
other day she gave me a couple of goose eggs- they're huge! My 11 year
old & I are thinking about getting a few- I think it would be fun,
plus a great learning experience for him. But we would not eat them-
they'd be strictly for eggs...