On Apr 1, 5:18*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
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> > On 4/1/2013 1:23 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
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> >> On Mon, 1 Apr 2013 15:37:46 +0100, Ophelia wrote:
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> >>> When I was as a child the only time I saw chicken was at Christmas
> >>> dinner
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> >> In several areas of the U.S. chickens have been so domesticated that
> >> they run wild. *They do seem to stick around the areas in which they
> >> were raised, so all it takes is a couple negligent and inconsiderate
> >> neighbors to start an uncaged flock that runs rampant.
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> >> -sw
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> > Someone in my neighborhood keeps some. This is the city, not Washington or
> > Baltimore, but still city. *I've seen their chickens on the side of the
> > road sometimes because I guess they have a hard time containing them.
> > Unfortunately I saw a dead one that had been hit by a car, too.
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> > My city is very diverse and I guess the chicken keeping is a holdover from
> > some of the farmland. *We had a huge horse race track years ago that's
> > only used for practice running now, and many here still keep horses, but
> > for the most part it's evolving.
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> Lots of people keep chickens here.

I am one of them, but it's just for eggs. They are fun pets to have!