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The life and times of seven chickens in East Missoula, Montana.
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March
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- Give the people what they want
- Bird houses
- Paranoia sets in
- I now have a chicken-owning compatriot
- Three out of four walls are complete
- Coop progress is made
- 3... 2... 1... chicken
- They are huge!
- WE ARE FROM FRANCE
- Lucky loves his squeaky little friends
- Official portraits of the chicks
- Spring is for coop buildin'
- Last two chicks get named
- The best name EVER
- New chicks have arrived
- Tomorrow's chick selection
- Chicks fart
- They grow so fast!
- I added a FAQ for my visitors
- Chick one was a naughty girl
- The chicks have settled in nicely
- The first two chicks are here
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March
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Chickens in the News
- Ordinance passes committee, heads to vote
- Article on council sending ordinance back to committee
- My question at the bottom of the food column
- Chickens in Manhattan?
- Article on local aquaintance's chicken endevours
- Article on the formation of a Missoula city chicken council
- Article on Madison WI city chicken movement
- Opinion piece on how Missoula needs unrealistic chicken communes
- Article on the City of Missoula confiscating a nice young couple's chickens
About Me
- MissoulaChick
- I write on a few blogs about life, chickens, my family, and other stuff.
The Frequently "Clucked" Questions Area
Q: What made you two decide to get chickens?
A: A few of our friends and coworkers have small chicken flocks, and we thought it was a great idea. After visiting a coworker's house who has a nice little henhouse and run in downtown Bozeman, MT my mind was set. Matt agreed to it shortly afterwards.
Q: Are you getting a rooster?
A: No. Roosters are loud, don't lay eggs, and are frequently very defensive (borderline violent).
Q: How many eggs are we talking about here?
A: It depends on a lot of things, but with 6 hens it is reasonable to guess we'll get about 4 or 5 eggs a day. That might slow down a lot in winter or when the hens are moulting their feathers. Some days we might get 6- but that will probably be rare.
Q: Are you going to sell these eggs, or start taking cholesterol medications?
A: Neither! We intend to eat a healthy amount of them and give the rest away to friends or the local food bank.
Q: Are you naming them?
A: Yes. They are named Mrs. Tweedy, Pot Pie, Rosie, Zippy, Beldar, Biggie Rockette and Littles Rockette. Pria (our rooster) now lives with another family where he is more welcome to crow and generally do rooster things.
A: A few of our friends and coworkers have small chicken flocks, and we thought it was a great idea. After visiting a coworker's house who has a nice little henhouse and run in downtown Bozeman, MT my mind was set. Matt agreed to it shortly afterwards.
Q: Are you getting a rooster?
A: No. Roosters are loud, don't lay eggs, and are frequently very defensive (borderline violent).
Q: How many eggs are we talking about here?
A: It depends on a lot of things, but with 6 hens it is reasonable to guess we'll get about 4 or 5 eggs a day. That might slow down a lot in winter or when the hens are moulting their feathers. Some days we might get 6- but that will probably be rare.
Q: Are you going to sell these eggs, or start taking cholesterol medications?
A: Neither! We intend to eat a healthy amount of them and give the rest away to friends or the local food bank.
Q: Are you naming them?
A: Yes. They are named Mrs. Tweedy, Pot Pie, Rosie, Zippy, Beldar, Biggie Rockette and Littles Rockette. Pria (our rooster) now lives with another family where he is more welcome to crow and generally do rooster things.
2 comments:
So you'll call them Rockette 1 and Rockette 2, based on how many splotches are on their head?
I don't know. They are really hard to tell apart even with the splotches (they are subtle), and as they mature those splotches will go away. We are thinking of just leaving it as The Rockettes and not naming them separately, ever.
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