I live in a town that has a ban on chickens. I can understand how within a city roosters wouldn't be the most welcome at times (mostly at dawn) but chickens! 3 pigs are allowed within the city, so long as you register them as a dog. Bunnies are allowed according to the city animal control but nowhere in city code are they mentioned. Why are pigs and rabbits allowed and not chickens!?! Prop 2 passed in California which had pros and cons to it as all measures do. It was a measure that meant well and had a good heart behind it but we might loose locally raised chickens in California. I think it is a bit silly to have to import eggs from another country. Think of the gas wasted to import an egg! Wouldn't it be nice to be able to have a chicken or 2 in the back yard eating all of the bad bugs and giving back eggs and organic fertilizer in return?
Oh and on that note: Vegetarian chickens are not natural. I don't like the commercial mega corporation farms that feed their chicken ground up other old sick chickens but in a happy environment they should be able to eat bugs and worms. Cattle and chickens were not made to survive on grains alone. What happens to your tummy (and waistline) when you only eat carbs?
Sorry about the soapbox but this is our food! lets all realize it does not originate out of a cardboard box!
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