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The only two hens I ever had - Lucy and Ethel - lived with me in a 16'  
travel trailer in back of my mom's house after the Northridge quake when my  
apartment building went down. They came free gratis - at my request - along 
with  a 
very beautiful but foul-tempered rooster.
 
My mom had passed away several years before, and I - prepubescent  
foolishness - had developed such a hatred for that house...hence living in 
the  travel 
trailer.
 
I used to call my daughter and my sister, inside the house, to come and run  
interference for me so I could make it safely from the trailer to the house, 
as  the minute I set foot outside the trailer, the rooster would make a 
beeline 
for  my ankles. If nobody was home, I would try to sneak out, cast iron 
skillet in  one hand and small baseball bat in the other. He never picked (or 
pecked) on  anybody but me. I think he was jealous of my fondness for his 
ladies.
 
Once I was in the house (where the office was), Lucy and Ethel would each  
lay a fresh egg on the twin beds in the trailer. They came and went, like the 
 
cats - and with the cats - and my sister and daughter were in a constant 
state  
of 'upset' because I would leave doors open for them and they all came and  
went at will.
 
Sandy
Mid-Mojave
Missing my speckled hens
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/21/2008 6:22:38 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
waltonrp AT gmail.com writes:

I've  seen it. I also saw a piece on one of the networks about  a lady
that  is keeping hens in a Manhattan apartment. Bet with the current
economy,  sites like this get more members.

Rob - Va

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008  at 9:59 PM, bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> I was looking  for some information and ran across this site.  It might be 
known to  everyone else, but I'll post the link in case anyone else is 
interested.   Site says it has 16,000 members.
>
>  http://www.backyardchickens.com/
>
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