THE TOP TEN REASONS FOR
RAISING YOUR OWN CHICKENS

1. Taste & Freshness - Personal chickens are the ultimate source of truly fresh eggs, and nothing beats the flavor of home raised chickens

2. Educational - Your kids won't need a lot of diagrams about sex education if you have a rooster and hens

3. Health & Safety - There's virtually no risk of antibiotic resistant bacteria living in home raised meat or eggs, and if you whack 'em yourself, there's less chance of fecal bacterial contamination that's in a lot of store bought chicken

4. Great Pets - Safer than dogs, chickens make great pets that require little care, produce fertilizer, eat bugs, are very cute, and give eggs at almost no cost, plus, if you get tired of them, you can eat them

5. 4-H kids in the City - Since chickens are smaller than cows, urban 4-H kids can keep poultry to learn about responsibility

6. Outlaws - Urbanites with chickens are an elite vanguard that gets to ignore stupid laws

7. Cultural - You'll have something to talk about with ethnic groups that are used to raising their own fowl

8. Awakenings - If your flock has a rooster, nobody within a hundred yards will need an alarm clock (read response from a Roosters Neighbor)

9. Variety - Genetically diverse small flocks preserve rare breeds, like ethically run companies maintain honest CEO breeding stock

10. Fashionable - Keeping chickens is stylish no matter what else happens to you. Just ask Martha.