FOXSYLVANIA

– – Chickens, that is…we’re not talking about wacky weed!   It seems that a growing number of  city-dwellers are experiencing the wonders of raising and farming backyard chickens.  Anyone with a space the size of a patio can keep a few hens, each of which will produce up to an egg a day throughout the year, save for the two months when she’s molting (usually in the fall).

Those who raise them say that chickens can be just as much pets as dogs or cats, are cleaner if properly maintained than most people imagine, and can even be sweet-natured; in its natural state, the chicken is a strangely beautiful bird.

I don’t speak from personal experience here, as you know what they say about leaving a fox in charge of the hen house…