Chickens at the White House

Urban Chickens has a great idea!  There should be chickens at the White House!  It's one thing to garden.  In fact, it's a glorious thing to garden.  It's another thing altogether to get into the business of real sustainability.

In a day and age when most of our food comes to us from over 1000 miles away, and it doesn't even taste like it should to boot, there's really no excuse for not maximizing all our green spaces.  Backyard poultry farming is not just fun, it's sensible.

When the first family got into the business of raising vegetables, we at Myrtle's place thought "Why don't they raise chickens, too?"  We then watched with happiness (and humor) as the District of Columbia decided to join the ranks of the civilized.  We wondered even more, "Why not Presidential chickens?"

And now, even Beliefnet has gotten into the act.  This is appropriate, as backyard chicken raising is as much a spiritual endeavor as it is an environmental one.  Don't believe me?

Then you obviously haven't spent a weekend calming down from your hectic work schedule by watching a bunch of Barred Rock hens chasing bugs, grapes, each other, and various imaginary chicken-foes.... I'm telling you, we've saved thousands of dollars in therapy just by having chickens.

Happy farming!