tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31848825.post2788958545721750557..comments2023-09-20T21:32:56.122-05:00Comments on Michelle Sherwood: Chickens in Springfield city limits AND why you can call me ROOSTER!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04302836596826180681noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31848825.post-32244604842626128372010-05-10T17:16:33.013-05:002010-05-10T17:16:33.013-05:00Chickens from "urban/rooftop farms," fre...Chickens from "urban/rooftop farms," free range chickens and those otherwise treated "humanely" produce eggs of no more nutritional value than factory farmed chickens. Despite claims of supporters to the contrary, they also taste no better (as blind taste tests have proven). <br /><br />Factory farms are the most efficient and cost effective means of producing eggs (and meat and poultry in general). Chickens are generally dirty and noisy creatures. If you want to keep a few by all means have at it. But don't fool yourself into believing their eggs are better for your health or that you are somehow helping the environment. And prepare for lots of expense, clean up and noise.<br /><br />I hope no one ever moves near me with chickens. As it stands I'm already subjected to an unceasing assault of dog barks and howls. Image the crow of cocks thrown in!<br /><br />The environment is not in a ruinous state because individuals eat eggs from farms or have filament light bulbs in their homes. It's ruined because we live in a capitalist system organized for the sole purpose of creating profit for a filthy-rich handful of people.<br /><br />People are not unhealthy and overweight because they eat eggs from a farm. They are overweight and unhealthy because they eat processed foods and are spectators (in sports, arts, etc.) rather than participants. That too is a direct result of the driving force of this country, this world, this economy: profit for the few.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695387104288777840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31848825.post-17388679779681904522010-05-10T00:54:01.463-05:002010-05-10T00:54:01.463-05:00If I still lived there, I would be at that meeting...If I still lived there, I would be at that meeting in a heartbeat! I've wanted to raise chickens forever. Even though eggs are cheap, I always feel kind of creepy buying them at the store, because I don't know how the chickens were raised, if they suffered, or had those dreaded lights that trick them into shorter days and nights. Chickens also help with gardens, eating pests, fertilizing and tilling soil. And they are so cute, just look at them!MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07987562935065129335noreply@blogger.com