Raising City Chickens–Urban Survivalism!

 The Kansas City Star has a great article today about raising poultry in suburban and urban environments:   Kansas City Star

The perspective of us little survival nuts is this:  Do whatever it takes to feed your family! Grow a garden, raise animals, hunt, fish, gather wild edibles–to survive one more day, a person needs to be adaptable, resourceful and willing to think outside of his or her experience.   

As we quoted on a different page, “The key to survival is mental toughness. The difference between surviving and death is the will to live and a desire to push on.”  –Narrator, Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment

Many municipalities have an incorrect view of poultry and livestock.  The officials often think that ‘farm’ animals have no place in a suburban or urban environment.  What they haven’t realized is that chickens are in the same family as parrots, parakeets, and other birds.  The image of a chicken is that it is a dirty, smelly, and unsanitary creature.

 Chickens come in a variety of shapes and sizes.  They can be as large as a small turkey, and as small as a pigeon.  Chickens also come in a variety of colors and temperments.  Some smaller ‘bantam’ chickens look more like a dove than a chicken.  Chickens are not particularly dirty–at least no dirtier than any other type of bird.  If chickens or their nesting facilities are dirty, don’t blame the birds, blame the owner!

So, if fresh, clean, known-source meat and eggs is what you are after, by all means, raise some Backyard Poultry!

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