Homegrown Evolution just got back from the American Poultry Association Annual Meet at the Ventura Fairgrounds. We know nothing about show chickens and we're too exhausted to blog coherently, so we'll let the pictures speak for themselves with just a few observations:
-If you don't want to bother raising chicks, a poultry show is a good place to start a flock and talk to some knowledgeable folks. There were quite a few chickens for sale at reasonable prices.
-Someone needs to put together an urban version of the 4-H club to bring urban agriculture programs to the inner city. Maybe it's already been done, but from what I've been told urban 4-H clubs are all about nutrition, science fairs, and maybe training guide dogs. Kids desperately need contact with nature and animals. Let's grow some food! But we may need to hippify the uniforms a bit . . .
-When the economy hits the skids people start thinking about keeping chickens. I spoke to the editor of the always informative Backyard Poultry Magazine about this phenomena. She said that she tries to tell people that you should keep chickens in good times and bad (amen!), but that when the economy tanks Backyard Poultry's circulation soars. We predict Ben Bernanke will put together a coop behind the Federal Reserve.
-And speaking of big things, Jersey Giants are bigger than the national debt.
Stay tuned for some scans of the June 1908 issue of the Poultry Review that we picked up at the meet.
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