Comments on: urban farming

By: amanda

amanda — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:51:05 +0000

and…a dairy goat…move to maine with us, we’ll get the goat, you get the chickens, i’ll trade you milk and cheese for eggs and meat and i’ll watch your kid if you’ll watch mine…ah, big ideas indeed

By: Katie Giesbrecht

Katie Giesbrecht — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:13:41 +0000

why wouldn’t you raise chickens? I think its a great idea. Ben and I talk all the time about having some farm animals ex: mini donkey, some chickens ya know the usual stuff:)

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:02:18 +0000

We raised chicken’s in Eugene when I was growing up. I have many fond memories of the little baby chicks growing up to be dinner. And some not so fond memories of an egg I cracked for breakfast only to find out it had actually been one of the last ones to be “fertilized” by the rooster before we got rid of it. I couldn’t eat eggs for a long, long time after that. Anyway, chicken raising was fun, but there’s a ton of poop to contend with.

By: abbienelson

abbienelson — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:04:48 +0000

That would be awesome. Considering we are in Homestead relatively often…
and you’re right about the geese. They can be territorial. We got a big kick out of watching Clancy and Nancy (the camp geese at my dad’s camp) run the camp cats off the porch every day while they ate their food.

By: vomarortiz

vomarortiz — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:46:14 +0000

I can put you in touch with a friend who has chickens down in Homestead. We bought eggs from him for a while, but it got to be a hassle. He has (very large) goose eggs too. I wouldn’t recommend raising geese, however, I don’t know how they take to cute little girls feeding them.