Here's to those stylish hens
Steven Keel, the owner of Egganic Industries in Ringgold, Va., says that sales of his elaborate $1,500 Henspas — low-maintenance, high-comfort homes designed for urban and suburban chickens — are up 15 percent. The McMurray Hatchery in Webster City, Iowa, reports they're sending more mail-order chicks (ranging in cost from about $1 to $5 per chick) to addresses in upper-class suburbs.
Lucy has been brooding since Valerie died, so now the virgin Lucy's hatching some other hen's fertile egg. And just in time, because ABC News sez: Chickens Have Become Chic Urban and Suburban Pets.
originally posted by judlew