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Saturday, October 31, 2009 10:00 AM

LINTNER: There’s no claws for alarm

By AUDREY LINTNER, Blooming Dells

I never thought I’d see the day when chickens would be the focus of news investigations and hot debate. Gas prices, sure. The guilt or innocence of an accused individual, certainly. But chickens? The goofy bug-eaters of my childhood?

I remember how we got started in keeping chickens. A neighbor gave my sister and me a couple of roosters: Little Red for me and the Old Man for Karen. Being advanced enough to know that two roosters do not equal profits in the egg market, we acquired some hens and thus our motley flock was born.

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