Chicken envy

I feel like Seattle is clucking. Here's a great article about raising chickens in a city. It's illegal for us New Yorkers to have chickens in our backyards (although that doesn't prevent a lot of people, as witnessed in former Times food critic William Grimes' excellent little book "My Fine Feathered Friend"). There are some crazy and beautiful chickens out there, and I encourage everyone to order a dozen little ones and see what happens.