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Bac kyard Chic kens Survey 30 / 81 experienc e for the owners and their k ids. It was c lean, the chickens happy, and there were many many eggs t o s hare! 254 They were fun to watch.10/14/2020 2:01 PM 255 Our kids LOVED an older c ouple down the road who kept c hickens in our former residence. They lov ed to feed, collect, and take care of the chickens 10/14/2020 1:22 PM 256 I know people in St Paul that have them. They seem to be fun to hav e.10/14/2020 11:36 AM 257 don't have an opinion.10/14/2020 11:25 AM 258 None 10/14/2020 9:49 AM 259 They’re great for families and kids and provide a healt hy food source where you can control the quality and k now the origin 10/13/2020 10:35 PM 260 Hav en't had any negativ e ex periences except for when one pass es away. Similar to when anot her f amily pet passes away. 10/13/2020 9:27 PM 261 Nev er had any probs at all 10/13/2020 4:37 PM 262 Seems to work well for fres h eggs . Their kids loved it as well it was educational and fun for them. 10/13/2020 2:19 PM 263 Great ex perience 10/13/2020 6:00 AM 264 We just moved f rom NE Mpls and someone nearby us had chic k ens 10/13/2020 5:17 AM 265 Only heard pos it ive things .10/12/2020 9:43 PM 266 Quiet animals, not smelly or Threatening the way other pets (bark ing dogs, etc) c an be, and cleaner in the s ense that they s tay in their coop and don’t mak e a mess in someone els e’s yard! 10/12/2020 8:38 PM 267 It’s an educ ational experience for my children and my s elf as a Mom, too! It builds a s ense of communit y and s us tainability for healthy food sources. 10/12/2020 8:14 PM 268 attracts c oy otes 10/12/2020 7:19 PM 269 They were fun to have. If kids are inv olv ed it show respons ibility.10/12/2020 6:54 PM 270 We’ve been giv en eggs by the individuals who had the hens. It ’s a good food source & our k ids enjoy ed feeding the chickens. 10/12/2020 6:22 PM 271 I lived in Saint Paul for 9 years. I liv ed nex t door to chic k ens they are a c omplete nuisanc e to neighbors . 10/12/2020 5:03 PM 272 Their dominant hen started Crowing!10/12/2020 3:47 PM 273 Great for k ids! Best eggs y ou'll eat.10/12/2020 3:46 PM 274 1. - laying hens hav e been bred to lay inc es s antly. Chick ens in the wild lay fewer than 20 eggs a y ear and live to 30 years old. Contemporary lay ing hens lay between 300 and 350 eggs a year and dev elop reproductive dis eas e whic h is the caus e of up to 90% of mortality in egg- lay ing flocks beginning at the age of 2 years old. It is a protrac ted and horrible death. Google “laying hens and ov arian c ancer” and “egg y olk peritonitis in laying hens” and choos e “images ". 2.- for every laying hen there is a dead or abandoned rooster. Google “male c hick s ”. 3. - chic k ens are Tropic al Jungle Fowl and need s erious and c ostly protection in Minnesota’s extreme hot and cold c limate. 4. In 2001 there were 26 chicken permits in Mpls. There are now 366. That’s an increase of 1308%. Our organization was founded in 2001. The fad has created a nationwide epidemic of unwanted chickens, ducks, geese, quail, and other domesticated fowl. They are abandoned at animal sanctuaries and shelters when t he novelty wears off. Before 2009 our res cue averaged fewer t han 40 s urrender inquiries a y ear. Sinc e 2009 when we firs t began keeping surrender statistics, we've been ask ed to help over 3,136 animals, overwhelmingly birds, and in no way hav e we been able to help them all. We haven’t had time to update the graph since 2015. There is no limit to the number of way s c hickens can cross your path without ever leaving y our neighborhood. They might turn up at garage s ale, in a dumpster, a f riend of a friend who got bored, a walk in the park , left s omewhere in a box , tos s ed from a car, or left on the Interstate. Many just appear in a bac k y ard and surviv e off the bird feeder till s omeone notices them. Or may be being abused in the backyard next door. Pre- 10/12/2020 3:44 PM