Vet's view: Backyard chickens are fun, and lay the best eggs

Great blog from USA today on fun and healthy reasons to raise your own.

Benefit # 10 from backyard chickens- no salmonella

From CNN:
About 1,300 cases of salmonella have been linked to eggs from Wright County Eggs and Hillandale Farms of Iowa, forcing a recall of their products in at least 17 states, the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control reported. Wright County Egg has recalled 380 million eggs, while Hillandale Farms recalled 170 million eggs.

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Video: Safe from salmonella?

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"We have a very complicated network of food distribution in this country," Hamburg told CNN's "American Morning" on Monday. "You start with a couple of farms in Iowa and you can get nationwide exposure."

Eureka! All hens a go.

Finally, all four hens a layin'. Eggs anyone?

Chicken dinners coming soon

So still only two hens laying.. Lucile and Black Claudette are way over the 20-22 weeks they are supposed to start laying at. Anyone in the mood for chicken dinner? We brought back some good jerk seasoning from Jamaica that I will start sprinkling on them to motivate them to lay.