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Chicken!
03/29/2007 13:51:16 / happy
I've been in a fowl mood lately —— and not just because I've given up fried chicken for Lent.
I'm in an even fowler mood this week because I've decided that, instead of fricassing the sweet little birds, I'm instead going to buy a living pair for my ever-expanding garden.
As the warm air warms the soil, my tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, artichokes, corn, beans, and countless herbs are shivering with expectation.
By contrast, I was shivering with expectation of more worms and beetles and aphids to pick off my plants. (I don't use pesticides or chemicals, period.) Being a tender-hearted person, I usually just flip them over my garden wall instead of squishing them, but they always come back.
A+ Master Gardener June Russell, during a gardening class at the CAF, recommended controlling the bugs by buying guinea hens, which greedily snap up all the bugs they can find.
Brilliant!
But since guineas are noisy and look too much like army helmets (I don't like violence), I'm trying to search out a better breed for a small home garden in a big backyard. They should lay a lot of eggs, too. I get hungry in the morning.
Anyone have an opinion about which is the best type of chicken? I'd love to hear them.
E-mail me at jedwards@mrt.com and I might even include them in an upcoming article. Or, call me at the MRT chicken hotline: 1-432-687-8871.
P.S. Anyone who recommends the following, silly looking chickens, will receive a booby prize.
The poodles of the chicken world, aka "Silkies."
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