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Title: What ever happened to the chickens?
Post by: Southbanker on June 28, 2008, 11:48:47 AM
Does anybody else remember chickens roaming freely on the Southbank in the area near MOSH, River City Brewing, and the fountain?  I think I remember this from the 1994/95 timeframe.

I mentioned this to someone the other day and they thought I was crazy.
Title: Re: What ever happened to the chickens?
Post by: scaleybark on June 28, 2008, 12:01:33 PM
I remember that.  A while ago the TU did an article about it with pictures.  If I remember correctly, they were nice looking chickens, with long plumage.
Title: Re: What ever happened to the chickens?
Post by: Lunican on June 28, 2008, 12:05:22 PM
I think animal control rounded up chickens in Springfield so maybe the same thing happened to the Southbank chickens.
Title: Re: What ever happened to the chickens?
Post by: gatorback on June 28, 2008, 12:10:44 PM
I remember them there since the 70s.
Title: Re: What ever happened to the chickens?
Post by: Driven1 on June 28, 2008, 12:36:25 PM
the chickens are still roaming around the brooklyn area. 
Title: Re: What ever happened to the chickens?
Post by: BridgeTroll on June 28, 2008, 01:23:34 PM
They were very tasty... ;D
Title: Re: What ever happened to the chickens?
Post by: gatorback on June 28, 2008, 01:47:52 PM
good troll food huh?  I'm thinking they made dog food but I'm not sure.  There is a law that says roaming ducks, you know those old ugly looking black and white messy birds, that they are not covered by ethical treatment....so you can make dog food out of them and that's what some people do to them.  I'm not sure if chickes get afforded that same protection....but those ugly messy loud ducks are nothing more then dog food to me.
Title: Re: What ever happened to the chickens?
Post by: BridgeTroll on June 28, 2008, 02:30:18 PM
I think they call em "free range" chickens... ;D
Title: Re: What ever happened to the chickens?
Post by: Ernest Street on June 28, 2008, 03:45:29 PM
Quote from: BridgeTroll on June 28, 2008, 02:30:18 PM
I think they call em "free range" chickens... ;D
Cooked over a shopping cart grill with some wine poured over it..(Coq au Vin?) In some scenic Peyton pocket park..ahh those were the days. ;)
Title: Re: What ever happened to the chickens?
Post by: gatorback on June 28, 2008, 05:55:03 PM
Oh yes, that's hemingway pigeon.
Title: Re: What ever happened to the chickens?
Post by: gatorback on June 28, 2008, 06:15:50 PM
Likewise, a guest from Frankfurt said, “We don’t have a problem with pigeons in our parks. About six am every morning, they go out and shoot them.”
Title: Re: What ever happened to the chickens?
Post by: BridgeTroll on June 29, 2008, 10:35:19 AM
Free range squab??? :D