Comments on: Urban Slaughter

By: Chanticleer

Chanticleer — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:09:13 +0000

What, no roosters?

Well, then, no eggs either!

Every farm kid learned this poem before he started school:

The big red rooster said to the liitle brown hen,
“You haven’t laid an egg in God knows when.”
The little brown hen said to the big red rooster,
“You don’t come around as often as you ‘uster.’

And, of course, there’s also this verse from Bob Gibson’s The Super Rooster Song:

We’ve got some chickens, no eggs would they lay.
We’ve got some chickens, no eggs would they lay.
My wife said, “Honey, this isn’t funny. We’re losing money.”
No eggs would they lay.

One day a rooster came into our barnyard,
He caught those chickens right off their guard.
They’re laying eggs now just like they used to,
Ever since that rooster came into our yard.

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:44:43 +0000

Yes, according to a story by Matt Sorrell in the May issue of Sauce, you can have up to three poultry in the city of St. Louis. You can have a rooster if you want, but you best have nice neighbors!

By: Bill Burge

Bill Burge — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:29:08 +0000

According to Local Harvest–who had someone speak about urban chicken coops–you can have chickens but no roosters in St. Louis City. I believe they said three was the limit.

By: Becky And The Beanstock

Becky And The Beanstock — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:45:35 +0000

I wouldn’t be opposed to vying for eggs while kicking it old school, but if I’m not wrong, in the city of St. Louis that’s outlawed. Or maybe you can have a magic combination in the city, like one dog, one cat, one chicken and one fish. Strangely, pot bellied pigs are in the clear. Goats, on the other hand, will get you a hefty fine. Trust me, I know…

Kill em? I couldn’t. It’s hard enough plucking my tomatoes from their life vines. I know, I know…