Chickens In Fair Oaks
#1
Posted 07 June 2009 - 09:45 PM
#2
Posted 08 June 2009 - 05:53 AM
That is curious. They are all over the place, I remember seeing them at that park and walking around the Slocum House restaurant.
This might shed some light on the subject....
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#3
Posted 08 June 2009 - 07:04 AM
Or, was it start with an egg? I always forget.
#4
Posted 08 June 2009 - 07:39 AM
Or, was it start with an egg? I always forget.
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#5
Posted 08 June 2009 - 07:51 AM
Or, was it start with an egg? I always forget.
I suppose I was asking for that...
#6
Posted 08 June 2009 - 05:53 PM
#7
Posted 09 June 2009 - 07:48 AM
#8
Posted 09 June 2009 - 08:36 AM
I asked a business owner in FO once about the roosters and chickens. I was told -- not sure if this is fact or not -- that the whole thing got started because people dropped off roosters and chickens they didn't want. One person started it, another got the idea, then another, and they quickly multiplied.
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#9
Posted 09 June 2009 - 08:46 AM
That makes sense, I did the same when I lived in Ojai.
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#10
Posted 09 June 2009 - 09:02 AM
Then one day in the middle of the night, they all vanished. I was told school officials gave the OK to kill them all. It was actually pretty fun when they were around.
#11
Posted 09 June 2009 - 11:01 AM
Genesis 49:16-17
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#12
Posted 09 June 2009 - 11:09 AM
Mmm.. McFairOaks
#13
Posted 09 June 2009 - 11:32 AM
As folks tell it, the first birds arrived with Hugh Gorman, an artist who moved to Fair Oaks in 1977 with his four chickens.
At first, Gorman recalls, he fielded pleas to keep his flock cooped up. But ultimately, Gorman relented to his free-spirit sensibilities and released the foursome.
Each year, a new flotilla of fuzzy yellow chicks could be seen scurrying after their mothers. Other chickens joined the mix, Gorman said, among them post-Easter escapees from a local feed store and barnyard rejects dumped at the town limits.
Now, the chickens are a functional part of the Fair Oaks ethos and ecosystem, Gorman said.
#14
Posted 09 June 2009 - 01:49 PM
#15
Posted 09 June 2009 - 02:00 PM
Years ago, my brother had a final "moving to Sac" party at his house in SoCAl. He lived in a somewhat rural area on some acreage, and while we were hootin and hollerin to all hours, several guests commented about the noise of the roosters next door. His (somewhat inebriated) response, "Eh, you get used to it"
Next day, we answered the front door to sheriffs, animal control officers and reporters as the "Largest Cockfighting Bust" in LA county history was happening right next door. What a note to leave LA on, lol, we sure didn't see that one coming...
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