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#1 john

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Posted 07 June 2009 - 09:45 PM

Anyone from Fair Oaks around here? I'm curious if there's a story behind all the chickens.


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Posted 08 June 2009 - 05:53 AM

QUOTE (john @ Jun 7 2009, 10:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Anyone from Fair Oaks around here? I'm curious if there's a story behind all the chickens.


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....
Fair Oaks Chicken Festival
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Posted 08 June 2009 - 07:04 AM

So, first you start with a mommy chicken, add a daddy chicken, and well.. go ask your mother.

Or, was it start with an egg? I always forget.
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Posted 08 June 2009 - 07:39 AM

QUOTE (mylo @ Jun 8 2009, 08:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So, first you start with a mommy chicken, add a daddy chicken, and well.. go ask your mother.

Or, was it start with an egg? I always forget.


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Posted 08 June 2009 - 07:51 AM

QUOTE (mylo @ Jun 8 2009, 08:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So, first you start with a mommy chicken, add a daddy chicken, and well.. go ask your mother.

Or, was it start with an egg? I always forget.



I suppose I was asking for that...


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Posted 08 June 2009 - 05:53 PM

The chickens have been in Old Fair Oaks for decades. Nothing like eating outside at Slocum House and watching the chickens.

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Posted 09 June 2009 - 07:48 AM

My great aunts grew up on a farm in Fair Oaks (which used to be entirely farmland). I'm not sure if they were always there, but I know that my aunt has always kept chickens and any time she got tired of one, she'd drop it off there.

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Posted 09 June 2009 - 08:36 AM

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My great aunts grew up on a farm in Fair Oaks (which used to be entirely farmland). I'm not sure if they were always there, but I know that my aunt has always kept chickens and any time she got tired of one, she'd drop it off there.



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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Posted 09 June 2009 - 08:46 AM

QUOTE (Deb B @ Jun 9 2009, 09:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
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.


That makes sense, I did the same when I lived in Ojai.

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Posted 09 June 2009 - 09:02 AM

Sac State had a similar situation in the 90s... a hen and a chicken were dropped off one day on campus. Then came the chicks, next thing you knew there were probably 50 of them on campus. No predators of any kind as the school is secluded so they multiplied quickly.

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.


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Posted 09 June 2009 - 11:01 AM

And here I thought if you didn't want a chicken any more, you ate it
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Posted 09 June 2009 - 11:09 AM

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And here I thought if you didn't want a chicken any more, you ate it

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Posted 09 June 2009 - 11:32 AM

http://www.sfgate.co...eed=rss.bayarea

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.


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Posted 09 June 2009 - 01:49 PM

We've attended the Fair Oaks Chicken Festival and had a good time. That said, it is a little creepy seeing all these chickens walking around, seemingly oblivious to all the people, yet there are booths set up selling fried chicken, chicken wings, teriyaki chicken, etc. It's was almost like let's celebrate the chicken and then eat it.





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Posted 09 June 2009 - 02:00 PM

I've spent some time on "ranches" and while chickens are "ok" the gol darn roosters will make you want to grab a shotgun quickly.

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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