Galline Fashionistas

If you don't know already, industrial egg production is pretty awful. One of the common effects of chicken factories is that the chickens lose their feathers from the cramped cages.

So what's the answer to bald chickens? Knitting them sweaters, of course.

(If you Image Google "Chicken Sweater" you'll get plenty of other examples.)

Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles!

The Rooster was in LA this weekend for a conference and while there made it out to Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles. The name says it all. He ate a piece of fried chicken and a waffle. The food was pretty amazing, living up to the standards of a member of Nashville's informal Thursday Fish and Hot Chicken Club.

For a musical introduction to Roscoe's, check out this YouTube video made by one of Mother Hen's friends.

Chickens in NYC!

This past weekend, Mother Hen and The Rooster travelled to the big city for a short vacation and to see the Broadway production of Equus. The play was unbelievable, as was the cheesecake at Junior's afterwards, but the climax of the weekend gallinity was a gift from our friends with whom we were staying. 

They have recently returned from living in Singapore and brought with them a t-shirt for Mother Hen that shows the entire life history of a chicken. Eggs-cellent! For another view of our weekend, check out our friend's blog post on the weekend.

The Saudi Arabia of Chicken

Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert interviewed Richard Lobb, Director of Communications at the National Chicken Council, about the shortage of chicken wings currently afflicting our country. Included in the interview was the breaking story that the United States indeed have a strategic chicken reserve.

We suggest contacting your local Galline Representative and encouraging them to support the release of chicken wings before this Sunday's Super Bowl.

The Ladies have indicated they hope this shortage will break America of what they consider to be a disgusting habit.

Psycho Chicken...

I heard this song this afternoon on WRVU, 91.1 FM. Does anyone else have some good galline parodies? There have to be more out there...

The Chicken Whisperer

Mother Hen's mom forwarded a new story about chickens in her local paper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

If we had known we could turn this whole experiment into a money making venture, we might've started earlier. With a chick costing around $2.50, you can guess what the profit margins would be when selling to soccer moms.

Chickens in the News

So what does it take to have an article written about you in The USA Today? Apparently, five chickens in your backyard. Maybe we'll add another hen in the Spring and see if any reporters show up. Until then, check out these Backyard Ladies on the West Coast. 

(Thanks to Mother Hen's dad for sending us the link!)