Chickens!

 "Only an introvert can see the unfathomable stupidity of man." - Carl Jung

 From CNN Health 

"With egg prices rising, more people may be shopping for their own backyard chicken flock.

But before you build a coop and subscribe to Chicken Whisperer, health experts have a warning: Caring for backyard chickens is not as easy as bringing home a cute new kitten, and keeping chickens can come with a handful of serious health risks, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Chickens can spread bacteria

You need to take extra precautions when handling the chickens and their eggs.

“Backyard poultry specifically can have salmonella germs in their poop and on their bodies, even when they look healthy and clean,” said Dr. Kathy Benedict, a veterinarian epidemiologist with the CDC.

The bacteria can live on the bird’s beak, feathers or feet, as well as in their digestive tract, and can spread to the areas around where the birds live and onto a person’s clothes, hands or shoes. This can get the people around them sick."

 

Best to avoid the home chicken coop - nothing but death awaits you there.  Thanks, CNN! 

I had this awesome idea... have *chickens* eat the bugs.   They can also have our table scraps.  In turn, we can eat their eggs, and use their poop to fertilize the vegetable garden.  It would be as though we were all different pieces of an ecological cycle.  Nah, can't have that... backyard chickens are lethal.  Also you might get funny ideas about becoming food-independent, and not buying factory food. 

For the record, then - at least according to CNN:

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