We Want Chickens in Pierre

We at PUCkR hope your holiday season was restful and rejuvenating. We took some time where we let the ordinance simmer in the background and now it's time to turn up the heat again.

Let's start by reminding ourselves of why we want chickens in Pierre.

We want chickens in Pierre because it's good for Pierre. A chicken ordinance makes Pierre a more attractive to place for the Millenial generation that values sustainability.

We want chickens in Pierre because people want to produce their own food. They like the work. They like the connection to our ag heritage.

We want chickens in Pierre because youth want a 4H project. Parents want to teach their children where food comes from and to task their children with helping to provide for the family by collecting eggs.

We want chickens in Pierre because some want to know beyond any doubt where their food comes from in an otherwise industrialized, globalized food system.

And we like the way home laid eggs look and taste.

We want chickens because it's a heritage hobby. And chickens make us laugh with their complete lack of self awareness of just how funny they are. They are the eternal punch line without being in on the joke. And that's ok, because they don't care.

We really want chickens because chickens eat grasshoppers which we will appreciate the next time we have a big irruption. People will ask to borrow our chickens so we will send them over in a chicken tractor and allow them to peck around our neighbors' for a few days. The chickens will come back sleek and fat and our neighbors will be happy.

We want chickensfor as many different combinations of reasons as there are potential chicken keepers. Chickens will be good for Pierre. That's reason enough to want chickens in Pierre.