{"id":28928,"date":"2020-07-17T00:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T21:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/forget-adopting-a-dog-during-lockdown-city-dwellers-are-springing-for-chickens\/"},"modified":"2020-07-17T00:03:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T21:03:00","slug":"forget-adopting-a-dog-during-lockdown-city-dwellers-are-springing-for-chickens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/forget-adopting-a-dog-during-lockdown-city-dwellers-are-springing-for-chickens\/","title":{"rendered":"#Forget adopting a dog during lockdown \u2014 city dwellers are springing for chickens"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Forget adopting a dog during lockdown \u2014 city dwellers are springing for chickens<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n When receptionist Heidi Heilig was told she could work remotely at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, she figured the extra time at home would allow her to get a pet for her 6-year-old and 2-year-old sons.<\/p>\n

Trouble is, her kids are allergic to cats and dogs. The solution? Raising three chickens in her small, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn backyard.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe children were off school, bored, and chickens have been a great diversion from what was happ<\/a>ening in the world,\u201d says the 40-year-old, also a published author, who bought newly hatched chicks, named Salt, Pepper and Oreo, in April.<\/p>\n

Although the birds are still too young to lay, Heilig tells The Post she\u2019s looking forward to mornings with fresh eggs for breakfast \u2014 a clear advantage over dog or cat ownership.<\/p>\n

Heilig is one of a growing number of first-time poultry owners who have taken up the hobby as a result of the coronavirus lockdown, taking the uptick in pandemic pet ownership to new heights. Her supplier, My Pet Chicken, reports a boom in sales since March as people have begun seeking an uplifting distraction from the doom and gloom.<\/p>\n

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The chickens have helped Heilig\u2019s children adapt to life in lockdown.<\/span>Tamara Beckwith\/NY POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen a 260% increase in demand since last year and have struggled to keep up with it,\u201d says CEO Traci Torres, who operates out of Monroe, Connecticut. \u201cThe main reasons are that people have more time on their hands now to look after a flock, plus they realize they are a steady source of protein and nutrition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not to mention, people can\u2019t help but feel things are getting a bit apocalyptic these days. \u201cWhen all else fails, people want to be able to feed themselves and their families,\u201d Torres says.<\/p>\n

Much of her business has centered on New York City, where it is legal to keep hens as long as they don\u2019t create a \u201cnuisance\u201d with their noise, mess or any other complaint that a neighbor might file. Roosters are banned because of their trademark loud calling card.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe mostly sell to the outer boroughs but people do keep chickens on their rooftops in Manhattan,\u201d says Torres.<\/p>\n

Less committed chicken fanciers need not fret: Hen and coop rental is available through suppliers such as Rent the Chicken \u2014 a play on Rent the Runway clothing company \u2014 based in Freeport, Pennsylvania. They usually hire out the birds and equipment for a period of six months during prime laying season, before winter sets in.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are looking for things to do, especially with their kids, because they\u2019re not out travel<\/a>ing to gymnastics, soccer, ballet and cooking classes anymore,\u201d says co-founder Jenn Tompkins, who has seen a 30% rise in business from last year. \u201cThey have really slowed down and raising chickens is soothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chris Hewitt and his backyard chickens.<\/span>Hewitt<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Her customers include Chris Hewitt, of suburban Katonah, New York, who has traded his daily 6 a.m. nearly hourlong commute into Manhattan for a more restful foray into his backyard to feed his three hens, Mae, Rosalind and Rachel, all acquired in May.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are very funny and just a hoot,\u201d says the 58-year-old cyber security specialist currently working remotely. \u201cIf you\u2019re stuck at home, they certainly give you something to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t go out to dinner or the movies<\/a>, so my wife, Ann Marie, and I often sit outside watching the girls, as we call them, and it makes perfect home entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unlike Heilig\u2019s flock, Hewitt\u2019s hens are old enough now to lay eggs, some of which have been passed to intrigued neighbors.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s critical having fresh food at this time that you know where it comes from,\u201d says Hewitt. \u201cAnd once you\u2019ve experienced one of these eggs, you\u2019ll never want to go back to shop-bought ones,\u201d he says of the rich yolks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gives you a completely different appreciation of where they come from,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s only taken a pandemic to get us there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heilig, too, has a real affection for her trio of Barred Plymouth Rocks \u2014 particularly seeing the delight on her sons\u2019 faces when they go out to feed and water the hens.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s taught them how to care for a living thing \u2014 you have to make sure they\u2019re not too cold, not too hot and they haven\u2019t pooped in their food dish,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of work but a great way of beating stress during these challenging times.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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