[CLUCKING]
>> Mike: THANKS FOR JOINING US
TODAY.
YES, WE HAVEN'T GONE TO THE
DOGS, WE HAVE GONE TO THE
CHICKENS.
I'M MIKE OSTERHAGE.
>> Fiona: AND I'M FIONA
GOROSTIZA.
WE ALL LOVE OUR PETS.
SOME OF US HAVE DOGS.
SOME OF US HAVE CATS, BUT SOME
OF US HAVE CHICKENS!
AND WE HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL
GUESTS WITH US TODAY.
>> Mike: THEY ARE PART OF THE
SAN ANTONIO BACKYARD CHICKEN
GROUP.
THEY TAKE PART IN FARM YOGA
EXERCISES, NURSING AND
RETIREMENT HOME THERAPY, BUT
MOST IMPORTANTLY THESE CHICKENS
ARE PART OF KIM ROCHA'S FAMILY.
AND THEY ARE LIKE REGULAR HOUSE
PETS, RIGHT, KIM?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Mike: SO WHAT KIND OF
CHICKENS ARE THESE?
IT'S OKAY, SWEETIE.
>> Fiona: THEY LOOK LIKE FOXY
BROWN WITH THAT HAIR!
THAT IS SOME FIERCE HAIR.
YES!
WHAT KIND OF CHICKENS ARE THEY?
>> THE BREED IS SILKIE CHICKENS.
THIS ONE IS BLANCA AND THIS ONE
IS SNOOKY.
>> Mike: AND THIS IS AS BIG AS
SHE'S GOING TO GET.
>> SHE'S A BANTAM-SIZED CHICKEN,
WHICH MEANS SHE'S A SMALLER
VERSION.
THEY LAY EGGS JUST LIKE A
REGULAR LARGE-SIZE CHICKEN BUT
THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER,
SO THEY WORK GOOD IN OUR
NEIGHBORS IN SAN ANTONIO.
>> Mike: NOW BEING HELD LIKE
THIS, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE
BEEN HOLDING THEM SINCE THEY
WERE CHICKS, BUT IS IT A GENTLER
BREEDS?
>> SOME CHICKENS ARE MORE GENTLE
BUT THE MORE YOU HOLD THEM THE
MORE THEY RESPOND TO YOU AND
WILL LET YOU HOLD THEM.
SILKIES IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE
PET BREEDS OUT THERE.
KIDS LOVE THEM.
THEY ARE EASY TO HANDLE.
YOU CAN DO ALMOST ANYTHING WITH
THEM.
>> Fiona: AND YOU HAVE PUT AN
OUTFIT ON ONE.
IS THIS AN OUTFIT?
>> AND IT ACTUALLY SERVES A
PURPOSE.
IT'S CALLED A HEN SAVER.
WHEN A ROOSTER GETS A LITTLE
MORE AMOROUS -- HE'S A FRISKY
DUDE, THIS PROTECTS THE BACK OF
THE CHICKEN.
>> Fiona: I DON'T BLAME HIM
FOR BEING FRISKY.
>> HE'S GOT A LOT OF GIRLS HE
DEALS WITH.
>> Mike: AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE
HAIR, THOSE ARE FEATHERS.
>> A SPECIAL KIND OF FEATHERS.
>> Mike: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
CAN GET A CLOSE UP -- SORRY
ABOUT THAT.
>> Fiona: DON'T MESS UP FOXY
BROWN'S HAIRDO THERE.
>> Mike: DIDN'T MEAN TO MESS
UP YOUR HAIR, SWEETIE.
THOSE ARE FEATHERS.
I'LL BE DARN.
>> Fiona: NOW YOU ACTUALLY
CHANGED THE ORDINANCE.
BECAUSE FOLKS COULD ONLY HAVE A
CERTAIN NUMBER OF CHICKENS AT
THEIR HOME IN THEIR BACKYARD.
>> PRIOR TO OCTOBER WE WERE
ALLOWED TO HAVE THREE CHICKENS.
AND A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE, SO
MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN GETTING
THE ORDINANCE CHANGED TO ALLOW
MORE FAMILIES TO HAVE WHAT IS
CONSIDERED A REASONABLE FLOCK,
WHICH IS EIGHT CHICKENS.
ONLY ONE OF THOSE COULD BE A
ROOSTER.
PREVIOUSLY ALL THREE COULD BE
ROOSTERS.
SO IT WORKED WELL FOR EVERYBODY.
>> Mike: SPEAKING OF ROOSTERS,
THAT GUY NEXT TO BLANCA IS THE
ROOSTER?
>> THAT'S NOCHE.
>> Fiona: WE HAVE TO KEEP AN
EYE ON HIM.
>> Mik I LOVE THE PLUMAGE.
>> ROOSTERS CROW AT 6:00 IN THE
MORNING WHEN THE SUN COMES UP
AND THEY WILL CROW THROUGHOUT
THE DAY JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW
THEY ARE IN CHARGE.
>> Mike: AND THESE RUN AROUND
IN YOUR HOUSE?
>> THEY RUN AROUND MOSTLY IN OUR
BACKYARD.
BUT THEY DO GET TO COME INTO THE
HOUSE, WHICH WORKS OUT WEL
WE HAVE LITTLE CHICKEN DIAPERS
FOR THEM.
THEY HAVE ALL SORTS OF THINGS
THEY CAN WEAR WHEN THEY ARE
INSIDE.
>> Fiona: AND THEY ARE SO
DOCILE THAT THEY ARE UTILIZED IN
OTHER WAYS, LIKE FARM YOGA,
WHICH WE GOT TO DO A FEW MONTHS
BACK.
WHERE THE FARM ANIMALS ARE PART
OF THE YOGA EXPERIENCE.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
THE THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS TO
HAVING ANIMALS AROUND PEOPLE.
AND WITH FARM YOGA WE'RE ABLE TO
TAKE YOGA OUT INTO THE FARM AND
PEOPLE COME.
BUT WHEN THE WINTER CAME AROUND,
FOUND OUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF
CALLS FOR PEOPLE WANTING TO BE
OUTSIDE AND DOING YOGA.
COCOA AND THE PEOPLE AT FARM
YOGA BRING THE CHICKENS INTO
COMMUNITIES AND NURSING HOMES
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> Fiona: LIKE THERAPY
ANIMALS.
OH, HOW COOL!
>> IT'S KIND OF A BRANCH OFF OF
FARM YOGA AND IT'S BEEN REALLY,
REALLY WIDELY HAPPILY ACCEPTED
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> Mike: AND THESE ARE ALL THE
EGGS AND DIFFERENT SIZE CHICKENS
LAY DIFFERENT SIZE EGGS.
>> THE SILKIE EGG IS A LITTLE
BIT SMALLER THAN A TRADITIONAL
EGG THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.
BUT IT'S STILL AN EGG.
SO INSTEAD OF USING TWO EGGS,
MAYBE YOU USE THREE.
>> Fiona: IT LOOKS LIKE AN
EASTER EGG.
>> Mike: YOU DON'T HAVE TO DYE
THE EASTER EGGS.
THEY'RE PRE-DYED.
>> Fiona: YES!
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY OF THE
PAINTING.
>> Mike: AND IT'S SPECKLED
TOO.
I'LL BE DARN.
>> THAT'S MY CHICKEN SWEETIE
LAYS THAT ONE.
YOU KIND OF KNOW WHO LAYS WHAT
EGGS.
>> Mike: DO THEY TASTE ANY
DIFFERENT?
>> THEY TASTE BETTER THAN STORE
BOUGHT EGGS BUT PRETTY MUCH ALL
OF THEM TASTE THE SAME.
>> Mike: I THOUGHT SOMEBODY
WAS BEHIND THERE LAUGHING AT US.
>> Fiona: THAT'S THE FIRST