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    ADVENTURES IN CHICKEN KEEPING

    Aug 17, 2018 3 minutes
    By Jerry Schleicher
    Illustrations by Brian Orr

    Fried chicken is my favorite meal in the whole world. If the day ever comes that I find myself awaiting the hangman’s noose, I plan to request my wife’s fried chicken for my final meal. I figure that her fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and white-flour gravy is probably as close to heaven as I’ll ever get.

    I do not, on the other hand, care for chickens on the hoof. With all due respect to poultry aficionados, I believe chickens are

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