What's up with the chickens in Key West?
If you have ever visited Key West you have undoubtedly seen chickens freely walking the streets, at times even wandering into the occasional business or restaurant. Yes, it’s true: Key West has a chicken problem, and we love it. But where did these adorable little birds come from and why do they roam the streets freely? While their origins can’t be traced back to a specific moment or event, we have a pretty good idea of where the original gypsy chickens came from and why there are so many today.
“BIG ROMANTIC GETAWAY”
We aren’t speaking. Our “big romantic getaway” is not. He leaves to kite-board; I sleep late, read the paper and drink coffee alone ...
MATING DANCE
Bert is a bird-watcher who’s come to Key West for Sooty Tern nesting season in the Dry Tortugas. He is with Peggy, his wife, who doesn’t like bird-watching but likes watching Bert bird-watch ...
HEY DOLL
I was born in the wrong era. I was meant to young and single in the late 1940s when people used Key lime ice from Lucignani’s by the Cuban Club as the mixer for daiquiris ...
CHICK IT OUT
It’s a cute cap, with a yellow chick and pink zigzag stitching––like the chicks all over Key West, herded by freaking-out mothers ...