The New York Post has reported ever-increasing numbers of “hipster urban farmers” who got in over their heads with the whole Green Acres thing. This has caused animal shelters to be over-filled with returned animals the “hipster farmers” couldn’t take care of:
Raising chickens in backyard coops is all the rage with nostalgia-loving hipsters but apparently the facial hair obsessed faux farmers often don’t realize that raising hens is loud, labor intensive work because animal shelters are now inundated with hundreds of unwanted urban fowl.
From California to New York, animal shelters are having a hard time coping with the hundreds of chickens being dropped off, sometimes dozens at a time, by bleary-eyed pet owners who might not have realized that chickens lay eggs for only two years but live for a decade or more.
The article prompted Iowahawk to ask a question:
What kind of idiot drops a good Sunday dinner at the animal shelter? http://t.co/ot2vmDzKNW
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 10, 2013
Ha!
How can you spot a “hipster farmer”? Many Twitter users were happy to help teach the world how to identify them:
Wears city people hats ironically. #HipsterFarming
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 10, 2013
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/355117379782578179
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/355119118522920961
Referring to all of the produce by scientific name. #HipsterFarming "Care for some Achnatherum hymenoides?"
— I came; I saw; I got over Macho Grande (@smitty_one_each) July 11, 2013
https://twitter.com/LisainDallas/status/355123350269468672
https://twitter.com/Will_Antonin/status/355123251887878144
Entered a butter puppy sculpture at the Iowa State Fair. #HipsterFarming @iowahawkblog
— Aussie Doc (@aussiedoc_) July 11, 2013
Bumpin' The Decembrists new album from a retro John Deere tractor #HipsterFarming
— Kev (@KevDough) July 11, 2013
Lastly, photographic evidence of the side-effects of hipster farming:
https://twitter.com/dbx997/status/355195495234301952
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