chicken wars

chicken wars, originally uploaded by mattcotham.

Small business enterprise is very common among most people that live in
the area. It's easy to see why a program like the World Bank's
microlending program could reap a lot of benefits around, especially
when local bank interest rates are in the 20% range and to just own a
bank account will cost something like $100/ year for a country that has
an average annual income of around double that. Anyway, one of the
most common things to do is to raise chickens. This started with just
one family a few years ago, but now there are around 5 staff members who
have a little business raising chickens to sell to people around the
area. That's all great, but when the hospital starts buying chickens
for the hospital to feed patients, it can become very dicey quickly
about who you're going to buy from, how many you will buy, and so on.
We've had to establish a 'chicken rotation' to make sure we keep the
peace, and everyone gets a chance to sell off their chickens. Of
course, chickens running wild are free game....