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The Beau Coop Heritage Hen Mini Farm (Photo courtesy of Neiman Marcus)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Who would’ve thought?<\/p>\n
Those high-falutin’ city slickers<\/p>\n
(bless their bejeweled hearts)<\/p>\n
are elevating the age-old practice of backyard chicken farming<\/a> to fine art.<\/p>\n Let me reiterate:<\/p>\n FINE art.<\/p>\n The price tag on the Beau Coop<\/a>, in case you missed that discreet detail, is a cool \u2026<\/p>\n $100,000!<\/p>\n That’s right.<\/p>\n Five<\/em> zeros.<\/p>\n Granted, the Beau Coop is<\/em> grand.<\/p>\n Who am I kidding?<\/p>\n It’s downright glam<\/em>.<\/p>\n The farm-friendly folks out there in New York are wooing prospective poultry producers with a posh promo:<\/p>\n “Your custom-made multilevel dwelling features a nesting area, a ‘living room’ for nighttime roosting, a broody room, a library filled with chicken and gardening books for visitors of the human kind, and, of course, an elegant chandelier \u2026 You’ve always fancied yourself a farmer\u2014now thanks to Heritage Hen Farm, you’re doing it in the fanciest way possible!”<\/p>\n (Photo courtesy of Neiman Marcus)<\/p><\/div>\n What chicken doesn’t crave her own chandelier?<\/p>\n Egg-straordinary, right?<\/p>\n To be fair, though, the Beau Coop Heritage Hen Mini Farm is not all feathers, fluff, and filthy-rich frivolity.<\/p>\n Really, now\u2014stop that giggling.<\/p>\n For every Heritage Hen Mini Farm purchase, Neiman Marcus will donate $3,000 to The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy<\/a>, a nonprofit organization that protects genetic diversity through the conservation and promotion of endangered breeds.<\/p>\n I’m all for that.<\/p>\n Just one question:<\/p>\n Does the coop come with a housekeeper?<\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hold on to your egg shells, farm sisters, because you might just … CRACK UP when you hear this: Neiman Marcus has unveiled its 86th annual Fantasy Gifts collection, and, MERCY! The selection this year\u00a0had me sucking air in through … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/gift_gab-beau_coop2.jpg\" "\\"gift_gab-beau_coop2\\"")