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a special task force is fanning out across tulsa, oklaho oklahoma, trying to find a killer, someone who opened fire earlier, five people hit, at least two kills. let's listen in to this live press conference. >> and to bring him to justice. this is going to be a joint operation between the tulsa police department, the u.s. marshal's service, the fbi, as well as the tulsa county sheriff's office. we don't know the duration yet. obviously, it will be for at least a week until we can run down some of the leads. we're going to try to do much more to promote people calling ip, getting the tip line out there. it's really important to us that we get help from the community. this is wrun where we have to stand toorgether with the community. we want their help, and we hope we'll get some good calls, give
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us some leads. we have a lot of other leads we're following up. we're going to be dedicating 30 people to this operation, officers from the various agencies, it's -- this is going to be a difficult investigation, identifying a lone wolf suspect who acted nmently is going to be a challenge. this department and people we're collaborating with are up to that challenge. i hope everybody will -- we certainly do, and i hope everybody will keep the family of the victims in their prayers as well as the survivors. i want to tell our community that we're going to do whatever it takes to bring the shooter to justice. i also want to say to the perpetrator and anybody who would attempt to aid or abet him, we're coming for you. have any questions?
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>> sir, i heard from someone in the community that it's a white male. >> that had been identified? could you give me that game because we'll sure arrest him. what's his name. >> i don't know. i heard it from a barber shop. i just thought it was -- i thought it had been reported in the news. i honestly don't know. >> we do -- i was going to talk to you about the suspect when you asked the questions, but we don't have him identified. we know it was a white male in a white pickup truck. that's the extent of what we know. we were fortunate enough that we had one victim who survived who was able to give us the information. >> so we do know it's a white male? >> but that's unidentified. there's a lot of thoetz around. >> in talking some of the speculati speculation, are they working similar cases in the region or
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does it ring bells with them? it's something i'm not going to talk about. i'm not trying to stone wall you, but this is an active, ongoing investigation. i will say those are areas we're certainly exploeser. >> can you tell us how the u.s. marshal's office, the fbi, how they got involved in that? >> the u.s. marshal's service has been involved since literally hour one. they facilitate our northeast oklahoma violent crimes task force. they have deputy marshals in our task force. they work with us on a routine basis anyway. we have asked the fbi to assist us for the very reasons that came out of the last question. we would like assistance with national cases. >> the fbi investigating this or are you trying to figure out if this is a hate crime? there are reports that that's what this is. >> that isn't what the fbi has told me, and mr. davis is in the
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room. let's get this out here right now. it's -- the whole race issue, the hate crime issue, there's a very logical theory that would say that that's what it could be. but i'm a police officer, where have to go by evidence. i'm not going to make the statement at this time that that's what it is when we have had no evidence, no racial slurs thrown, haven't arrested anybody that may have literature. it's not time for us to say that. right now, i'm worried about three of my citizens being murdered. if it takes us in the drikirect of a hate crime, that's where we'll go and we'll prosecute them for that as well. if you have no other questions -- >> yes. >> what will they do differently? >> they have access to a lot of national databases. they have just as the question
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inferred earlier, possible trends that are similar anywhere else in the nation. they have a lot of lab facilities that we may end up using. they also have expert interviewers that will assist us, and if does going in the operation of a hate crime, we would like them on the ground floor so they can assist us in the prosecution. >> does that help with manpower, just having extra people? >> absolutely. just having more boots on the ground is always a good thing. >> are your investigators able to talk tathe surviving victims yet? >> not going to talk about that. i think logic would tell you that that's something we would want to do. >> could you tell us what commonalities there are? >> there were some commonalities leading us to believe it's the same shooter or very lakely it's the same shooter.
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in terms of time, they happened closely in time to each other. somewhat close in time in geographic area and there are some indications other evidence at the scene, ballistic evident that it could be the same shooter. we have not confirmed that yet but we're obviously looking at that. >> we have heard reports that the suspect seemed to be pulling over, calling people over to his truck. is that true? >> we only have one surviving witness. and in that case, he did talk to the victim. we don't know about the others. we're sumizing that could be, but we don't know that for a fact. we don't have witnesses to those crimes. >> no. >> any other bystanders? >> what? >> did you get bystander sflz. >> no. we have good people who called
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in that did see that white pickup truck in the area of the akrnlss and we're thankful we had the people calling in. we hope to continue to get that help from our citizens. >> did you get any other details about the pickup truck, big, small, dents? >> we haven't been able to nail anything down except it's an older pickup truck. and white, of course. >> what about the kind of gun used? >> looks to appear a small caliber, i can't tell you the exact caliber at this point. we haven't had bluallistics runn that. they'll do that for us first thing next week. >> are they part of the task force? >> they're not part of the task force, but they're a big player for us to collaborate with us as far as determination of evidence. >> the victim who did survive, did see say the assailant seemed
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calm or angry, anythinguct his demeanor? >> i'm not going to tell you what the surviving witness said. >> it sounds like there is only one. you were saying there were two that survived. >> there were two victims that survived, one may not be a witness. >> thank you have krar clarifying. >> and the gun, was it the same. >> we can't know that until we run the ballistics tests. they appear to be small caliber conshot wounds. >> what do people in the community need to do, need to know? >> i think, take care of each other. if you see, you know, we need information. if you see a white male in a white pickup truck that is alone, probably accounts for 50,000 people in the city of tulsa, but if there's any other thing that sparks your interest, if they're in a neighborhood that they don't belong in, those are things that we want people
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to call in, if they have a friend that they think might have violent tendencies or talked about guns a lot or brandishes guns, there's all kinds of different scenarios that could prompt somebody to call. >> the fact that the crimes happened in residential neighborhoods in the middle of the night, does it make it more difficult to you? >> not necessarily. middle of the night, if you look at two of our shootings, three of them, were reported almost immediately. the last one that we discovered in a business district, it's the middle of the night, nobody is there to hear the gunshots, nobody is there to see anyone laying there. so probably being in a residential neighborhood had its advantages for us. and we'll find out more, do canvasses of those neighborhoods once again.
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other questions? i would like to introduce you to mayor dewy bartlett. he's got a few words he'd like to say to you. i think i need to say right now, he's absolutely behind everything we're doing. he's offering us any support or any additional resources we need to get this completed. mayor? >> thanks, chief. good afternoon. my name is dewy bartlett, i'm the mayor of the see of tulsa. i will make a few comments and i like to introduce a few people with us as well. yesterday morning early in the morning in a fairly short period of time, five of our fellow tulsens were violently assaulted in a concise neighborhood in the city of tulsa. three died. it pains me to talk about such a violent event that we in this community have not seen
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certainly in modern history. i can assure you that the city of tulsa, all citizens of tulsa, understand the significance of this event. i can also assure you that the police department, the city of tulsa, the task force that has been put together, the detective division of our police department, we are all one mindset. to find this person, arrest him, and put him behind bars. and anybody that is associated with him. i can also assure you that we as a community need to be very involved with helping the police bring this person to justice. this is not a game. can you imagine if any of you,
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if any of us were walking in a neighborhood and this happened to them? or to a friend, or to a family member. you would be mad. you would be concerned. you would call somebody. i'm asking the entirety of the city of tulsa, if you have any ideas, any -- if you witnessed anything, if you heard of something, if you think of something that might be of interest to the police department, you need to call the tulsa police department immediately. we look upon the community of tulsa to assist in such activities. we need your help. this is not a game. this is not something where people feel intimidated by the police department. that's unacceptable. we must help our tulsa police department, the detective division, bring this person in, bring him to justice.
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we owe it to the families, we owe it to our fellow tulsans, to the community. we must do this starting today. so police make the phone calls, either to 911, a web page, phone numbers will be given to the press. but please, please, please, make the phone calls. now i would like to introduce toia from the town city counsel, jack henderson. >> thank you, mayor. my name is jack henderson. i'm the district one city counselor. all of these happened in my district. my main concern is for the victims and for the citizens that are worried that this person has not been apprehended yet. the best thing that i can tell the citizens of district one and the citizens of tulsa is, and
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the mayor has said it, the chief has said it, that we need to communicate with the police department. if you know anything, think you know something, thing you saw something, you might have heard something, this is the time for you to come forward. i know that there's some people in district one that don't think that they need to be talking to the police department. but this is a matter of urgency for this community and this city. we need to put aside whatever you think about your inaboility to talk to the police department. we're working together, from day one, i called the mayor. i asked him what was going on. he told me, i asked him to talk to the chief and have the chief call me. so i could try to ease some of
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the minds of some of the people in that community. to know that you can't walk down the street at night in your own neighborhood, that's a terrible thing. terrible feeling. no one should be subjected to that. this is tulsa, oklahoma. we should have the ability to stand out on your porch anytime, day or night, that you want to, to walk down the street, day or night, that you want to. and the only way that this person is going to be brought to justice is we need some leads. we need some people to come forward. we need people to tell what it is that you know. or that you heard. and my plea to anyone is going to be hearing this conference, let's come together. let's stand together. let's do what it takes to put this person behind bars. any questions?
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>> you're listening to city officials in tulsa, oklahoma. that's a city counsel member, also underscoring the need for people to come forward. now, the five people that have been shot in tulsa since the early morning hours friday. three people were killed. still unexplained, the motivation behind the shootings, but the police chief said earlier, they are at this point looking for one suspected gunman. the only sdripshz they have is it's a white man with a white pickup truck. all five of the victims were black. the police chief addressing concerns as to whether this may have been a height motivated crime, and the police chief said, it may be logical to think that because of the makeup of the victims and the description of the gunman, but at thas point, they're not treating it as a hate crime. no reason to look further than that except they have someone who has carried out the murders and unsettling for many people in tulsa, oklahoma.
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we're going to continue to monitor the developments coming out of that press conference there, involving the police chief, the mayor, and city councilmen, and bring you more information as you get it. >> also coming up, dramatic new images from the navy plane crash in virginia. i'll show a lot of those images to you, and give you the latest on the investigation next. in that fiery bus crash. sister kathleen: we lost a beautiful man that day but we gained the knowledge that priceline has thousands and thousands of hotels on sale everyday so i can choose the perfect one for me without bidding. ooh, my. this one has an infinity pool. i love those. they just...and then drop off... ...kind of like the negotiator. narrator: save right now on thousands and thousands of hotels during the spring sale at priceline.
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now to virm verge where navy investigators are beginning the long process of figuring out what caused a navy fighter jet to crash yesterday. this is a new ireport from the scene sent in by lauren chastain. she said she was sitting on her porch in virginia beach when she heard three large booms. she saw a fire ball, and one of
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the pilots falling into a neighbor's roof. let's bring in sandra who is there in virginia beach. earlier, we heard from investigators from the civilian side as well as the military side. still looking for that flight data recorder. but amazingly, everybody has been accounted for and there's great relief no one was killed in this. >> absolutely, fredricka. that is what state and local officials here in virginia beach are saying, this was an easter miracle. everybody is accounted for at this hour. there were no fatalities, and new news to report. the one pilot who remained in the hospital in good condition was released. that means all seven people injured in the crash have been treated and released. you were talking about the dramatic new video. this shows just six minutes after the crash, first responders going door to door, kicking them down, looking for residents inside the apartment
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complex. five buildings were burning. you can see the smoke and flames from the buildings as first responders responded to the scene, also finding wreckage of the jet that crashed down. we also know that two of the pilots ejected right before that plane went down, and as we know now, all of those residents have been accounted for. now that the search and rescue effort is over, officials are saying the investigation is under way and navy officials want more answers as to how this all happened in the first place. >> the investigation has just got under way, and what we have done here is control the site, we're now going to start moving in. now that the city has gotten the whole site under complete control, we're going to come in, sort of in a parallel activity and work our way from the outside in, gathering all of the parts, examining the parts. we'll take all of those parts and put them into what is it, hangar 23, over at oceana, and
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lay them out and start doing a detailed examination of what we find, looking at all of the tapes, listening to all of the tapes. we'll get the data recorders from the aircraft. it's going to take weeks to put this all together. >> it definitely will take several weeks for the investigation, but so far, navy officials are calling this a catastrophic mechanical malfunction, and crews today were sifting through the debris, looking through the wreckage of the jet, trying to find that flight data recorder, and any other evidence, clues that could point them to the direction as to how this mechanical failure happened in the first place, so clearly, a lot of work ahead of them, but again, local and state officials and lot of residents here saying this is definitely an easter miracle. >> amazing. all right, sandra, thanks so much. one of america's most popular and commercially successful artists is dead. thomas kinkade painted warm,
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colorful, peaceful scenes. his work struck a chord with main stream investors as well from collectors who shopped at mauls and orders them. a kinkade painting hangs in one of every 20 american homes. robert goodwin is with me from washington. he wrote a book with thomas kinkade called points of light. robert, good to see you. >> thank you, good to be with you. >> how did thomas kinkade become known as the painter of light? >> thomas had a great commitment to encouraging people through his art to exemplify selfless acts of service. he had a rare ability to exude a sense of warmth, transcendent
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light schbecame a metaphor, really, for the compassion for the selfless acts of service, family, faith, community. patriotism, that were abiding values for him, and i think people were able to sense in that work these values which complemented the beauty of the art and also seemed to embellish this idea that was so inspiring to so many. >> it really did look like almost reality blended with a bit of fantasy in some of the images. >> well, again, this came from not only what was obviously a very unique technical ability, but again, he was -- had a great commitment to inspire others. one who was nurtured in his early life by family and friends and church to really be an example of selfless acts of service, which in turn became the mission of the points of light foundation, points of
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light institute, and we were honored that he served as an ambassador of life. he was very fill philanthropic, raised millionoffs dollars for charities, and wewere honored that he was an ambassador because of the common values that we shared. >> and we're looking at images of you and he appearing with larry king on live back in 2006, tuking about his work and the foundation. what point then, he was 54 years old, a fairly young man, to pass away of natural causes. at what point in his career did he become so popular? i remember in the interview, he talked about how his mom said everyone has a gift, and it's your duty to give and share your gift. at what point did he share his gift with so many? >> he came from humble beginn g beginnings and tells the story of actually hitchhiking, i believe, to california unknown and unappreciated. he went through a great deal of
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personal sacrifice, painting and shopping center parking lots and other nondescript places until it began to catch on. it was in his late 20s, early 30s, before he began to capture that cord of responsibility in the american mind, and has since, as you say, become probably america's most collected and most successful artist in terms of commercial value of his work. >> robert goodwin, thanks for helping us remember this brilliant artist and sharing memories of his legacy with us. appreciate it. >> thank you very much for having us. >> this spring and summer, your favorite bands might be playing at several music festivals. there are websites that can help you find them next. but thirst, sanjay gupta previews innovators fraumg all walks of life.
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and next sunday, he goes behind the scenes of "game of thrones" and talks with crew members about the show's unique characters. >> they are a wandering tribe in this imaginary world that george in his books has created. they're first and foremost, warriors. >> we took the tribe from george martin's best selling series, and in his books, they speak their own language. we thought we could create that for a few lines. we tried do that. >> that's where i came in. i created the language and worked as a translator on the show. k i was skeptical, but after we got the language he created and saw the actors performing the lines, it made a huge difference in the scenes. >> you want to tune in tomorrow for the next list, 2:00 eastern time. and then at 2:30, join me right here in the newsroom.
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listen up. you can't do everything. nor do you want to. on the job, whether the be to advance your career or keep it afloat wrr afloat. every we we focus on ways to get a jump start in the work force and in urreclaim your work segm, don't be a max mizer. think differently. valerie burton joining me. in your book, you talk about limiting choices, sometimes you just want to do it all. you think it's being more productive, more valued. you say ixnay. >> in our culture, we really value having choice, and having choice is good. having too much choice can be really, really overwhelming. you want to be intentional about limiting your choices so you can happier, perform better, you're more productive and content.
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>> this might be difficult for us type a personalities. you want perfection, but you have to pare down. what is good enough? >> this term max mizer is not my term. it means a lot of times we want the absolute perfect choice in every situation. you have to get really clear about which choices really matter and which ones don't really have that much impact, and people that are really productive are able to say, you know what, this deserves more of my time, this doesn't. >> another that is hard for me, lower the ecpectations. >> it almost sounds awful, doesn't it? >> it sounds like you're giving up, throwing in the towel. >> this isn't about having lower expectations. it's not expecting that dplz rr a magic bullet or something that is going to magically happen if you have the right, perfect choice. you have to say, what are my
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minimum standards, being willing to make that choice and move on, not second guess it, not regret it. >> and many of us may regret, i guess, some of the decisions you make. you say make the decisions ireversible. stick with it? >> yes. >> no matter what the outcome? >> when you make choices and you set your minimum standards and say this is what we're going to do, whether it's a project or you're trying to choose a new career or job, to say i'm going to make this choice and dmaut keep going back to it, saying i can make it better, instead, commit to it and make the most of it. that helps you to stop the second guessing. >> and not beating yourself up about it. thanks so much wrfrb appreciate that. happy easter weekend. i know you have a big brunch coming tomorrow which means you're probably going to need eggs. have you thought of farming your own eggs? putting a chicken coop in the backyard? >> no. >> it's all the rage. >> my grandmother used to do that. >> a lot of our relatives have
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had that experience. but even if you're living in the city, you're in town, don't think you can't have a chicken coop in your backyard. we're going to explain how and why it's all taking flight. and there's some ideas right there.
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these days, if you're hen pecked, it no longer means you're being nagged. it could mean you're bitten by the farming bug, raising something extra at your home. this easter, there are lots of eggs, marshmallow, chocolate, candy, but there's another extrav ganlza going on, people farming their own organic eggs in their own backyards from the city rooftop patios to the
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suburban variety, is it all it's cracked up to be or are they joking. >> laura saunders. >> come on back. >> this is serious business back here. >> we're not yoking. there's the baby. >> in her backyard coop. >> and you have been doing this for how long? >> i have had my flock for about two years. about two years now. >> how did you start out? with one hen, two? >> six. six came in a box. six came in the box, and it kind of grew from there. >> she also runs a pet supply store, selling all things organic for you and your pets. from books to beaks. >> what are you hearing from pine in general about their appetite for this. >> the raising your own flock frenzy has caught on because it's, i think, a fun way to show your kids how to take care of animals. i mean, i have a range of
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different kleclientele who buy feed from families to single persons to couples. it's just fun. >> in saunders' case, she's created an organic oasis, bringing the countryside to her indown hide away. a scramble of all that she loves. >> this is a sussex. she's a british bird. >> as varied as their feathers are, the color of the eggs are different, too. >> different. >> and are the tastes different? >> no. >> she's driven more by her passion for pets than appetite for fresh eggs. although she says once you taste farm fresh, you'll never want anything else. >> to me, it tastes like there's a watered down egg you get at the grocery store or really deep, rich, flavorful egg that your backyard hens will lay for you. that's my rooster, little picker. >> funny foul language always
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welcome. >> how did you get started? how does anyone get started with a coop in. >> this is -- >> yours is elaborate. >> come on in. >> the other payoff, each chicken lays on average one egg per day. >> you're not cooking all of the chickens. what do you do with them? sorry. >> no, i don't eat my birds. >> egg tz, but what are you doing with the surplus? you can't possibly consume that many eggs. >> i give them away. >> it's unclear how many backyard coops like this are hatching around the country, but specialists in these intimate egg farms believe popularity took flight when the recession landed five years ago. so this is really a beautiful coop you have here. and custom built, but for the typical person who says i want to entertain this, i'm going to think about doing this. what do they need in order to get started? >> you can have a custom coop built or buy a prefab could happen and just build it yourself or assemble it
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yourself. >> first, check if having backyard chickens in your city or county is legal. it could cost about $1,000 to begin and about $25 in feed monthly after that. an investment, she believes, more house hls are willing to scratch into their budget. >> let me guess, now you're ready to take flight and raise your own chickens, you're in luck. up next, i'll talk to the founder of mypetchicken.com. you the silent treatment. so you're calling to tell me you're giving me the silent treatment? ummm, yeah. jen, this is like the eighth time you've called... no, it's fine, my family has free unlimited mobile-to-any-mobile minutes. i can call all i want. i don't think you understand how the silent treatment works. hello? [ male announcer ] buy unlimited messaging and get free unlimited calling to any mobile phone on any network. at&t.
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oh, yes, a hard boiled business, backyard chicken coop. if you want to take a crack at raising your own chig chickens, where to start. this is where tracy comes in. she's founder of mypetchicken which offers tools and advice to backyard chicken owners. this is really incredible.
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i had no idea after visiting lauren saunders' home that having your backyard coop can look the way it did. there are lots of varieties. so if somebody, you know, really does want to get started and take flight on all this, how do they do it? >> the first thing you have to do is educate yourself. there are tons of books and magazines on the market. we had a couple that you can take a look at. you can buy them on the website, at amazon, at a local store. >> how much space do you need? >> indoors, about two square feet of space, two to four. outdoor, at least ten square feet of space per chicken. but really, the thing that we recommend is that you free range them because that's the healthiest possible thing for them. >> you can't do that if you have an indoor, you want want to have your chickens inside? it depends on the city or coun y y rules, but some people have chickens in the house? >> they do. this is a chicken diaper.
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we sell these. >> you're kidding me. really? >> when they poop, you dump it out, clean it out, and replace it with a fresh one. we don't recommend it because there are behaviors that chickens behave in outside that are optimal like dust bathing and foraging for bugs and tiny rocking. so we don't recommend it. >> most people when they get into the whole idea of backyard farming or in their apartment farming, are they doing it because they want to save money? and ultimately save them on the grocery bill, or is there another lure, like lauren, for her, they're her pets? >> right, and i think that's the majority of our customers. we are mypetchicken, and we offer specialty breeds. there are people who keep them for money, but we don't feel you can save money unless you're a great carpenter, you can build your own coop, so it's not about that. it's about chickens them sfrbls.
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they have wonderful personalities. >> and they were all named. the 11 chickens and a rooster she had, they had names, distinctive personalities, and there were quite elaborate breeds, which means you have different looking eggs. >> that's right. we brought some of those. and the eggs are a big driving factor. i'm sort of obsessed with different egg colors. we have dark browns and greens and blues. but they're also much healthier, and mother's news has done studies. eggs from backyards are lower in cholesterol, lower in saturated fat, higher in vitamin a, b, d, and double the omega fatty acids. >> what is the downside? >> you're talking to the lady who quit her job to start a chicken company. you want to educate yourself and make sure the coop is predator proof. there are lots of predators who would love to get their mouths on chicken.
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