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Random Chicken Stuff

• Click here to see some typical web statistics for this site.
• We all gotta be able to do The Chicken Dance.
• Good grief! You gotta see The Hen House.
• Check out Chicken Tech, a great technical resource.
• Check out the Chicken Cam! Click here, and wait for it to load!
• Read about a Chicken Massacre!
• Check out the Psychic Chicken Network.
• What on earth is a Chicken Net Reuben Sandwich?
• Charles WD6DTK discovered The Disco Chickens Live.What more can we say?
• How about that Blind Chicken Software?
• Some goofball sent us the Jesus version of the Chicken Net web page. Click here to check it out.
• Wondering why the chicken really crossed the road? Click here for some expert analysis.
• Check out this chicken that's been around the block! Click here...
• Wonder what weekly stats are seen by the webmaster? Click here...
• How about some random files? Click here...
• Have any Chinese friends? Have them click here...
• New to repeaters? Click here for a good repeater FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) list.

Old "Late Breaking Chicken Net News!"

• Ted DeCroff KB6PTA (a.k.a. "Old Harper Valley PTA") passed away on 11/08/05. Ted was eighty years young, and suffered a heart attack during surgery. He was quite a man who touched us all with his lovely organ and great sense of humor, and will be missed by all. Click here to see a fun and in character picture of Ted from last year. There will be a gathering of the flock in his honor at high noon on Saturday, November 19, 2005 at Mary's Pizza Shack at Piner and Marlow in Santa Rosa.
• Steven Elliott KE6SCO of Penngrove has become a silent key. He was 63.
• Michael KE6QHH passed away in Kanab, Utah on Monday, March 8, 2004. Michael, who was known for being a friendly voice on the repeater before his move to Utah, was also a remarkably talented photographer.
• Don KE6QHP, has become a Silent Key. Our beloved Don passed away on Tuesday, May 6. Don, you done good, the world will miss you.
• We're back! Yes, we are back online thanks to the good graces of the folks at Sonic.net! More later...
• It is with heavy heart that your webmaster has had to "despammify" the e-mail addresses in the Chicken Net roster. The spambots have found the roster, and those good chickens with e-mail addresses have received spam as a result. In order to make use of the e-mail addresses, please excise the text, "isachicken" from the user's e-mail address.
• Clarence W6IZR became a silent key on Sunday, August 5, 2001. Click here to read an article written by Laurel KC6FKX about this good man.
• Mikey KA6AQS is no longer with us. On June 18, 2001, he passed away when he was thrown from his truck in an accident. We will miss you and your wry humor, Mikey. Buckle up, folks.
• Anne Gayet, loveable companion of our own Ted KB6PTA, needs our words of moral support and encouragement. Please write to her care of: Good Samaritan Board and Care Home, 506 Labrador Way, Suisun City, CA, 95485.
• The Chicken Net News is now online!!! Click here to see the nice work of Ed AG7D (formerly KF6AYG) and XYL Katrina.
• Peggy KE6TIS is the Southern Humboldt Amateur Radio Club's "Ham of the Month!" Click here to check it out!
• If you had thought that the ARRL had forgotten about us, click here.
• The World Famous Chicken Net web page has won the coveted "Best Ham" Award! Our premiere Webmaster, John KD6GCM, received a well-deserved Official Award Letter. As the misty-eyed John accepted the award on behalf of the Chicken Net, he was quoted as saying: "One small step for ham, One giant leap for hamkind".

Chicken Business Links

• Foster Farms No hormones here, just good selective breeding.
• Tyson The folks that helped Clinton get elected.
• Chicken Run A heck of a movie.
• MLT International Lotsa good local chicken info.
• Rosie Organic Chicken The people of Tokyo crave Petaluma chicken.
• Petaluma Poultry Processors The old man has passed away, but the business lives on.

Useful Information Sources on the Web

• Monitor the Russian River levels during the last eighteen hours.
• The California Data Exchange Center has river level, weather, and temperature data for all of California.
• View the latest GOES West weather satellite photo of the Pacific ocean and California.
• Feel an earthquake? The USGS's map of Recent Earthquakes in California has the info.
• Lookup unfamiliar callsigns with UALR's Callsign Lookup. Updated daily with new callsigns.

Other Interesting Amateur Sites

• Visit the CAVE. Its leader, worshiped by many, is presently living in Vermont.
• Meet the North Hills Radio Club in Sacramento, the "other" 5.19 machine (K6IS) we hear from time to time.
• The SCRA have put up a pretty nice Web Page. KD6GCM says "check it out."
• The SMRS has done a nice piece of work as well.
• The HARC folks up in Humboldt don't want us to forget about them.
• And the good folks at SHARC have adopted Peggy KE6TIS as one of their own.
• Sandra Good has finally been released from prison. Check out her Charles Manson page.