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Urban Chickens

Urban Chickens Nice article about urban chickens in USA Today. Unfortunately, gives more airtime to Iowa City Mayor Regenia Bailey and her odd concerns re: college students abandoning chickens and the decimation of the small farmer due to over-productive backyard egg-layers. wha?!

Chickens come home to roost in backyards around the USA - USATODAY.com
Source: www.usatoday.com
Urbanites, eager to scoop up flavorful organic eggs, are flocking to backyard chicken farming.
Mon at 3:39pm
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Bernice Sessions
Bernice Sessions
Hilarious. The point is not free eggs or saving money on eggs. It's all the delightful compost. People who think the egg is the only product of the chicken miss the best Sh**.
Mon at 5:57pm
Carolyn Bates Jenkins
Carolyn Bates Jenkins
Well, and I'm confused about the neighbor problem...my chickens roam about my yard, but stay there. I'm responsible for letting them out and putting them away. My neighbors don't need to deal with a SINGLE problem, except maybe hearing a cluck here and there. And even that is minimal where we have our coop. I see no problems as long as people are responsible! And I TOTALLY agree with the comparison with dogs.....I had a neighbor that was WAY worse with her dogs than any chicken could be!!!!!!
Mon at 7:49pm
Annie Carrasco

Annie Carrasco
Hi. I'm interested in having some laying hens in my backyard. I'm seeking advise on how to start without spending too much. My whole reason for wanting the laying hens is to save on purchase cost as well as being green. I love the idea of knowing where my food comes from. And my kids and I find them so addirable. This ...is also a great way to teach my kids ways to be self sufficient. All comments are welcome. I need the urban chicken 101 class. I'm calling out to all urban chicken fans to help me. Thanks in advance for taking the time to help our family.Read More

November 7 at 6:45am · Report
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Nikol Rondone Carlson
Nikol Rondone Carlson
I got year old hens because I did not any roosters, I wanted eggs right away, I did not want the hassle of raising stinky chicks in the house with heat lamps and chick food and yadayada.

We got our four hens from different people on craigslist and they all get along with each other and the kids just find. They all like to be held. It takes a couple weeks for the pecking order to be established when introducing a new hen...but after that it is smooth sailing. :)
Yesterday at 7:31pm
Cheryl Cohen

Cheryl Cohen I love my chickens SO much.. I'm starting a new company that will feature chicken inspired items. Everything from clothing, drinkware, car mats, blankets, cards, stickers even shower curtains. You will be able to use our designs or we can help you design your own coop logo and you can put it on everything! Would anyone be interested??

November 6 at 7:59am · Report
Ethan Teerling
Ethan Teerling
Sounds like great Christmas gifts. Will they be available by then?
November 7 at 1:05am
Steve Irish

Steve Irish would love to make another hen house, and the next one will really be something.

Joan Engelmeyer

Joan Engelmeyer cord wood hen house by steve Irish

November 1 at 11:45am · Report
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Saque Chuon
Saque Chuon
Could you share the inside accommodations?
November 3 at 2:43pm
Karen
Karen
Very cool coop!
November 5 at 1:26pm
Urban Chickens

Urban Chickens I so want to see this "chicken house of the future." What would your coop design include or omit? (Thanks to Mad City Chickens documentary for the link.)

Transition Times » Blog Archive » CU STUDENT WORKS TO BUILD A BETTER CHICKEN COOP
Source: transition-times.com
Jeff Troutman, a University of Colorado senior studying architecture, crouches next to a prototype chicken coop he designed for the Urban Hens project. (photo by Mark Leffingwell)
November 1 at 9:06am
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Amy Utech
Amy Utech
Love the design and look! What i would add is a heated waterer and a self feeder.
November 1 at 11:53am
Heather
Heather
Wonderful! Anything that will help people get started with backyard chickens is progress. I agree about the heated waterer, especially for cold climates like Ontario! We use a small heater in front of the water pans, but I've heard of using a heated dog's water bowl. I'm not urban, I'm country, but I think urban chickens are the way of the future... Read More.

Beautiful day today in southern Ontario! I closed the "girls" out in their yard, shoveled out the hen house and put down fresh wood shavings. Last time before winter. One hen was so nervous about the new shavings that she wouldn't come inside, even at dusk! I had to wait until dark and then pick her up and bring her inside. All her friends were already on the roost. Go figure!
November 7 at 2:56pm
Janet

Janet
Oooh! We likey the new logo!

Feed Denver celebrates Urban Chickens Network and we have added you to our page's favorites. We'd like to invite everyone to our exciting upcoming workshop, "From the Ground Up", with Growing Power's own WILL ALLEN. Workshop is November 14-15. Please visit our website at feeddenver.com for m...ore details and to register for the event. We'd also be pleased if you will fan us here on FB and Tweet us @feeddenver. Thank you - bok!Read More

Nanette

Nanette

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October 28 at 4:37pm · Report
Nanette
Nanette
San Diego chickens
October 28 at 4:42pm
Judy Collinster

Judy Collinster Great new logo Thomas! Go chickens!

October 24 at 3:43pm · Report
Urban Chickens
Urban Chickens
Thanks, Judy... working on migrating the blog over to the new look, too. Oh, and there's a legal resource wiki about to launch as well so's to help folks know where urban chickens are legal and change the laws where they're not. Stay tuned!
October 27 at 10:14pm
Nathan Hammer

Nathan Hammer Looking for any advice on from those of you who have successfully went up against the city council to get ordinances changed to specifically allow chickens. Let me know!

October 16 at 7:53am · Report
Urban Chickens
Urban Chickens
Nathan, you might take a look at what the folks did in Asheville, NC to get chickens legalized there (details in this blog post): http://www.urbanchickens.net/2009/04/social-media-means-urban-chickens-now.html
October 21 at 2:01pm
Brenda Beerhorst

Brenda Beerhorst in our mail today from the City of Grand Rapids(Michigan): NOTICE OF COMPLAINT We have received a complaint alleging that unsatisfactory conditions exist... Complaint Description: "chickens in pen in rear yard"

October 14 at 12:00pm · Report
John Sherrer
John Sherrer
Whoever complained really needs to get a life...!!
October 17 at 12:06pm
Kay Kulbeck Kelly

Kay Kulbeck Kelly Our chickens recently started laying and we're wondering if we should wash the eggs before storing them or wash them before using them. Thanks, we're new to raising chickens.

October 14 at 10:56am · Report
Urban Chickens
Urban Chickens
Hi Kay, I brush off the dry eggs fresh from the nest and only wash them just before using them. Here's a link to a post on how to clean urban chicken eggs: http://www.urbanchickens.net/2008/06/how-to-clean-urban-chicken-eggs.html
October 14 at 8:14pm
Kay Kulbeck Kelly
Kay Kulbeck Kelly
Thank you - that was helpful!
October 14 at 8:26pm
Urban Chickens

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and focus it on an important issue. This year we'll be posting about climate change. Won't you join us?

Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change
Source: www.blogactionday.org
Join Blog Action Day 09, the single largest social change event on the web.
October 13 at 2:10pm
Duane
Duane
I'll be joining you http://happyfood-funnyfarm.blogspot.com
October 13 at 2:34pm