Comments on: Urban Chickens and Gardens http://www.sustainabletable.org/2008/07/urban-chickens-and-gardens/ Celebrating local sustainable food, educating consumers on food-related issues and working to build community through food. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:42:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: July Newsletter | Sustainable Table http://www.sustainabletable.org/2008/07/urban-chickens-and-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-274863 July Newsletter | Sustainable Table Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:56:53 +0000 http://sustainabletable.org/?p=1420#comment-274863 [...] out her Daily Table blogs too – Urban Chickens and Gardens & Vermicomposting [...] [...] out her Daily Table blogs too – Urban Chickens and Gardens & Vermicomposting [...]

]]> By: KT http://www.sustainabletable.org/2008/07/urban-chickens-and-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-256821 KT Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:13:25 +0000 http://sustainabletable.org/?p=1420#comment-256821 We keep 2 Rhode Island Reds and 2 Buff Orpingtons in our Albuquerque backyard (they co-habitate with 3 rabbits). Chicken keeping has really changed our connection to food, and we've started a pretty good movement here in ABQ with chicken classes and a coop tour. We also started a national website: www.urbanchickens.org where we share our knowledge and experiences. We keep 2 Rhode Island Reds and 2 Buff Orpingtons in our Albuquerque backyard (they co-habitate with 3 rabbits). Chicken keeping has really changed our connection to food, and we’ve started a pretty good movement here in ABQ with chicken classes and a coop tour. We also started a national website: http://www.urbanchickens.org where we share our knowledge and experiences.

]]> By: Thomas K http://www.sustainabletable.org/2008/07/urban-chickens-and-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-256528 Thomas K Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:47:22 +0000 http://sustainabletable.org/?p=1420#comment-256528 We've got two Barred Plymouth Rock hens in our Redwood City (Bay Area, California) backyard and have been enjoying fresh eggs from them for almost a year now. We started raising them as week-old chicks, and it's been an entertaining experience, to say the least. We've been blogging about the experience from idea to acquisition to anxiety to satisfaction at http://urbanchickens.net I can't recommend highly enough the experience of raising your own chickens, be it in the country, the suburbs or the city. We’ve got two Barred Plymouth Rock hens in our Redwood City (Bay Area, California) backyard and have been enjoying fresh eggs from them for almost a year now. We started raising them as week-old chicks, and it’s been an entertaining experience, to say the least. We’ve been blogging about the experience from idea to acquisition to anxiety to satisfaction at http://urbanchickens.net

I can’t recommend highly enough the experience of raising your own chickens, be it in the country, the suburbs or the city.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.sustainabletable.org/2008/07/urban-chickens-and-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-256527 Kevin Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:06:50 +0000 http://sustainabletable.org/?p=1420#comment-256527 Here are some blog posts on our flock: <a href="http://bartoy.blogspot.com/2008/04/dirty-dispatches-everywhere-cluck-cluck.html" rel="nofollow">Everywhere A Cluck Cluck</a> <a href="http://bartoy.blogspot.com/2008/04/dirty-dispatches-gathering-local-grains.html" rel="nofollow">Gathering Local Grains</a> <a href="http://bartoy.blogspot.com/2008/06/dirty-dispatches-runaway-chicken.html" rel="nofollow">Runaway Chicken</a> Here are some blog posts on our flock:

Everywhere A Cluck Cluck

Gathering Local Grains

Runaway Chicken

]]> By: Kevin http://www.sustainabletable.org/2008/07/urban-chickens-and-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-256526 Kevin Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:58:12 +0000 http://sustainabletable.org/?p=1420#comment-256526 We have a small flock that we just started this year. Five hens and a rooster. They practically take care of themselves and are very fun. We feed them lots of scraps as well as bugs that we capture in and around the garden. The only issue has really been finding a cheap source of organic feed. We don't use mash, so we have found some local farmers to supply whole grains. We use a mix of corn, wheat, flax, buckwheat, lentils, and sunflower. The flax is especially good since it ups the Omega 3 content of the eggs. We refuse to use oyster shell as a supplement since we can't certify what is in the shell. But, it hasn't hurt the health of our chickens or the quality of our eggs. We also do not give them grit as they are allowed out all day to roam around in a fenced in yard. I can't say enough about chickens. And, the eggs not only taste great but they are a quality source of healthy protein in our diets. We have a small flock that we just started this year. Five hens and a rooster. They practically take care of themselves and are very fun. We feed them lots of scraps as well as bugs that we capture in and around the garden. The only issue has really been finding a cheap source of organic feed. We don’t use mash, so we have found some local farmers to supply whole grains. We use a mix of corn, wheat, flax, buckwheat, lentils, and sunflower. The flax is especially good since it ups the Omega 3 content of the eggs.

We refuse to use oyster shell as a supplement since we can’t certify what is in the shell. But, it hasn’t hurt the health of our chickens or the quality of our eggs. We also do not give them grit as they are allowed out all day to roam around in a fenced in yard.

I can’t say enough about chickens. And, the eggs not only taste great but they are a quality source of healthy protein in our diets.

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