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Urban Chickens Network blog: urban chickens and salmonella fears
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Thursday, February 26, 2009. Urban chickens and salmonella fears. This is the third in a series of posts exploring some of the more common concerns I see raised in the debate to allow urban chickens. (see previous installments:. What to do with the poop. The cost to enforce urban chicken laws. Today's topic: Aren't all these backyard coops going to be hot spots for salmonella outbreaks? The American Egg Board's Egg Safety reference. Calculates the odds for us:. After all, Salmonella bacteria are widely f...
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Urban Chickens Network blog: Infographic time: the chicken coop checklist
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Thursday, April 25, 2013. Infographic time: the chicken coop checklist. Many thanks to Jason Macek for sending us a link to the great chicken coop checklist infographic linked below. Building your own coop? If you follow the advice below, you'll never find yourself saying, "wish I'd built it that way the first time." I like the encouragement to use the deep litter method, and plenty of warnings about predator-proofing. Can you find anything missing from the list. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Urban Chickens Network blog: April 2013
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Thursday, April 25, 2013. Infographic time: the chicken coop checklist. Many thanks to Jason Macek for sending us a link to the great chicken coop checklist infographic linked below. Building your own coop? If you follow the advice below, you'll never find yourself saying, "wish I'd built it that way the first time." I like the encouragement to use the deep litter method, and plenty of warnings about predator-proofing. Can you find anything missing from the list. Links to this post. Monday, April 22, 2013.
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Urban Chickens Network blog: It's time we outlaw cats and dogs, too
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Monday, April 1, 2013. It's time we outlaw cats and dogs, too. After 6 years of trying to support the cause of urban chickens, I've had a change of heart. The reasons often cited for keeping chickens from within city limits seem reasonable, right? They make too much noise. They produce too much smelly poop. They'll lead to over-crowding conditions. So, to heck with trying to legalize chickens in the city! From urban settings, including those "beloved" cats and dogs. Here's why:. I mean, when the cat star...
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Urban Chickens Network blog: the cost to enforce urban chicken laws
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Sunday, February 8, 2009. The cost to enforce urban chicken laws. This is the second in a series of posts exploring some of the more common concerns I see raised in the debate to allow urban chickens. (first post: what to do with the poop. Today's topic: How are we going to enforce these new urban chicken laws? Ie, how will we pay for it? The costs to enforce ordinances vary widely from town to town and city to city, so coming up with an exact number is difficult, at best. If you assume the same complain...
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Urban Chickens Network blog: Stop washing your eggs!
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Thursday, April 18, 2013. Stop washing your eggs! It's hard to resist making eggs pretty when they're removed from the nest. But washing your urban chicken eggs is just about the worst thing you can do to them. The first few eggs we got from our hens, I promptly took them out of the nest and straight to the sink to wash off the dirty bits. Can't have any feathers or dirt (or poop! Clinging to the outside of the egg, nosirree. A clean shell means a good egg, right? Try keeping a bit of sandpaper by the co...
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Urban Chickens Network blog: urban chickens: solving the spread of bird flu
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Saturday, April 18, 2009. Urban chickens: solving the spread of bird flu. This is the fourth post in a series exploring some of the more common concerns I see raised in the debate to allow urban chickens. See previous installments: salmonella fears. What to do with the poop. The cost to enforce urban chicken laws. Today's topic is the argument I see thrown earliest and most carelessly by any naive naysayer in the discussion of legalizing urban chickens: " brilliant idea! The Origins of Bird Flu. Experts ...
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Urban Chickens Network blog: more advice: how to handle fresh eggs
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Friday, June 27, 2008. More advice: how to handle fresh eggs. Got a great comment on my post " how to clean urban chicken eggs. And it's worth bringing out here to stand on its own because he's helped me see just how wrong my intuition about handling the fresh eggs has been:. It's also the reason a hen can lay a clutch of a dozen or so yet have them all hatch about the same time. Until she starts sitting on them, keeping them at a constant temperature, they are in a stasis. Here's a great article. We use...
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Urban Chickens Network blog: When to expect that first egg
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Sunday, March 24, 2013. When to expect that first egg. Photo credit Eric Rice. Chickens, as a species, reach maturity to start laying eggs anywhere between 17 and 26 weeks. Depending on the specific breed. This age is referred to as a chickens "point of lay.". So there's a bit more planning involved for those of us who are interested in raising our hens from the time they are day-old chicks. The 17-to-26 week guidance is a spread of a full 2 months, in other words, the difference between enjoying you...
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Urban Chickens Network blog: March 2013
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Thursday, March 28, 2013. Urban Chickens As Salmonella Carriers? This past weekend, Seattle NPR-affiliate KPLU. Posted Backyard Chickens: Cute, Trendy Spreaders of Salmonella. An article by Nancy Shute. To save you the read, here's a synopsis of the article: sensationalist headline, some scary statistics from an outbreak of salmonella tied to a particular hatchery, concludes with the common-sensical "the CDC says wash your hands to reduce the risk of spreading the disease.". What to do with the poop.
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