Be sure to check out The New Coop de Ville: The Craze for Urban Poultry Farming over at Newsweek.com. The article is well done - Jessica Bennett really did her research on the topic (and she interviewed us as well).
That's all I have time to write today!

The posting below (from our forum) is from Olivia, a young urban chicken activist, and her mother Stacey, about Olivia's chicken keeping video which is a finalist in a national contest. The link to the video is below...and it is great! Be sure to also check out their wonderful SoPo Chickens website (which was recently updated). Read the posting below and show your support by voting for Olivia's video.  read more »

We started an Urban Chickens Google Map back in April (see right side bar or click here for the map).

Only 8 people have mapped their urban flock over the past few months, and we would like to see a lot more than that. So...we are having an Urban Chicken Google map challenge! The challenge is to have 100 flocks mapped by the 1st of August. We would also like to see some flocks mapped from outside of the US.  read more »

Live chick footage- you can never get enough

One of our members, herocomplex, just told me about their 24/7 chick cam that they set up. Check it out once a week to see how the 2 Ameraucana chicks change and grow.

Also, a special thanks to this member for helping us to get our top left logo in better shape. We are still working on it and appreciate the help and feedback!

Katy, from The City Chicken, has designed these super cool chicken pendants. I can't wait to order mine! I have been lusting after them for months now and it is time I just get one.  read more »