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!

This week in the world of chickens...

• Countdown to State College chicken ordinance decision, vote to happen on the 20th of October.
• City dwellers flock to raising urban chickens. (Great article- and we are quoted in it!)
• Thomas K's picks: Top 9 books for newbie chicken keepers.
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Wow! Who would have thought our urban chicken keeping initiative would be so well received by the public and the press. So far I think we have been featured in 5 articles, and we were even interviewed for the evening news.

Check out the most recent article, Student: City well suited for urban chickens, project provides know-how on raising fowl at home, that appeared today in the University of New Mexico Daily Lobo.  read more »

Thanks to the hard work of Dan Brown and other Ft. Collins chicken supporters, residents of the city will now be allowed to keep hens in residential backyards. The city council passed the ordinance 5 to 1, which allows up to 6 hens per household.  Roosters and slaughtering are not permitted, and hens must be housed 15 feet from your property line.  read more »

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• 5th annual Tour de Coops in Portland, OR this weekend.
• 6 out of 7 city councilors in Lonmont, CO say yes to backyard chicken keeping.

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Urban chicken keepers are finally getting some movie coverage!

This Thursday evening at the Wisconsin Film Festival, Tarazod Films is premiering Mad City Chickens, a film about the growing interest in keeping backyard chickens.  read more »