The Weekly Roost

Here is the weekly roundup of chicken related news...

• Family in Sanford, NC faces huge fees for keeping backyard chickens. Watch this great video about their case (and hope they don't have to slaughter their flock).
• The urban chicken keeping movement in Albuquerque, as well as urbanchickens.org, is discussed in a great article by Sarah Egleman in Local IQ. Link to full article
• Chicken coop tour in Salt Lake City
• Ft. Collins City Council postpones decision on chicken ordinance.
• Urban chicken programs and education in Toledo.
• Live in Portland OR? Check out the upcoming chicken keeping classes and coop tour.
• Backyard poultry- one solution to poverty.