The Urban Chicken Podcast - The Urbanite's Podcast Resource for Keeping Backyard Chickens

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UCP Episode 061: Should you...

09.25.2015

Springtime is the season most usually associated with getting started with baby chicks. However, autumn (and even winter) can be viable seasons for you to get a jump start on next year’s flock. There are a few marked advantages to ...

The Urban Chicken Podcast - The Urbanite's Podcast Resource for Keeping Backyard Chickens episodes:

09.25.2015 UCP Episode 061: Should you get Fall/Winter Chicks? A Discussion with Tyler Danke of Purely Poultry Springtime is the season most usually associated with getting started with baby chicks. However, autumn (and even winter) can be viable seasons for you to get a jump start on next year’s flock. There are a few marked advantages to ...
09.01.2015 UCP Episode 060: Listener Q & A Session #6 On this episode of the Urban Chicken Podcast, I answer a new set of listener questions on a variety of topics. How long after your husband treats your lawn with a chemical weed and feed can you safely put a ...
06.10.2015 UCP Episode 059: The Livestock Conservancy – Saving Heritage Our Breeds (Discussion with Jeannette Beranger) How many grizzly bears are in the United States? 1,800. How many grey wolves in America? 5,443 in the lower 48 states (there is an estimated additional 7,700 -11,000 in Alaska.) How many Redcap breed chickens in the States? Fewer ...
05.04.2015 UCP Episode 058: Listener Q & A Session #5 It is time again for another session of Urban Chicken Podcast Listeners’ questions and answers. This Q and A session we consider and discuss ISA Brown chickens, a rooster who is acting like a hen, issues with spilt feed in ...
02.23.2015 UCP Episode 057: Understanding Chicken Molting with Meredith Chilson Backyard chickens molt every year to replace broken, frayed and old feathers. Though conventionally, chickens molt in late summer/early fall, a bird can molt anytime of year that suits. Molting is both a physically and emotionally stressful time for the ...
01.28.2015 UCP EPISODE 056: Winning the Chicken Legal Fight (a Conversation with Kathy Shea Mormino) In 2013, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) studied urban chicken keeping in four major cities (Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City) and discovered that less than 1% of households had backyard chickens. The study however further ...
11.22.2014 UCP Episode 055: Listeners Q and A Session #4 – Understanding Sex-Links, Bad Broodies & Plants Toxic to the Flock Today on the Urban Chicken Podcast, I answer more chicken questions posed by listeners in Session #4 of Listeners’ Q & A series. The chicken issues being discussed and considered in this session are: 1) understanding “sex-link” chickens; 2) dealing ...
10.08.2014 UCP Episode 054 – Chickens a Survivalist Tool? – A Conversation with Aaron Frankel of the In the Rabbit Hole-Urban Survival Podcast Burgeoning U.S. national debt Islamic fundamentalist terrorism Continuous spewing of Fukushima radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean Instability in the dollar’s position as the world’s reserve currency Ebola outbreaks Growing tensions edging towards a new world war Unfettered immigration Peak ...
09.01.2014 UCP Episode 053 – How to Primp Your Chickens for Show Earlier this month, my sister and I dipped our toes into the pool of competitive chicken shows by entering several birds at our local county fair. When I first started down the backyard chicken trail, I would have never considered ...
08.18.2014 UCP Episode 052 – Spying on Hens with Terry Golson of Hencam.com What is really happening inside of your chicken coop? Who is the naughty feather pulling hen? Is there mischief occurring in your flock that you’re simply unaware of? For the average chicken keeper, it is impossible to know the answers ...
07.30.2014 UCP Episode 051 – Herbs for the Hens: a Conversation with Tina Hickman of Luv Nest Across all continents and cultures, man has been using herbs for their medicinal and beneficial properties for thousands of years. Even today it is estimated that 80% of the world’s population relies on herbal medicines as part of their primary ...
07.04.2014 UCP Episode 050 – The Incredible, Edible Egg: Nutrition Expert Liz Wolfe Explains Why Eggs are a Perfect Food If you have backyard chickens then you probably abound in your birds’ gift of eggs, eggs and more eggs. Your backyard bounty is delicious, nutritious and delightful, right? Conventional medical “wisdom” over the past few decades would say, “Nay!” Current ...
06.11.2014 UCP Episode 049: Michigan’s Right to Farm Act – No Longer Progressive Protection for Urban Chickens & Farms Are backyard chickens, beehives, gardens a “farm” is the owner sells part or all of the bounty of the eggs, honey and vegetables from his/her yard? Until recently in Michigan, the answer was “Yes” urban, suburban and other micro-farming set-ups ...
05.27.2014 UCP Episode 048 – Fermenting Chicken Feeds the Right Way! Fermenting certain foods is a very traditional method of food preservation and also enhancing nutrition. When it comes to feeding our backyard flock, fermentation is an excellent method to improve the diet and health of our flock through improving … ...
05.12.2014 UCP Episode 047 – Langshan Chickens: Matt Stillman Discusses this Ancient Chinese Secret? Question: How do you make the most strikingly beautiful, large, feather-legged, dark brown egg-laying chickens? Answer: Ancient Chinese Secret! Langshan, Cochin and Brahma are the three breeds that comprise the entire Asiatic Class of chickens recognized by the American … ...
04.16.2014 UCP Episode 046: The Good Egg – Cookbook Author Marie Simmons Teaches Egg Cookery It started off as a match made in heaven. You got some backyard chickens and they started laying you delicious eggs. It seemed perfect at first. That handful of hens though, turn out to be fruitful birds… I mean, REALLY ...
03.30.2014 UCP Episode 045: “The Chicken and the Dog” – An Urban Chicken Tale for Children When life gives you lemons, make lemonade – so the old saying goes. Amanda Maxwell and her husband Andre followed the wisdom of that age old advice when tragedy struck their small backyard flock. The Maxwells met over a … ...
03.16.2014 UCP Episode 044: Pending Arizona “Chicken Bill” (Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Chickens!) Currently, there is an important property rights bill being considered in Arizona, Senate Bill 1151, also known as the Homegrown Freedom Act. This piece of legislation, which some glibly call the “Chicken Bill,” will have significant ramifications for … Continue ...
03.07.2014 UCP Episode 043 – Listeners Q & A Session #3 – Squawking Hens & Using Sand in Your Coop Today on the Urban Chicken Podcast I answer more chicken questions posed by listeners in Session III of Listeners’ Q & A series. The chicken issues being discussed and considered in this session are how to break your backyard hens ...
02.26.2014 UCP Episode 042: City Farmers Nursery – An Urbanite’s Source for Inspiration and Assistance What separates the average from the extraordinary? Perhaps you think it depends on the context or subject matter that is being considered. I disagree. In all things and all people the extraordinary distinguish themselves by seeing what can be … ...
02.18.2014 UCP Episode 041: Wintertime and Predators Predators are always a concern for chicken owners. What may not be widely known amongst chicken keepers is that the risk of attack upon your flock may actually be worse in winter months than during other times of the year. ...
02.08.2014 UCP Episode 040: Rare & Unusual Breeds – Chicken Importation with Greenfire Farms Allegedly, it all began with the Coronation Sussex – a chicken variety developed to celebrate the coronation of King George. In 2007 Florida Attorney, Paul Bradshaw noticed a demand for Coronation Sussex Chickens in the United States. Though Coronation Sussex ...
01.28.2014 UCP Episode 039: Listeners Q & A Session #2: Chickens & Extreme Cold, Sprouted Grains & Soldier Fly Larvae and a Chicken Education Tip Like most people, I love to receive mail (so long as it is not a bill or junk). Recently, I have gotten several messages from Urban Chicken Podcast listeners, who wrote to either pose a burning chicken question they have ...
01.22.2014 UCP Episode 038: Love the Dark Eggs – Oh Wonderful Marans! The Marans chicken breed is marvelously varied! The untrained observer could see a Black Copper, a Blue, a Wheaten and a Cuckoo Marans and never realize that these chickens, with vastly different coloring and feather patterns, were of the … ...
01.14.2014 UCP Episode 037: Molting: Help, My Chicken is NAKED! Frida Chicken turned up in the coop mostly naked and looking quite chilled a couple weeks ago – just before Christmas. Wintertime in Boise, Idaho is cold and snowy, with the days hanging at or below freezing. This is a ...
01.05.2014 UCP Episode 036: Talking Chicken with A.P.A. Hall of Fame Member – Tony Albritton What do Andre “the Hawk” Dawson, Phil Collins (with his band Genesis), and Tony Albritton all have in common? All three gentlemen were inducted into their respective industry’s Hall of Fame in 2010. Eight-time All-Star Player, Andre “The Hawk” Dawson ...
12.21.2013 UCP Episode 035: Chicks, Flocks & Tractors – Answering a Listener’s Questions It is always gratifying to get feedback and interaction from the Urban Chicken Podcast audience. Recently, Carla Allen of Georgia email me and posed a few questions that were interesting and applicable to all chicken keepers. Her questions are in ...
11.28.2013 UCP Episode 034: Pasture-Raised Poultry and the Art of Butchering with Scratch A-Lot Farm Lee Lynn Thompson, owner and operator of Scratch A-Lot Farm has a lifetime of experience in raising chickens. She and her husband have recently opened their farm which primarily raises, processes and sells heritage breeds of poultry in Washington State. ...
11.22.2013 UCP Episode 033: The Kentucky Specks Chicken – The Rarest American Bantam The Kentucky Specks chicken is an American rare breed of chicken that is shrouded in much lore and mystery. These small white and black mottled chickens – splashed with red hackle feathers and blue, green and red saddle and tail ...
11.07.2013 UCP Episode 032: Biosecurity – How to Keep Your Hens Safe From Disease Keeping you backyard flock of chickens healthy and safe requires more than just providing them clean water and food and secure housing. One of the most important considerations for the conscientious chicken keeper, that is unfortunately often overlooked, is the ...
10.30.2013 UCP Episode 031: The Poultry Show – The Top Ten Things I Learned, Liked or Found Surprising Everyone has anticipated something or some event in their life, only to find that reality and their imagination do not match up exactly. The imagination can be a dangerous thing – it can give one expectations that are unreasonable and ...
10.24.2013 UCP Episode 030: Shell-less and Soft-Shelled Eggs Eggs: they’re colorful; they’re delicious; and they’re supposed be the hard-shelled and oval. However, sometimes they’re not shaped and formed as they ought to be. Today, on the Urban Chicken Podcast we are discussing why chickens sometimes lay soft-shelled or ...
10.11.2013 UCP Episode 029: The Secret Lives of Chickens – Insights with Lauren Scheuer (Chicken author/illustrator/owner) Whether a chicken has a qualitative conscious state of being is surprisingly a matter up for debate. Recently, a co-worker told me that chickens do not have any feelings. He went so far as to even doubt whether chickens are ...
10.04.2013 UCP Episode 028: Vestibulo Ocular Reflex or Why Chickens Have Steady Cam Heads & Humans Don’t Mercedes-Benz recently released a new commercial in which several chickens are rolled and moved about by anonymous human arms. The point of the commercial is to demonstrate the fact that a chicken’s head is incredibly stable despite its body’s movements ...
09.27.2013 UCP Episode 027: The Pacific Northwest Poultry Association, A Double Poultry Show & Sher Jennings The Pacific Northwest Poultry Association is one of the largest poultry organizations west of the Mississippi River. Commonly called the PNPA (though the full name is a solid name, its a bit of a mouthful), the group has historical roots ...
09.19.2013 UCP Episode 026: Ears & Eggs – What Color are Your Eggshells and Why? Ears and Eggs. In chickens the two are oddly linked. There is a general rule that the color of a chicken’s ear (actually it’s earlobes, since the ears are covered in feathers and not readily visible) can help you determine ...
09.12.2013 UCP Episode 025: Keeping Chickens Naturally – a discussion with Lisa Steele from Fresh Eggs Daily Lisa Steele is the author of the wildly popular chicken related blog and Facebook page – Fresh Eggs Daily. She shares practical techniques with her audience on how to raise and keep backyard chickens naturally with the aid of herbal ...
09.05.2013 UCP Episode 024: Train Your Chickens to Do Tricks! – Discussion with Animal Trainer Giene Keyes So you have backyard chickens and they’re great. They provide you fresh eggs daily; they eat bugs and weeds in your yard; and best of all, they provide you with countless hours of entertainment watching them flit and play in ...
08.29.2013 UCP Episode 023: Raising Chickens in Bear Country – discussion with Dr. Jessy Coltrane There are an estimated 900,000 black bears living in the wild throughout North America (USA+Canada). There is additionally an estimated 1,000 grizzly bears in the lower 48 states and 30,000 more of these massive creatures in Alaska. Many of these ...
08.22.2013 UCP Episode 022: Feeding our Chickens Well – Discussion of Organic Farming & Chicken Feed with Wes Gibbs You are what you eat. This adage also rings true indirectly – you are what your chickens eat as well, if you eat your birds or their eggs. Studies have shown that the quality of food that a chicken consumes ...
08.08.2013 UCP Episode 021: Listeners’ Questions Answered (Session #1) on Scissorbeak, Designing the Perfect Coop & Treating Chicken Wounds Urban Chicken Podcast listeners have been reaching out lately and sending me their chickens questions. These questions are interesting and relevant to all chicken enthusiasts and so I have decided to answer their questions on today’s episode. The Main Segment ...
08.01.2013 UCP Episode 020: The Heat is On for the Hens – Summer Proof Your Flock If you think summertime heat is uncomfortable for you, imagine being wrapped up in a down comforter and trying to stay cool out in the hot weather. Your backyard hens are essentially robed in their own down comforters and dealing ...
07.25.2013 UCP Episode 019: Picking Great Backyard Hens with Chicken Aficionado Mike Stanton + Eating Raw Chicken?! There are hundreds of different breeds of chickens. Literally, hundreds. Though one likes having options – it can also be daunting to try to sift through the variety of birds to find the breeds best suited to your own personal ...
07.18.2013 UCP Episode 018: Spontaneous Sex Reversal in Chickens – My Hen Just Became a Rooster! Probably, if you have been following this podcast for a while now, you have noticed that I can’t get enough of the stories and news items that are based in the realm of the bizarre. Despite my clear predilection for ...
07.10.2013 UCP Episode 017: Learning How to Set Up & Running a Wholesale Organic Feed Buyers’ Club with Scott Brown of Phoenix Organic Feed If you have backyard chickens there is a good chance that you are looking to eat more locally and organically. However, the retail cost of purchasing organic chicken feed can be daunting or even cost prohibitive. There may be … ...
07.03.2013 UCP Episode 016: Rent-a-Coop – A Way to Try Before You Buy Chickens So you’re chicken curious, but feel trepidation about jumping head first into backyard chicken ownership. If only there was a way you could try out backyard chickens without having to commit. Now you can try before you buy chickens … ...
06.27.2013 UCP Episode 015: The Politics of Chickens Lately, chickens are the centerpiece of a growing political battle in America. Little did Henny Penny know, that one state’s effort to pass a state law to provide her with a slightly larger battery cage at the factory … Continue ...
06.20.2013 UCP Episode 014: Chicken Lice & Mites – How to End the Creepy-Crawlies on Your Hens and In Your Coop Lice and mites are creepy-crawlies that can torment your birds and cause them serious suffering, physical ailment and in extreme cases, lead to the death of your chickens. There are many things to know about chicken lice and mites such ...
06.13.2013 UCP Episode 013: The Ins and Outs of Washing Eggs Soak your eggs in water with one cap of bleach…wash your eggs with warm water…wash your eggs with cold water…wash your eggs with non-toxic dish soap…wash your eggs with baking soda… don’t wash your eggs…etc. There is a lot of ...
06.05.2013 UCP Episode 012: 4H – It Will Teach Your Kid More Than Just Showing Chickens What do Johnny Cash, Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Orville Redenbacher all have in common? 4H – they were all members of 4H in their youth. It was suggested by one of my guests in a recent episode that … Continue ...

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The Urban Chicken Podcast - The Urbanite's Podcast Resource for Keeping Backyard Chickens episodes:

UCP Episode 061: Should you get Fall/Winter Chicks? A Discussion with Tyler Danke of Purely Poultry

UCP Episode 060: Listener Q & A Session #6

UCP Episode 059: The Livestock Conservancy – Saving Heritage Our Breeds (Discussion with Jeannette Beranger)

UCP Episode 058: Listener Q & A Session #5

UCP Episode 057: Understanding Chicken Molting with Meredith Chilson

UCP EPISODE 056: Winning the Chicken Legal Fight (a Conversation with Kathy Shea Mormino)

UCP Episode 055: Listeners Q and A Session #4 – Understanding Sex-Links, Bad Broodies & Plants Toxic to the Flock

UCP Episode 054 – Chickens a Survivalist Tool? – A Conversation with Aaron Frankel of the In the Rabbit Hole-Urban Survival Podcast

UCP Episode 053 – How to Primp Your Chickens for Show

UCP Episode 052 – Spying on Hens with Terry Golson of Hencam.com

UCP Episode 051 – Herbs for the Hens: a Conversation with Tina Hickman of Luv Nest

UCP Episode 050 – The Incredible, Edible Egg: Nutrition Expert Liz Wolfe Explains Why Eggs are a Perfect Food

UCP Episode 049: Michigan’s Right to Farm Act – No Longer Progressive Protection for Urban Chickens & Farms

UCP Episode 048 – Fermenting Chicken Feeds the Right Way!

UCP Episode 047 – Langshan Chickens: Matt Stillman Discusses this Ancient Chinese Secret?

UCP Episode 046: The Good Egg – Cookbook Author Marie Simmons Teaches Egg Cookery

UCP Episode 045: “The Chicken and the Dog” – An Urban Chicken Tale for Children

UCP Episode 044: Pending Arizona “Chicken Bill” (Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Chickens!)

UCP Episode 043 – Listeners Q & A Session #3 – Squawking Hens & Using Sand in Your Coop

UCP Episode 042: City Farmers Nursery – An Urbanite’s Source for Inspiration and Assistance

UCP Episode 041: Wintertime and Predators

UCP Episode 040: Rare & Unusual Breeds – Chicken Importation with Greenfire Farms

UCP Episode 039: Listeners Q & A Session #2: Chickens & Extreme Cold, Sprouted Grains & Soldier Fly Larvae and a Chicken Education Tip

UCP Episode 038: Love the Dark Eggs – Oh Wonderful Marans!

UCP Episode 037: Molting: Help, My Chicken is NAKED!

UCP Episode 036: Talking Chicken with A.P.A. Hall of Fame Member – Tony Albritton

UCP Episode 035: Chicks, Flocks & Tractors – Answering a Listener’s Questions

UCP Episode 034: Pasture-Raised Poultry and the Art of Butchering with Scratch A-Lot Farm

UCP Episode 033: The Kentucky Specks Chicken – The Rarest American Bantam

UCP Episode 032: Biosecurity – How to Keep Your Hens Safe From Disease

UCP Episode 031: The Poultry Show – The Top Ten Things I Learned, Liked or Found Surprising

UCP Episode 030: Shell-less and Soft-Shelled Eggs

UCP Episode 029: The Secret Lives of Chickens – Insights with Lauren Scheuer (Chicken author/illustrator/owner)

UCP Episode 028: Vestibulo Ocular Reflex or Why Chickens Have Steady Cam Heads & Humans Don’t

UCP Episode 027: The Pacific Northwest Poultry Association, A Double Poultry Show & Sher Jennings

UCP Episode 026: Ears & Eggs – What Color are Your Eggshells and Why?

UCP Episode 025: Keeping Chickens Naturally – a discussion with Lisa Steele from Fresh Eggs Daily

UCP Episode 024: Train Your Chickens to Do Tricks! – Discussion with Animal Trainer Giene Keyes

UCP Episode 023: Raising Chickens in Bear Country – discussion with Dr. Jessy Coltrane

UCP Episode 022: Feeding our Chickens Well – Discussion of Organic Farming & Chicken Feed with Wes Gibbs

UCP Episode 021: Listeners’ Questions Answered (Session #1) on Scissorbeak, Designing the Perfect Coop & Treating Chicken Wounds

UCP Episode 020: The Heat is On for the Hens – Summer Proof Your Flock

UCP Episode 019: Picking Great Backyard Hens with Chicken Aficionado Mike Stanton + Eating Raw Chicken?!

UCP Episode 018: Spontaneous Sex Reversal in Chickens – My Hen Just Became a Rooster!

UCP Episode 017: Learning How to Set Up & Running a Wholesale Organic Feed Buyers’ Club with Scott Brown of Phoenix Organic Feed

UCP Episode 016: Rent-a-Coop – A Way to Try Before You Buy Chickens

UCP Episode 015: The Politics of Chickens

UCP Episode 014: Chicken Lice & Mites – How to End the Creepy-Crawlies on Your Hens and In Your Coop

UCP Episode 013: The Ins and Outs of Washing Eggs

UCP Episode 012: 4H – It Will Teach Your Kid More Than Just Showing Chickens

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