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Marissa King is a veteran co-owner of King's Cocks and the Mother Cluckers. She operates a small farm out of Sweetwater, TN with her two daughters where she works with poultry, waterfowl, goats, and honeybees. She is a freelance writer for Community Chickens, Chickens magazine, Grit Magazine, and has been featured with the Livestock Conservancy annual report for her work with heritage breeds.

In today's episode we discuss:
1. The importance of biosecurity and how diseases are spread from flock to flock.
2. Implementing poultry conservation & genetic diversity into your own flock.
3. Tips on seeking out local breeders and what you should look for before taking your new birds home.
4. Tips for first time chicken keepers!
5. We discuss the meat and egg industry, and its impact on the health and wellbeing  of industrial animals. Also, the negative impact on heritage poultry breeds.
6. The importance of keeping a small backyard flock for sustainability.   
7. Lots of laughter and hilarious stories!
 
Thank you Marissa for our guest!
Much love,

Mel

You can find Marissa King
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Kingscocksandthemothercluckers
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marissasmesses?lang=en
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kingscocksandthemothercluckers/

The article that Marissa King wrote and we discussed in this episode: Poultry Conservation & Genetic Diversity https://www.communitychickens.com/conservation-genetic-diversity-zw01910ztil/
Livestock Conservancy: https://livestockconservancy.org/

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On today's episode we're answering a few questions we've received over on our Instagram page! I felt these questions needed to be addressed! Also, responding to a few recent messages! 

1. House Chickens are gross and  considered animal abuse? what???
2. Keeping a human aggressive rooster?
3. How I handled  Miss Emmie's egg bound problem!

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Katie is married to Bob, and they've been together since 1994. They'll be married 20 years in June and have two daughters, and 27 chickens. Bob is a Commander in the US Navy. They've traveled all over the world!
 
 "I love baking and decorating cookies, singing in my car and the shower, have been a stay at home mom since he’s often deployed, and am a sponge when moving to new places. Love soaking it all in and taking advantage of where we live while I can."
 
 She said,  “We moved here from Japan, the house had a chicken coop, and we thought why not?!”

 A raw interview about how chickens helped our guest get off her anxiety medication and gain a whole new appreciation and adoration for her feathered friends.

Thank you to Bob and Katie for their military service. We appreciate y'all!

Today's episode had audio glitches. But that didn't stop us from moving forward! We had a rough start but we finished like champs!

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Meet today's guest, Jennifer.

I think the best way I can describe myself is a “jack of all trades”.  I have a wide range of interests and consider myself to be a lifelong student.  In the 90’s I worked in large animal vet medicine until the developers moved in and the dairies starting moving away.  I spent the early 2000s studying and working in France where I earned a masters degree in International Trade Law and worked for an import/export company.  Moving back stateside, I went into International Trade Compliance and have since specialized in encryption technology controls.  I’m a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister.  I’m a humanitarian, a diplomate, a warrior, a musician, a carpenter, a mechanic, the Maytag repair woman, a challenge accepter and a problem solver… and along this same vein, I hope to be a farmer in the next few years.


My love of animals has been life long.  Growing up in California’s central valley, we had rabbits, chickens, dogs, cats, horses, cows and goats.  My extended family still maintains all of these types of animals.  I’ve been living and working in the densely populated Bay Area for 16+ years and as such have had to limit the menagerie of animals with which I share my home.  We only had dogs until one fateful night in March of 2019 when a soggy little pullet  (Agnes) wound up roosting on the window sill of our home.  She immediately won all our hearts and the rest is history.  Sadly my chicken math gets checked by city ordinance and limited space but I’m looking forward to when we move to Portugal in a couple of years to “semi” retire and try our hand at olive farming and establishing a rescue/sanctuary for farm animals. 



TOPICS WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE!

1. Jennifer tells us how Miss Agnes just showed up one night.
2. The loss of her beloved pet, Annie.
3. Misuse of antibiotics.
4. Treating bumblefoot the correct way.
5. A tale of a goat and "Bob" the owl.
6.  Buying a Olive farm in Portugal.
7. Chicken keeping tips you can implement today to help build a stronger healthier flock!

You can find Jennifer: Instagram  Yolko Oh No (@yolkoohn0) Tiktok: Jennifer J (@yolkoohn0)
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•  Alyssa is a new chicken mama as of May 2020. After 20 years climbing the corporate ladder, traveling the world, and working a ridiculous amount of hours she realized she was miserable, unhealthy and no longer passionate about what she was doing. 
• She jumped off the corporate hamster wheel in November 2019 to commit to her wellbeing, and figure out who she was or will be, because her identity was no longer tied to her career. 
• She flipped the script, started doing things that no one thought she would do as a "city girl" and those things were spending time on the family farm and becoming a first time chicken mama to 5 beautiful backyard chickens. 

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Welcome back, y’all. We’re so excited to have you with us today. Please welcome Tater, she’s a Nurse Practitioner, a seasoned chicken mama, and an avid garden. For privacy reasons, our guest will be called Tater, a childhood nickname.  Today’s guest is near and dear to my heart.
 
Listen in as our guest goes into details of a massive mistake with the breakdown of biosecurity of her flock. This was a hard lesson, and we hope this story will drive home the importance of keeping your flock safe. A very candid interview. Sometimes humor is the only way to handle such a loss. 
Wilma The Wonder Hen's focus is to bring the chicken community together through stories.

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We've a very special guest today, Welcome "The Claw" from Covid Cluckers, also known as Rai. This first time chicken mama is a music teacher from Maryland. Listen in as she shares her knowledge and wit with us.  She may even sing us a little song!

On today's episode, Mel and Rai talk about:

1. How The Claw and Covid Cluckers got their name.
2. First time Chicken keeping tips.
3. What resources she uses to help gain knowledge to help keep her flock healthy and strong.
4. The backstory to #chickendaddysunday 

With a generous mix of hilarious stories!

Wilma The Wonder Hens focus is to bring the chicken community together.

"Don't forget there's room for all of us on the roosting bar."


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In this episode you'll get a bird's-eye view of  how I was thrown into chicken keeping and where Wilma the Wonder Hen got her name. 

Building a strong chicken community requires all of us working together! Wilma has confidence we can do it.

"There's room for all of on the roosting bar!"


We hope you enjoyed this week's episode, if you did, we would sincerely appreciate if you leave us a positive review!

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Love y'all,

Mel

*We do apologize for the small audio issues in the week's episode. 

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Wilma shares the funny, compassionate and sustainable way to poultry keeping . Let's build a kick butt chicken community together.  Come on y'all, there's room for all of us on the roosting bar!

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