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

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Where All Things Chicken Are Discussed & Considered

  1. 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 … Continue reading → The post UCP Episode 061: Should you get Fall/Winter Chicks? A Discussion with Tyler Danke of Purely Poultry first appeared on Urban Chicken Podcast.

    40 min

  2. 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 … Continue reading → The post UCP Episode 060: Listener Q & A Session #6 first appeared on Urban Chicken Podcast.

    41 min

  3. 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 … Continue reading → The post UCP Episode 059: The Livestock Conservancy – Saving Heritage Our Breeds (Discussion with Jeannette Beranger) first appeared on Urban Chicken Podcast.

    1h 24m

  4. 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 … Continue reading → The post UCP Episode 058: Listener Q & A Session #5 first appeared on Urban Chicken Podcast.

    31 min

  5. 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 … Continue reading → The post UCP Episode 057: Understanding Chicken Molting with Meredith Chilson first appeared on Urban Chicken Podcast.

    42 min

  6. 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 … Continue reading → The post UCP EPISODE 056: Winning the Chicken Legal Fight (a Conversation with Kathy Shea Mormino) first appeared on Urban Chicken Podcast.

    58 min

  7. 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 … Continue reading → The post UCP Episode 055: Listeners Q and A Session #4 – Understanding Sex-Links, Bad Broodies & Plants Toxic to the Flock first appeared on Urban Chicken Podcast.

    27 min

  8. 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 Oil … Continue reading → The post UCP Episode 054 – Chickens a Survivalist Tool? – A Conversation with Aaron Frankel of the In the Rabbit Hole-Urban Survival Podcast first appeared on Urban Chicken Podcast.

    1h 19m
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