Chicken INFO
Mad City Chickens- Re-Thinking Soup 09/22/2009
It is legal to raise your own chickens in Chicago
- Unlimited number
- Only as pets or for their eggs (slaughtering is not legal)
- Must be penned
Why raise your own chickens?
- You get your own eggs- you know where they came from, cut down on food miles, and they taste better.
- Chickens eat bugs and weeds from your garden
- The manure can be composted and used as fertilizer
- Hens are not noisy (rooster can be!)
- It is fun and different
Groups:
- Chicago Chicken Enthusiasts:
www.groups.google.com/group/chicago-chicken-enthusiasts
“To learn from each other and enjoy the flock of folks who keep chickens in the city.
To preserve and promote city policies that allow backyard chickens.
To reach out and teach best practices, and dispel myths”
- The Chicago Backyard Poultry Meetup:
www.meetup.com/ChicagoBackyardPoultry/
The group has just started and has not met yet.
Workshops:
- Angelic Organics Learning Centre
Learn the basics to raise chickens in your backyard and meet other chicken enthusiasts!
Next workshop: Nov. 9th
Sites:
Information on domestic chickens, good practices, legislation, networking, how to start etc…
Publications:
- Backyard Poultry
Bi-monthly magazine
