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

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.  The…

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 w…

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 br…

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 ch…

Backyard chickens molt every year to replace broken, frayed and old feathers.  Though conventionally, chickens molt in late summer/early fa…

In 2013, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) studied urban chicken keeping in four major cities (Denver, Los Angel…

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 …

• 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 reser…

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 …

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 simp…

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 reli…

If you have backyard chickens then you probably abound in your birds’ gift of eggs, eggs and more eggs.  Your backyard bounty is delicious, nutr…

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 recen…

Fermenting certain foods is a very traditional method of food preservation and also enhancing nutrition.  When it comes t…

Question: How do you make the most strikingly beautiful, large, feather-legged, dark brown egg-laying chickens?  Answer:  Ancient Chinese Sec…

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 handfu…

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade – so the old saying goes.  Amanda Maxwell and her husband Andre followed the wisdom of that ag…

Currently, there is an important property rights bill being considered in Arizona, Senate Bill 1151, also known as the Homegrown Freedom …

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 ar…

What separates the average from the extraordinary? Perhaps you think it depends on the context or subject matter that is being considered.  I disagre…