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

Urban Chicken Podcast listeners have been reaching out lately and sending me their chickens questions.  These questions are interesting and …

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 …

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 variet…

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 ne…

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 fee…

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 back…

Lately, chickens are the centerpiece of a growing political battle in America.  Little did Henny Penny know, that one state’s effort to…

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.  …

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…wa…

What do Johnny Cash, Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Orville Redenbacher all have in common?  4H – they were all members of 4H in their youth.  

Many people take up chicken keeping for the particular purpose of having more control

over this food so…

Perhaps today’s show topic seems counter intuitive to the Urban Chicken Podcast’s mission of encouraging and supporting people in their pursuit of backyard chickens…

 So you need to go out of town for a weekend or maybe you’re doing a month-long tour of Europe – what are you going to do with your feathered family memb…

An egg can be a delicious, delightful treat – but this is a secret that all chicken owners want to keep from their flock.  Once a chicken gets a taste of the gooey cent…

So, you want to build a coop that is a little more substantial than the rustic example above, but you’ve never really built anything noteworthy in your life.  Never …

In this modern world, we are in poor supply of the sensibilities and skills of our forefathers. Let’s face it – Grandma and Grandpa had a lot of ‘know-how’ and w…

San Francisco is, hands down, one of the loveliest, most interesting, charming large cities in the United States.  It is world renowned for its playfu…

Question:  How do you solve the problem of massive, industrial egg farming and its grossly inhumane practices?

Answer:  Create a fake egg in a laboratory and sell it to all of…

On this week’s show in honor of Women’s History Month, I am interviewing Jeff Lay

from the American Buckeye Club to discuss the history of the…