Chickens in the City: Fresh Eggs in Your Fridge
Dogs and cats are great, but they won’t provide you with fresh, nutrient-rich eggs like a small flock of laying hens will. Raising hens in the city is not only easier and less work than having a dog, but it’s also a lot of fun, and perfectly legal! If you have a backyard or access to a community garden, you can raise hens for eggs!
If you’ve never had a truly fresh egg, you are in for a treat. Maintaining your own flock gives you control over their diet. A healthy hen that gets ample exercise, consistent forage (bugs and grass) and a balanced diet lays meaty, rich eggs with a deep orange yolk - very different than the anemic store-bought varieties that many of us are accustomed to.
In this class you will learn the basics of raising chickens in the city, from selecting breeds to constructing a brooder, building a coop, chick-to-hen development, diet, disease and predators and neighborly relations. When this class is over, you’ll be hooked on hens and want a small flock of your own!
Instructor
Meg Paska is a Greenpoint, Brooklyn-based "Backyard Homesteader" and blogger. She grows vegetables, composts, raises four egg-laying hens and maintains ten apiaries in Brooklyn, selling her Brooklyn Honey at local markets. She has been seen in Huffington Post, ABC's Nightline, National Geographic and New York Magazine. Meg is also proud owner of two "retired barn cats" who don't do much of anything at all these days.
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