Posts Tagged ‘farm animals’

admin - Montclair homes for hens (8/17/2012)

These days, you don’t have to be old MacDonald to have some farm animals. Now, chickens are growing in popularity in the suburbs. Williams-Sonoma offers pre-fab chicken coops as well as books on raising and keeping chickens, and websites backyardchickens.com and my petchicken.com offer advice to not-quite-rural chicken owners. Montclair has joined the trend. Emmanuela [...]

admin - Ashland City Council relaxes chicken regulations (7/31/2012)

July 18, 2012 More residents will be able to join the backyard chicken movement after the Ashland City Council reduced buffer-zone rules that govern how far chickens must be kept from neighboring homes. Councilors voted on Tuesday night to cut a 75-foot buffer requirement down to 20 feet. Chickens and coops can be kept within [...]

Looking at Chicken Coops For Sale – Should I Buy One Or Build My Own?

So now that you have decided to start your own urban farm a buy a few chickens for both fresh eggs and maybe a fresh chicken from time to time you have to give them a place to live. like all farm animals chickens need a place to sleep at night and to get out [...]

admin - SPCA Agrees With Green Pary's Appeal To McDonalds (6/28/2012)

Friday, 22 June 2012, 9:56 am Press Release: SPCA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE22 June 2012 SPCA Agrees WithGreen Pary’s Appeal To McDonalds The SPCA agrees with theGreen Party’s public request to McDonalds in new Zealandto set welfare standards for their porkproducts. McDonalds have the ability to make a big impacton animal welfare due to the large [...]

admin - The Associated Press: Federal bill would give nation's hens bigger cages (6/26/2012)

Federal bill would give nation's hens bigger cages FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — the animal welfare advocates who gave egg-laying hens more room to roam on California farms are trying to expand chicken coops across the nation with an unlikely ally — a group that previously had been their biggest opponent. The effort to increase cage [...]

admin - The Associated Press: Federal bill would give nation's hens bigger cages (6/24/2012)

Federal bill would give nation's hens bigger cages FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The animal welfare advocates who gave egg-laying hens more room to roam on California farms are trying to expand chicken coops across the nation with an unlikely ally — a group that previously had been their biggest opponent. The effort to increase cage [...]

admin - Restaurants in Costa Rica Serve Cage-Free Eggs. What’s the Difference? (6/19/2012)

Earlier this month, the Humane Society International announced its support of the following restaurants in Costa Rica for their use of cage-free eggs: Alquimia Healthy Buena Tierra Jardin del Parque Oasis Veggie House The restaurants above are located in the the Greater Metropolitan Area of San Jose. regarding Oasis’ choice of cage-free eggs, Cynthia Dent, [...]

admin - Add Chicks: The Chicken Whisperer (6/7/2012)

BECOME a CHICKEN WHISPERER Keeping urban chickens may seem like a new trend for some, but here at WKA we continue to love our chickens for the benefit of teaching our children responsibility and respect for farm animals. and of course we love our “organic” fresh eggs. Daily. There are many advantages to a backyard [...]

admin - Everything's Better Together: Ninth Annual Kickapoo Country Fair Celebrates Local Food, Culture and Community Saturday, July 28 (6/6/2012)

La Farge, Wis (PRWEB) may 22, 2012 Organic Valley, the nation’s largest cooperative of organic farmers, is gearing up to host its ninth annual Kickapoo Country fair, taking place Saturday, July 28 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. in La Farge, Wis. with the cooperative theme of “Everything’s better Together!” Nestled amid the steep hills [...]

admin - Book Review: The Joy of Keeping Farm Animals; Raising Chickens, Goats, Pigs, Sheep, and Cows/ Laura Childs (Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. 2010) (5/31/2012)

I remember growing up in South Florida where our family kept all manner of farm animals from calves that we raised and sold once they became a bit bigger, to a calf that we raised specifically for meat,to a set of pigs that we raised and butchered, to chickens we had for egg production, to [...]

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