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Chicken Talk at the LA Green Fest Saturday November 17

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Events
...at the Los Angeles Green Festival. Topics will include: How to construct a chicken coop What’s involved in keeping chickens Predator proofing What to feed your chickens Chicks vs. pullets The Green Festival will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Kentia Hall, 1201 South Figueroa Street. The convention center is right next to the Metro Blue Line and the Green Fest folks will also be providing a bike valet. Hope to see you all there!...

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Meet My Chickens: the continuing story of Chickenzilla

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Animals, Chickens
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...f course, she is a meat chicken, not a layer. I think of her as a “rescue” chicken. Most meat chickens are harvested between just 7 and 10 weeks of age. At over a year old now, Chickenzilla is likely one of the oldest broiler hens alive. But she is a surprisingly good layer, with a big, bad-ass personality to match her immense body. When I first got her she only wanted to eat chicken kibble, which is mostly corn. When I let her out in the run she...

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Saturday Tweets: Playing Chicken, Healthy Eating and Fixing Stuff

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...tps://t.co/n5eQkiQaOY — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 4, 2016 Playing Chicken With the Art World https://t.co/cORNiMpRrh — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 9, 2016 Trees Please!! These sweltering cities could be much cooler and cleaner if they planted more trees https://t.co/rFJW8jtu0U via @voxdotcom — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 4, 2016 Top Garden Trends for 2017 | Garden Design https://t.co/gLWfCUMCWl — Root Simple (@rootsimple) No...

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Talkin’ Chicken

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Animals, Chickens
...of planted with succulents that you can see on Green Frieda here. In other chicken related news, the December/January issue of Backyard Poultry Magazine is hot off the presses with a provocative article by permaculturist Harvey Ussery, “The Homestead Flock: Pets or Partners?” The article is not online yet, but you can read Ussery’s excellent guide to keeping poultry here. Lastly, poultry expert and author Christine Heinrichs, who we met at a recen...

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