Raising polutry for eggs, meat and pets used to be a standard practice in America. As we have moved farther away from a local food system, many people are now reclaiming the right to raise chickens in their own backyards. But how can those of us urban dwellers do the same? In this birdkeeping 101 class, Joan Teebagy will share the basic how-tos of safely rearing chickens in urban and suburban environments. She will touch upon the legal side of poultry-rearing, and discuss local city codes and recent citizen-backed changes to ordinances.
About our Speaker
Joan Teebagy is a retired software engineer who lives on a small lot and raises laying chickens, meat chickens and bees as well as vegetables and flowers. She also tends two community garden plots and teaches at Codman Community Farms. Joan has taught backyard laying chickens and meat chickens as well as a chick breeding, hatching and rearing class for children. She developed and ran a program at Codman Community farm for community gardeners to raise meat chickens as a cooperative group.
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Hi all,
Thanks for such an informative and exciting event on Sunday!
One of the attendees, Sage, sent along this August 2009 editorial from the Boston Globe on the City of Boston’s regulations around keeping poultry. (http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2009/08/03/bring_on_the_personal_fowl/)
Thanks Sage!
– The JP Forum
Hi there, I’m a JP resident looking for a regular supply for fresh, local eggs – I’d love it if anyone with backyard chickens wants to make a few extra bucks!
Please contact me at kristen.vandamm@gmail.com