Archive for August 28th, 2011

28 Aug

The Urban Chicken Consultant Suggests: Chicken Sitting

Posted by chickenwoman in Chicken care. Tagged: , , , , , , .


Here is a potential niche market idea: chicken sitting!

When chicken owners go out of town, they have to find someone to care for their birds. In steps… the chicken sitter!

This would be a good side gig for someone who likes chickens and has some time to drive around town to take care of other people’s birds while the owners are out of town. If you have ample property and can maintain quarantine of diverse groups of birds, you may be able to do it from home.

Read up on disease prevention in flocks before trying this. Different flocks coexist with different micro-organisms, so it’s important to keep their germs to themselves.

28 Aug

Chicken/migratory bird volunteers wanted

Posted by chickenwoman in Bird miscellany, poultry welfare. Tagged: , , , , .


I volunteer with Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, whose main purpose is rescuing migratory birds that crash into glass windows in the Loop (see my post from September of 2010). Occasionally we get calls about chickens wandering the streets.

Chicago Bird Collision Monitors is looking for volunteers to:

  • monitor buildings in the Loop
  • drive birds to the western suburbs
  • rescue chickens
  • foster chickens

If you’d be interested in helping out with any of these, please contact Chicago Bird Collision Monitors at 773-988-1867.

NOTE: While Home to Roost is concerned with the safety and welfare of chickens, we are NOT a chicken rescue. We do not take in birds.

28 Aug

River Forest Bans Backyard Hens

Posted by chickenwoman in Laws, Media coverage. Tagged: , , , .


A recent article underscores the ban on backyard hens in River Forest. Read more. Perhaps residents will decide to try to change their laws as other communities have recently done.

28 Aug

Sun Times Article on Backyard Chickens

Posted by chickenwoman in Urban agriculture. Tagged: , , , .


The Sun Times did a piece on urban chickens in Chicago! The article mentions the stranded chicks that Jacob Gaugert got; if you remember, they were rescued by Home to Roost: Traveling Chicks Land in Illinois!

28 Aug

Crystal Lake, IL, Nixes Backyard Chix

Posted by chickenwoman in Laws, Media coverage, Urban agriculture. Tagged: , , , .


Crystal Lake recently shot down an effort for folks to keep backyard hens. For more information, check out this article.