Home to Roost Helping city folks raise chickens!

Don’t lose out! Register by Friday for these chicken-keeping classes at the Chicago Botanic Garden!

Saturday, October 14, 2023:

Basic Backyard Chicken Keeping,10 am – 12 pm. Register here: https://www.chicagobotanic.org/adult_education/nature_birding/basic_chicken_keeping?range_start=2023-10-14

Chicken Coop Basics, 1:30 – 3:30 pm. Register here: https://www.chicagobotanic.org/adult_education/nature_birding/chicken_coop_basics

Saturday, November 11, 2023
Snow Birds – Winter Care for Chickens, 10 am – 12 pm. Register here: https://www.chicagobotanic.org/adult_education/nature_birding/snow_birds_winter_care_chickens

What is your oldest living chicken? Most of the birds I’ve known have lived to be between 4 and 6 years. My oldest rooster, Hot Stuff, lived to be 10, and my favorite hen, Maryann, was 9. Here is a post about a hen who is 21! In fact, she’s in the Guiness Book of World Records.

https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/10/meet-peanut-the-worlds-oldest-living-chicken.html?fbclid=IwAR2c37OI1IPCo52EfXTZf5mRDGOnNWHGEmmAbTUGJZ7fy5aMUs8KekQLDME