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.
Archive for the ‘Media coverage’ Category
28 Aug
Crystal Lake, IL, Nixes Backyard Chix
Crystal Lake recently shot down an effort for folks to keep backyard hens. For more information, check out this article.
18 Jul
Oak Park Legalizes Beekeeping
Home to Roost has a mention in this article!
“At the June 20 Oak Park Village Board Meeting, the board voted 6-1 to lift the village’s longstanding ban on beekeeping.
KC Poulos, Sustainability Manager for the Village, said village staff will now draft a beekeeping ordinance…”
3 Jun
YouTube Video Featuring Home to Roost at EarthFest 2011 in Oak Park
I brought a buff Orpington rooster to EarthFest this year, just to jazz things up a bit! The intermittent crowing was a good crowding-gathering gimmick, and it was fun to be working with poultry testosterone again! Here’s a little video posted on YouTube! Watch for the chicken pix!
EarthFest is a community-based event that draws green vendors of both products and services.
18 May
Home to Roost Client Writes About Her Chixperience
One of my Oak Park clients is writing for Patch.com! She emailed earlier this year with a definitive “I am ready for chickens!” and asked for my Home to Roost package deal! I scoped out the yard, gave tips and pointers, checked on the new babies, and responded to a call when one of them died. Read all about it here! We Have Chickens!
15 Mar
Chickens (and Home to Roost) Featured on YouTube Video
Northwestern grad student Heather Perlberg interviewed me on 3/9, along with several other members of the Chicago chicken-raising community! She captures the pros and cons of urban chicken raising.
Check out the results here.
23 Nov
At long last! The Chicago Tonight coverage!
After a few false starts, Home to Roost made a debut on Chicago Tonight.
Chicago Tonight covered my fledgling business, consulting to individuals, garden groups, schools, et al.
Check out the coverage here: http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2010/11/22/urban-chicken-consultant
22 Nov
Behind the Scenes: Pictures from Chicago Tonight Shooting
On October 22, 2010, I met the Chicago Tonight crew and Mary, the Columbia College student who is making a documentary about my urban chickens business at the house of Bruce, my client whose chicks were featured in the Wednesday Journal in July. Chicago Tonight interviewed us as I conducted a consult. Here are a few pix!
The story airs on Monday, 11/22, at 7 PM on Channel 11.
15 Nov
Mike Nowak Talks Chickens
Mike Nowak, Chicago’s premiere urban gardening radio host, has picked up the chicken trend here in Chicago. His November 14, 2010, radio show featured Martha Boyd with Angelic Organics Learning Center.
Mike thinks chickens are funny – well, a friend told me that any word with a “k” in it sounds funny – so when I tell folks I’m an urban chicken consultant, to prevent myself from chuckling, I just remember that words with a “k” in them sound funny!
Check out Mike’s web page for the urban chicken links and the podcast! If you want to skip to the urban chicken bit, it begins at around 1:42.
Serama rooster
Home to Roost 