Podcasts by The Urban Chicken Podcast - The Urbanite
Where All Things Chicken Are Discussed
Further podcasts by Jen Pitino: Urban Chicken-keeper & Backyard Chicken Enthusiast
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UCP Episode 061: Should you get Fall/Winter Chicks? A Discussion with Tyler Danke of Purely Poultry from 2015-09-25T16:07:27
Springtime is the season most usually associated with getting started with baby chicks. However, autumn (and even winter) can be viable seasons for you to get a jump start on next year’s flock. Th...
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UCP Episode 060: Listener Q&A Session #6 from 2015-09-01T08:41:45
On this episode of the Urban Chicken Podcast, I answer a new set of listener questions on a variety of topics. How long after your husband treats your lawn with a chemical weed and feed can you sa...
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UCP Episode 059: The Livestock Conservancy–Saving Heritage Our Breeds (Discussion with Jeannette Beranger) from 2015-06-10T03:49:06
How many grizzly bears are in the United States? 1,800. How many grey wolves in America? 5,443 in the lower 48 states (there is an estimated additional 7,700 -11,000 in Alaska.) How many Redcap b...
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UCP Episode 058: Listener Q&A Session #5 from 2015-05-04T16:27:41
It is time again for another session of Urban Chicken Podcast Listeners’ questions and answers. This Q and A session we consider and discuss ISA Brown chickens, a rooster who is acting like a hen,...
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UCP Episode 057: Understanding Chicken Molting with Meredith Chilson from 2015-02-23T12:30:23
Backyard chickens molt every year to replace broken, frayed and old feathers. Though conventionally, chickens molt in late summer/early fall, a bird can molt anytime of year that suits. Molting i...
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UCP EPISODE 056: Winning the Chicken Legal Fight (a Conversation with Kathy Shea Mormino) from 2015-01-28T01:21:16
In 2013, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) studied urban chicken keeping in four major cities (Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City) and discovered that less than 1% of ho...
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UCP Episode 055: Listeners Q and A Session #4–Understanding Sex-Links, Bad Broodies&Plants Toxic to the Flock from 2014-11-22T05:11:51
Today on the Urban Chicken Podcast, I answer more chicken questions posed by listeners in Session #4 of Listeners’ Q&A series. The chicken issues being discussed and considered in this session are...
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UCP Episode 054–Chickens a Survivalist Tool?–A Conversation with Aaron Frankel of the In the Rabbit Hole-Urban Survival Podcast from 2014-10-08T03:18:17
Burgeoning U.S. national debt Islamic fundamentalist terrorism Continuous spewing of Fukushima radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean Instability in the dollar’s position as the world’s reserve c...
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UCP Episode 053–How to Primp Your Chickens for Show from 2014-09-01T16:00:25
Earlier this month, my sister and I dipped our toes into the pool of competitive chicken shows by entering several birds at our local county fair. When I first started down the backyard chicken tr...
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UCP Episode 052–Spying on Hens with Terry Golson of Hencam.com from 2014-08-18T17:13:14
What is really happening inside of your chicken coop? Who is the naughty feather pulling hen? Is there mischief occurring in your flock that you’re simply unaware of? For the average chicken keep...
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UCP Episode 051–Herbs for the Hens: a Conversation with Tina Hickman of Luv Nest from 2014-07-30T01:35:52
Across all continents and cultures, man has been using herbs for their medicinal and beneficial properties for thousands of years. Even today it is estimated that 80% of the world’s population rel...
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UCP Episode 050–The Incredible, Edible Egg: Nutrition Expert Liz Wolfe Explains Why Eggs are a Perfect Food from 2014-07-04T15:50:55
If you have backyard chickens then you probably abound in your birds’ gift of eggs, eggs and more eggs. Your backyard bounty is delicious, nutritious and delightful, right? Conventional medical “w...
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UCP Episode 049: Michigan’s Right to Farm Act–No Longer Progressive Protection for Urban Chickens&Farms from 2014-06-11T23:42:30
Are backyard chickens, beehives, gardens a “farm” is the owner sells part or all of the bounty of the eggs, honey and vegetables from his/her yard? Until recently in Michigan, the answer was “Yes” ...
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UCP Episode 048–Fermenting Chicken Feeds the Right Way! from 2014-05-27T03:42:20
Fermenting certain foods is a very traditional method of food preservation and also enhancing nutrition. When it comes to feeding our backyard flock, fermentation is an excellent method to impro...
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UCP Episode 047–Langshan Chickens: Matt Stillman Discusses this Ancient Chinese Secret? from 2014-05-12T04:25:36
Question: How do you make the most strikingly beautiful, large, feather-legged, dark brown egg-laying chickens? Answer: Ancient Chinese Secret! Langshan, Cochin and Brahma are the three breeds ...
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UCP Episode 046: The Good Egg–Cookbook Author Marie Simmons Teaches Egg Cookery from 2014-04-16T18:05:29
It started off as a match made in heaven. You got some backyard chickens and they started laying you delicious eggs. It seemed perfect at first. That handful of hens though, turn out to be fruit...
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UCP Episode 045:“The Chicken and the Dog”–An Urban Chicken Tale for Children from 2014-03-30T18:24:07
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade – so the old saying goes. Amanda Maxwell and her husband Andre followed the wisdom of that age old advice when tragedy struck their small backyard flock...
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UCP Episode 044: Pending Arizona“Chicken Bill”(Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Chickens!) from 2014-03-16T16:30:33
Currently, there is an important property rights bill being considered in Arizona, Senate Bill 1151, also known as the Homegrown Freedom Act. This piece of legislation, which some glibly call t...
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UCP Episode 043–Listeners Q&A Session #3–Squawking Hens&Using Sand in Your Coop from 2014-03-07T03:52:06
Today on the Urban Chicken Podcast I answer more chicken questions posed by listeners in Session III of Listeners’ Q&A series. The chicken issues being discussed and considered in this session are...
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UCP Episode 042: City Farmers Nursery–An Urbanite’s Source for Inspiration and Assistance from 2014-02-26T07:05:57
What separates the average from the extraordinary? Perhaps you think it depends on the context or subject matter that is being considered. I disagree. In all things and all people the extraordi...
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UCP Episode 041: Wintertime and Predators from 2014-02-18T07:06:57
Predators are always a concern for chicken owners. What may not be widely known amongst chicken keepers is that the risk of attack upon your flock may actually be worse in winter months than durin...
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UCP Episode 040: Rare&Unusual Breeds–Chicken Importation with Greenfire Farms from 2014-02-08T06:19:44
Allegedly, it all began with the Coronation Sussex – a chicken variety developed to celebrate the coronation of King George. In 2007 Florida Attorney, Paul Bradshaw noticed a demand for Coronation...
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UCP Episode 039: Listeners Q&A Session #2: Chickens&Extreme Cold, Sprouted Grains&Soldier Fly Larvae and a Chicken Education Tip from 2014-01-28T06:57:22
Like most people, I love to receive mail (so long as it is not a bill or junk). Recently, I have gotten several messages from Urban Chicken Podcast listeners, who wrote to either pose a burning ch...
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UCP Episode 038: Love the Dark Eggs–Oh Wonderful Marans! from 2014-01-22T07:20:48
The Marans chicken breed is marvelously varied! The untrained observer could see a Black Copper, a Blue, a Wheaten and a Cuckoo Marans and never realize that these chickens, with vastly differen...
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UCP Episode 037: Molting: Help, My Chicken is NAKED! from 2014-01-14T06:58:23
Frida Chicken turned up in the coop mostly naked and looking quite chilled a couple weeks ago – just before Christmas. Wintertime in Boise, Idaho is cold and snowy, with the days hanging at or bel...
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UCP Episode 036: Talking Chicken with A.P.A. Hall of Fame Member–Tony Albritton from 2014-01-05T04:13:26
What do Andre “the Hawk” Dawson, Phil Collins (with his band Genesis), and Tony Albritton all have in common? All three gentlemen were inducted into their respective industry’s Hall of Fame in 201...
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UCP Episode 035: Chicks, Flocks&Tractors–Answering a Listener’s Questions from 2013-12-21T07:24:08
It is always gratifying to get feedback and interaction from the Urban Chicken Podcast audience. Recently, Carla Allen of Georgia email me and posed a few questions that were interesting and appli...
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UCP Episode 034: Pasture-Raised Poultry and the Art of Butchering with Scratch A-Lot Farm from 2013-11-28T19:17:33
Lee Lynn Thompson, owner and operator of Scratch A-Lot Farm has a lifetime of experience in raising chickens. She and her husband have recently opened their farm which primarily raises, processes ...
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UCP Episode 033: The Kentucky Specks Chicken–The Rarest American Bantam from 2013-11-22T04:26:21
The Kentucky Specks chicken is an American rare breed of chicken that is shrouded in much lore and mystery. These small white and black mottled chickens – splashed with red hackle feathers and blu...
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UCP Episode 032: Biosecurity–How to Keep Your Hens Safe From Disease from 2013-11-07T05:26:19
Keeping you backyard flock of chickens healthy and safe requires more than just providing them clean water and food and secure housing. One of the most important considerations for the conscientio...
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UCP Episode 031: The Poultry Show–The Top Ten Things I Learned, Liked or Found Surprising from 2013-10-30T22:05:47
Everyone has anticipated something or some event in their life, only to find that reality and their imagination do not match up exactly. The imagination can be a dangerous thing – it can give one ...
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UCP Episode 030: Shell-less and Soft-Shelled Eggs from 2013-10-24T03:21:51
Eggs: they’re colorful; they’re delicious; and they’re supposed be the hard-shelled and oval. However, sometimes they’re not shaped and formed as they ought to be. Today, on the Urban Chicken Podc...
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UCP Episode 029: The Secret Lives of Chickens–Insights with Lauren Scheuer (Chicken author/illustrator/owner) from 2013-10-11T02:34:40
Whether a chicken has a qualitative conscious state of being is surprisingly a matter up for debate. Recently, a co-worker told me that chickens do not have any feelings. He went so far as to even...
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UCP Episode 028: Vestibulo Ocular Reflex or Why Chickens Have Steady Cam Heads&Humans Don’t from 2013-10-04T03:13:41
Mercedes-Benz recently released a new commercial in which several chickens are rolled and moved about by anonymous human arms. The point of the commercial is to demonstrate the fact that a chicken...
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UCP Episode 027: The Pacific Northwest Poultry Association, A Double Poultry Show&Sher Jennings from 2013-09-27T04:13:34
The Pacific Northwest Poultry Association is one of the largest poultry organizations west of the Mississippi River. Commonly called the PNPA (though the full name is a solid name, its a bit of a ...
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UCP Episode 026: Ears&Eggs–What Color are Your Eggshells and Why? from 2013-09-19T04:04:07
Ears and Eggs. In chickens the two are oddly linked. There is a general rule that the color of a chicken’s ear (actually it’s earlobes, since the ears are covered in feathers and not readily visi...
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UCP Episode 025: Keeping Chickens Naturally–a discussion with Lisa Steele from Fresh Eggs Daily from 2013-09-12T04:04:18
Lisa Steele is the author of the wildly popular chicken related blog and Facebook page – Fresh Eggs Daily. She shares practical techniques with her audience on how to raise and keep backyard chick...
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UCP Episode 024: Train Your Chickens to Do Tricks!–Discussion with Animal Trainer Giene Keyes from 2013-09-05T04:16:20
So you have backyard chickens and they’re great. They provide you fresh eggs daily; they eat bugs and weeds in your yard; and best of all, they provide you with countless hours of entertainment wa...
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UCP Episode 023: Raising Chickens in Bear Country–discussion with Dr. Jessy Coltrane from 2013-08-29T04:00:33
There are an estimated 900,000 black bears living in the wild throughout North America (USA+Canada). There is additionally an estimated 1,000 grizzly bears in the lower 48 states and 30,000 more of...
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UCP Episode 022: Feeding our Chickens Well–Discussion of Organic Farming&Chicken Feed with Wes Gibbs from 2013-08-22T04:22:46
You are what you eat. This adage also rings true indirectly – you are what your chickens eat as well, if you eat your birds or their eggs. Studies have shown that the quality of food that a chick...
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UCP Episode 021: Listeners’Questions Answered (Session #1) on Scissorbeak, Designing the Perfect Coop&Treating Chicken Wounds from 2013-08-08T03:17:03
Urban Chicken Podcast listeners have been reaching out lately and sending me their chickens questions. These questions are interesting and relevant to all chicken enthusiasts and so I have decided...
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UCP Episode 020: The Heat is On for the Hens–Summer Proof Your Flock from 2013-08-01T04:19:35
If you think summertime heat is uncomfortable for you, imagine being wrapped up in a down comforter and trying to stay cool out in the hot weather. Your backyard hens are essentially robed in thei...
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UCP Episode 019: Picking Great Backyard Hens with Chicken Aficionado Mike Stanton + Eating Raw Chicken?! from 2013-07-25T04:34:30
There are hundreds of different breeds of chickens. Literally, hundreds. Though one likes having options – it can also be daunting to try to sift through the variety of birds to find the breeds b...
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UCP Episode 018: Spontaneous Sex Reversal in Chickens–My Hen Just Became a Rooster! from 2013-07-18T02:06:52
Probably, if you have been following this podcast for a while now, you have noticed that I can’t get enough of the stories and news items that are based in the realm of the bizarre. Despite my clea...
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UCP Episode 017: Learning How to Set Up&Running a Wholesale Organic Feed Buyers’Club with Scott Brown of Phoenix Organic Feed from 2013-07-10T18:45:58
If you have backyard chickens there is a good chance that you are looking to eat more locally and organically. However, the retail cost of purchasing organic chicken feed can be daunting or eve...
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UCP Episode 016: Rent-a-Coop–A Way to Try Before You Buy Chickens from 2013-07-03T17:50:35
So you’re chicken curious, but feel trepidation about jumping head first into backyard chicken ownership. If only there was a way you could try out backyard chickens without having to commit. N...
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UCP Episode 015: The Politics of Chickens from 2013-06-27T04:44:26
Lately, chickens are the centerpiece of a growing political battle in America. Little did Henny Penny know, that one state’s effort to pass a state law to provide her with a slightly larger ba...
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UCP Episode 014: Chicken Lice&Mites–How to End the Creepy-Crawlies on Your Hens and In Your Coop from 2013-06-20T02:57:37
Lice and mites are creepy-crawlies that can torment your birds and cause them serious suffering, physical ailment and in extreme cases, lead to the death of your chickens. There are many things to...
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UCP Episode 013: The Ins and Outs of Washing Eggs from 2013-06-13T03:10:07
Soak your eggs in water with one cap of bleach…wash your eggs with warm water…wash your eggs with cold water…wash your eggs with non-toxic dish soap…wash your eggs with baking soda… don’t wash yo...
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UCP Episode 012: 4H–It Will Teach Your Kid More Than Just Showing Chickens from 2013-06-05T23:25:40
What do Johnny Cash, Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Orville Redenbacher all have in common? 4H – they were all members of 4H in their youth. It was suggested by one of my guests in a recent episod...
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UCP Episode 011: Medicated Chick Feed or Not–What Is Best For Your Baby Birds? from 2013-05-30T05:48:42
Many people take up chicken keeping for the particular purpose of having more control over this food source of eggs (and sometimes meat) in a direct response to the world of large agribusiness. Th...
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UCP Episode 010: Erica Says You Absolutely Shouldn’t Get Chickens—Is She Right? from 2013-05-22T21:07:32
Perhaps today’s show topic seems counter intuitive to the Urban Chicken Podcast’s mission of encouraging and supporting people in their pursuit of backyard chickens. Erica, author of NW Edible L...
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UCP Episode 009: The Nesting Place: America’s First Chicken Hotel—Interview with Owner Bill Bezuk from 2013-05-15T23:44:43
So you need to go out of town for a weekend or maybe you’re doing a month-long tour of Europe – what are you going to do with your feathered family members while you’re gone? Bill Bezuk, owner/op...
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UCP Episode 008: Egg-Eating–How to Prevent and Stop this Very Bad Chicken Habit from 2013-05-08T09:00:35
An egg can be a delicious, delightful treat – but this is a secret that all chicken owners want to keep from their flock. Once a chicken gets a taste of the gooey center of one of these … Listen
UCP Episode 007: Mastering“The Art of the Chicken Coop”–with Author/Carpenter Chris Gleason from 2013-05-01T08:56:27
So, you want to build a coop that is a little more substantial than the rustic example above, but you’ve never really built anything noteworthy in your life. Never fear – today’s episode is totall...
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UCP Episode 006: Chickens, Gardens&Everything Else Grandma Knew and You Don’t–But Can Learn at the Institute of Urban Homesteading from 2013-04-24T07:46:04
In this modern world, we are in poor supply of the sensibilities and skills of our forefathers. Let’s face it – Grandma and Grandpa had a lot of ‘know-how’ and we are slipping into a nation of ‘kno...
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UCP Episode 005: Cable Cars and Urban Chickens—SF Loves Backyard Hens! from 2013-04-17T07:13:12
San Francisco is, hands down, one of the loveliest, most interesting, charming large cities in the United States. It is world renowned for its playfully pastel painted row homes and cable cars th...
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UCP Episode 004: Egg vs. Unegg–Same Problem–Different Solutions from 2013-04-10T06:05:20
Question: How do you solve the problem of massive, industrial egg farming and its grossly inhumane practices? Answer: Create a fake egg in a laboratory and sell it to all of the major food compan...
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UCP Episode 003: Picking Winter Hardy Spring Chicks from 2013-04-03T04:04:18
All of the feed stores are full of peeping chicks – springtime is officially here. Despite the sign over the bin housing all of these terribly cute puffballs, which reads, “Do NOT handle the chick...
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UCP Episode 002: Buckeyes–The Feminist’s Chicken! from 2013-03-27T09:49:16
On this week’s show in honor of Women’s History Month, I am interviewing Jeff Lay from the American Buckeye Club to discuss the history of the remarkable American chicken breeder, Nettie Metcalf, a...
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UCP Episode 001: Introduction to the Urban Chicken Podcast–Welcome! from 2013-03-20T02:21:13
Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Urban Chicken Podcast! On this week’s show I will introduce myself and talk about the who, what, when, why and how’s about the podcast. On the program, I w...
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