Urban Farm Obsessives
Back in December a cool crew from CBS Chow came out to the urban farm to do a series of tips on chicken keeping. The results are amusing if not helpful for newbie urban chicken keepers (Note to Chiraag: notice the backdrop on the coop tip).
Egg Layers vs. Meat Birds- or want the best of both worlds? Get dual purpose!
More Tips (click titles):
What Makes a Good Chicken Coop?
What Shouldn’t You Feed a Chicken
Oh my goodness! You were MADE for video!! aren’t you fantastic.
And I was planning to move to buffs anyhow, really. . .
February 16th, 2010 at 3:26 pmThanks Stefaneener! I like Buff Orpingtons. And though I like the green eggs of Auracaunas, I do not like the breed so much- way to skittish.
February 17th, 2010 at 7:08 pmSaw you on Chow! Good work
But I want 10 minute videos, not 40 second ones 
Query: I understand that off-gender specific-purpose birds are destroyed when young. Doesn’t the multi-purpose bird let you skip that?
I would think that a multi-purpose bird for normal people would be a no-brainer, because I’d think the advantages of the specific birds would be too small to show up on the balance sheet of a normal person.
February 27th, 2010 at 6:23 amRoger: Thanks! I am not sure what you mean by off-gender…if I have an unwanted rooster, I eat it. Roosters are wonderful and having one in the flock would be great. Unfortunately Oakland ordinance does not allow it.
Great observation! I think, in terms of specific purpose birds, someone that knows they will not eat their hens may do better to keep layers only. I suspect bulky birds eat more.
February 28th, 2010 at 5:55 pm