Introduce Yourself!
Jessica Lane
'Welcome' thread...but I admit I'm horrible with names and I don't
know much about you. Here's a chance to introduce yourself, tell us
why you want backyard hens, and let the group know who you are!
So, come out of the member list and say 'hi!'!
Lori Schultz
have chickens for years and am so excited about the prospect of being
able to have a couple of them in my backyard! Between my dogs,
cockatiels, and myself I can go through 6 dozen eggs a week. And I
always buy organic so it gets a bit expensive. Having my own chickens
will relieve some of my costs. I hope the ordinance passes.
Jodi
My interest in backyard hens began when I stumbled across the
documentary - "The Natural History of the Chicken".
I am a vet tech and worked in emergency medicine for years. Now I am a
nurse. We have live in Riverwest and love it here. We went on the Mad
City Coop Tour last year and it was fantastic! I think chickens foster
a great since of community and home.
We are starting a clutch of eggs for hatching this weekend at a local
preschool. We will have Barred Rock, Rhode Island Reds, and Buff
Brahmas. I wish I could keep some of them at this point but that
doesnt seem to be possible right now. If anyone is interested I can
post pics of the progress.
I am looking forward to doing what I can to help make Cream City Hens
legal.
Jodi
Annabell
I am so excited that this group is taking action. I call myself an
urban homesteader (leforthomestead.blogspot.com), it's ever-evolving.
I'm currently working very part-time as a pastry chef while I care for
my 13-month-old daughter. So I've had some time in the last year to
start developing our city lot more seriously as a homestead. I love
gardening (flowers and veggies), knitting, sewing, reading, walking,
traveling, camping. I teach food preservation classes spring through
fall, I write a column for the Outpost Exchange, and I am a worker-
share at Pinehold Gardens in Oak Creek. I love Milwaukee and feel so
lucky to have found such an amazing community of like-minded people
who love food. It makes this city seem a little smaller. I'm
thrilled about what's happening in our city food and urban-ag wise.
Let's do this!!!
P.S. I could commit about 1-2 hours/month in some way.
steve
here in the neighborhood that are very interested in growing their own
food, raising backyard hens for meat or eggs. my garden, currenly, is
in terrible shape as my wife and i just had a baby boy on april
first. i like to know how the urban chicken movement is coming along,
and the alderman next to my district (i am currently represented by
milele cogs) Nik Kovac is very pro-chicken. We (the city of
milwaukee) just passed ordinance on urban beekeeping.
steve
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Chia Xiong
Chia and my family has lived on the southside of Milwaukee since 1986
and we are all nature enthusiasts. My father especially is excited
about the new ordinance and says that the chance that it is even being
considered by the city is a great stride in the right direction
towards families becoming more self sufficient. For over a decade, my
family has been renting land outside of Milwaukee to grow our own
veggies during the Spring, Summer, and the harvest months since our
backyard is relatively small and we can only grow herbs and smaller
plants here. Now I will admit that even though keeping chickens is
illegal in the City of Milwaukee, many people have done it and
continue to do it regardless, so I hope that as we spread the word of
this important ecological, environmental, and financial ordinance,
those who keep chickens now will step up and help in the efforts to
make this a winning cause for all of us. Chickens just do not equal
free eggs (minus the cost of feed of course- $13 for a 50 lb
bag...don't ask how I know *wink wink*), free fertilizer for your
backyard, patio, or balcony gardens, but they also provide
companionship for people who enjoy pets. Heck even if you don't like
animals, you will find that 15 minutes spent watching a few chickens
scratching along your backyard grass foraging for insects and other
tasty morsels do wonders for your body in terms of stress relief and
general anger towards the idiots of society. Did I mention that
chickens also equal free pest and weed control? Why bother wasting
money on chemicals that ruin your grass when a few chickens will do
for free! Why spray food you are intending to eat with chemicals when
a few chickens will keep any pest smaller than they are away from your
future edibles? This includes strays, coons, rodents...you name it.
Just because we humans have coined the word chicken as cowardly
doesn't mean that the actual animal is one. ;-) Backyard chickens in
Milwaukee just makes sense. Just think, if a city as big as Chicago
can do this...why can't we? Thanks for listening and I look forward
to meeting all of you and getting to work on this soon. Enjoy your
weekend.
Sincerely,
Chia