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OUR 2023 SCHEDULE HAS BEEN UPDATED & UPLOADED! So what are you waiting for? BOOK NOW!   If you have been wondering how to jump onto the chicken keeping bandwagon you are in luck my friends! We'll be taking new and wannabe flock parents through mid August 2023. After 2022's egg and chicken catastrophe... You know the one, where a dozen eggs cost more than a couple gallons of petrol due to a highly pathogenic Avian Influenza? How about Chicken Feed'gate?  It was pretty scary out in these urban and rural streets when it came to baking or breakfast. .. On the brighter and dare I say sunnier side of things, the hilarious egg bootlegger videos of TikTok and Instagram are still fresh in my minds eye and gave me hope enough to continue offering support to my fellow neighbors as we live through very uncertain times.   Honestly, you could't have chosen a better time to get on board with growing your very own backyard flock and I'll hold your hand along the way. ABOUT TH

We're gearing up for this year's Chicken Keeping In the City Classes and we hope you'll join us online for a personable presentation that meets the backyard fowl permit requirements for the City of Minneapolis. Pre-register for our Saturday classes starting January 22nd through May 28th. The cost is just $25 per household so the kiddos can join too! Visit our booking page for more information. *Please note that the fee for this class is non-refundable. We can accommodate up to 10 participants per session and there are 2 sessions per available Saturday. If you know you'll miss your class date ahead of time, please send us a message a minimum of 12 hours before class begins to inquire about rescheduling. We'll do our best to make alternate arrangements to accommodate you. 

PEEP · PEEP · PEEP · MY PEEPS!!! Have you been wondering how so many people are being approved for backyard chickens? Come to one of my classes and find out! In just under two hours, you’ll have all the information you never you’re you needed to keep chickens in the city of Minneapolis. I’m talking weatherization , Coop requirements , caring for sick birds , what breeds might work best for your situation , what you are and aren't allowed to do within the city limits , *how to become and stay best buddies with your neighbors , and so much more. Click here to snag a Saturday that works best for you , or use the calendar I embedded for you below. Oh, and please don’t forget to tell your friends! P.S. I am an approved fowl educator for the City of Minneapolis, MN . *I can't really promise you'll be best buds with your neighbors, but nothing fails but a try, right? Good Luck, I can't wait to see you in class! 😏

We've enjoyed a very warm and almost over-warm autumn so far which has afforded us an opportunity to be very lax in completing end of the year tasks such as putting the garden to bed and yard clean up. Another necessary *task* or chore has been to winterize our chicken coop.  There's been nothing like seeing the neighbors shake their heads at us while we're out hollering at each other to hold down the plastic tarp and grab the proper sized bits and screws to make you think twice about whether or not we've lost our ever loving minds with this venture.  Of course we pick the windiest days and the oddest hours.... They ask us " What are you doing now, we thought your were done building the coop ". Our answer is " Yes, we're done building the coop, but we need to make sure their house is buttoned up and prepared for the winter just like ours ." This assuredly garners much side eye and breathy OK's from the neighbors perspectives and ours too.