UCP Episode 005: Cable Cars and Urban Chickens — SF Loves Backyard Hens!

golden gate bridge san francisco

The Golden Gate Bridge at Sunset – by Jen Pitino

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 that climb the incredibly steep peaks of this hilly metropolis and provide such beautiful vistas of the bay and city. Continue reading

UCP Episode 004: Egg vs. Unegg – Same Problem – Different Solutions

Fresh eggs from the backyard

Fresh Eggs by Normanack

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 companies to replace the use of real eggs in their products.  Well, that is at least one solution being offer up by Josh Tetrick, head the new start-up Hampton Creek Foods company.  This small business is back with $2 million dollars of venture capital to create an all plant-based synthetic egg, which they call, Beyond Eggs.  But is this “unegg” all its cracked up to be? Continue reading

UCP Episode 003: Picking Winter Hardy Spring Chicks

Spring Chicken, black chick

Spring Chick by Gina Pina

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 chicks!” –  you find yourself reaching in to caress and hold whichever chick you can easily pick up.  You really want to hold this cheeping ball of down up against your cheek, but don’t dare risk it because you might get caught by a clerk.  You can barely contain the growing urge to buy a couple chicks — you are convincing yourself that you need baby chicks and you want to buy some right now. Continue reading

UCP Episode 002: Buckeyes – The Feminist’s Chicken!

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Buckeye Rooster – by Jeff Lay

On this week’s show in honor of Women’s History Month, I am interviewing Jeff Lay

American Buckeye Club

American Buckeye Club logo

from the American Buckeye Club to discuss the history of the remarkable American chicken breeder, Nettie Metcalf, and her creation of the extraordinary Buckeye Chicken.  Nettie Metcalf is credited as being the only known female to have created a unique breed of chicken officially recognized by the American Poultry Association.  We’re going to discuss all about how Nettie bucked the system with her Buckeye Chicken!   Continue reading

UCP Episode 001: Introduction to the Urban Chicken Podcast – Welcome!

Chicken round up

Chicken Round Up Prizes!

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.   Continue reading

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