backyard chickens

Since it became legal in Sacramento to raise and maintain backyard chickens, urbanites longing for a dose of rural living have leapt enthusiastically into poultry ownership. The ordinance passed in August 2011 (which, incidentally, forbids ducks, turkeys and geese) allows home owners to keep a maximum of three chicken hens – no roosters –...

Davis’ annual Tour de Cluck will be back on May 25 and is anticipated to be even better than previous years. Tour de Cluck started as a series of fundraisers for the Davis Farm to School Connection. As the event returned each year, it grew in size and importance, and now a number of...

Pastured Chicken: Chaffin Family OrchardsI don't often make New Year's Resolutions. However, I am quite good at breaking them. Which is probably why I don't make a lot of New Year's Resolutions. But if there's one thing that I resolve to do in 2013 -- ...

        When Charlene Jones retired the backyard became a priority. “We’re going to be here forever and wanted a beautiful place to live,” she said. Jones went to work and terra formed the once average 58th Street … Continue reading →

Chickens are all the rage now that more and more cities aremaking it legal for residents to keep a couple of hens in their backyard.  I was lucky enough to hang out with award-winning landscape designer and Timber Press author Jessi Bloom th...

I went house hunting recently. Not for myself, but for my future chickens. As of November 1st, urban chickens (three per household, no roosters) are allowed in the City of Sacramento.I really didn't do much in the way of comparison shopping because onc...

Talini's Nursery is a wonderland for fans of color and whimsy. Every item in the nursery seems to have a story, from their Mexican pottery (totally drool worthy, I want it all)........to Casper, their Horticultural Fetis Catus, and perhaps Talini's ve...

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?  This age old question has been answered by the Sacramento City Council, the chicken of course.  With a unanimous vote Tuesday night, the City Council passed an ordinance that will allow city residents to keep up to three egg-laying hens in their back yards starting November 1,...

Former L.A. Lakers Head Coach Phil Jackson once disparagingly described Sacramento as a “cow town.” Now that city leaders have unanimously passed a new ordinance, come November 1st you can start calling Sacramento a “chicken town” too. Under th...