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The other day I stumbled across a <a title=”wonderful website” href=”http://urbanchickens.org/” target=”_blank”>wonderful website</a> that’s devoted to helping folks raise chickens in urban and suburban residential environments. The website, <a title=”UrbanChickens.org” href=”http://urbanchickens.org/” target=”_blank”>UrbanChickens.org</a> (Albuquerque, NM) is the brainchild of  KT LaBadie and her husband Mark Scully … the couple founded the website in 2007 after KT gave a presentation on the benefits of chickens in urban environments in one of her graduate planning classes. “This presentation sparked a lot of interest from fellow classmates who were unaware of Albuquerque’s chicken friendly ordinances and zoning,” KT says. “This prompted Mark and me to start the <a title=”Albuquerque Urban Chickens group” href=”http://urbanchickens.org/abq-urban-chickens” target=”_blank”>Albuquerque Urban Chickens group</a> as a way to educate the local public and teach urban chicken keeping classes.”</p>
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<p>From this local start, the chicken-loving couple took their project worldwide with the goal of encouraging and helping folks around the globe to raise chickens in town. The website is a treasure trove of information covering everything from the fundamentals of chicken keeping to navigating murky municipal waters. Although KT and Mark are passionate urban farmers, their advice and wisdom, and that of the many forum contributors, is relevant to virtually any small-scale chicken operation anywhere.</p>
<p>KT and Mark live in Albuquerque with their four chickens Gloria, Switters, Omelet and Buffy. If you fancy fowl, check out the <a title=”Urban Chickens website” href=”http://urbanchickens.org/” target=”_blank”>Urban Chickens website</a> … and if you have any insight and experience to share, don’t be shy about doing just that.</p>
<p>Logo and photos courtesy KT LaBadie.</p>
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<a href=”http://www.grit.com/biographies/oscar-h-will” target=_self>Hank Will</a>
<em> raises hair sheep, heritage cattle and many varieties of open-pollinated corn with his wife, Karen, on their rural Osage County, Kansas farm. His home life is a perfect complement to his professional life as editor in chief at GRIT and Capper’s Farmer magazines. Connect with him on </em>
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