{"id":170,"date":"2009-10-22T02:25:27","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T12:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washedashore.com\/eggsntea\/?p=170"},"modified":"2009-10-22T09:31:35","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T19:31:35","slug":"chicken-will-endure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/2009\/10\/chicken-will-endure\/","title":{"rendered":"“Chicken…always sunny and useful, will endure”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s title comes from a very timely article published in The New Yorker (Sept. 28, 2009) by Susan Orlean, “The It Bird – The return of the back-yard chicken<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Tuesday evening, Ben & I presented “Hawaii Backyard Poultry Management” as part of “Practical Agriculture for Hamakua 2009”. In case you missed the class, here’s the PDF<\/a> (2 MB) as maintained on our Ahualoa Chicken Notes<\/a>. The file covers a source of local stock of baby chicks, feeding organically and challenges of feeding locally. We had a lot of fun talking chicken with 15 chicken enthusiasts. (bok, bok!)<\/p>\n

Ben and I got started into farming by the first class of its kind in 2006. Back then, Jim Cain was the program manager. Now, Donna Mitts is the lead organizer. Take a look at the classes offered\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.hamakuadev.org\/<\/a> many which are geared towards specifically farming in Hawaii.<\/p>\n

There’s plenty of venues to talk chicken story with us:<\/p>\n

Saturday, October 24 <\/strong> (9 am to 2pm) Ben and I will host an educational table at Hamakua Alive! (Pau’auilo Elementary and Middle School 43-1497 Old Main Road Paauilo, HI 96776<\/a>) We’ll be happy to talk story about backyard chickens and tea (camellia sinensis<\/a>).\u00c2\u00a0 By the way, we have a limited quantity of black tea available for purchase<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, October 27<\/strong> from 6pm, Vicky Dunaway will discuss “A Pastured Poultry Model That Works” for about 20 mins. Her talk is followed by a public screening of “Mad City Chickens<\/a>,” a feature length documentary about the return of urban backyard chickens. We hope you’ll join us for the 1 hr 18 minute movie.<\/p>\n

Halloween, Saturday, October 31,<\/strong> join the Practical Ag class for a farm tour on our homestead, “Ahualoa Egg & Tea Farm” from 9 am to 11 am. I hope to introduce you to Ophelia<\/a>, my favorite Barred Rock hen and Lil’ Buff<\/a>, my favorite Buff Orpington. Register with Donna Mitts (call 936-2117 or email ohanadonna@yahoo.com).<\/p>\n

In this short video Susan Orlean introduces Tookey, a Gingernut Ranger<\/a>, one of her original hen who is currently at the top of the pecking order. (In our flock of ten remaining hens, I picked out the top hen: it’s Alpha-hen, an Australian Orpington, commonly shortened to Australorp<\/a>.) Watching chickens, online<\/a> or in real life, makes me happy. It’s nice to know the chickens are making a comeback in backyard all across America.<\/p>\n

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