KEEPING CITY CHICKENS

Date: 05/18/2013
Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Cost: $20

Interested in keeping chickens in your backyard?  Hens are a wonderful addition to the gardenscape besides providing the benefit of fresh eggs!  Come learn all the necessary steps to keep your flock healthy & happy– from diet to dwellings, finding suitable breeds for your set-up, and some nifty husbandry know-how.  (This workshop will feature live chickens.)

Michelle Koeppe is a farmer and horticulturist, who is the owner/operator of Phasian Farms, a heritage poultry and vegetable farm located on Chehalem Mountain.  With a background working as a zookeeper, park ranger, and veterinary assistant she brings a unique perspective to farming, maintaining a balance with nature and focusing on holistic methods.  Though Michelle maintained a chicken flock while living in New Zealand a decade ago, her true chicken zeal started when she worked with Pistils Nursery in Portland– the first business to sell chickens within the city limits.  She has raised over 75 breeds of poultry.  Now active with the Pacific Northwest Poultry Association, she is working on her certification to become an American Poultry Association poultry judge.