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Helen Pope Standen lives, works, and keeps chickens nine miles west of Chicago�s Loop. She became interested in backyard chickens after foundation work on her home altered her soil composition. Rather than truck in loads of compost with dubious origins, she decided to improve her soil the old fashioned way - hard work, yard waste and manure. When a quick call to village hall confirmed the legality of keeping 2 fowl, she brought home her first hens. Six years later, the garden continues to benefit from the high nitrogen manure.
Raised on twelve acres in northeast Ohio, Helen grew up alongside the goats, chickens, pigs and rabbits her parents kept. She observed first hand the inter-dependent relationship of plants and animals and enjoys fostering this interaction in her urban backyard.
Useful links
My favorite place on the web for chicken information.
http://www.backyardchickens.com/
Dennis and Emily Wettstein sell beef, pork, lamb chicken and eggs at the Oak Park Farmers� Market. If you request it in advance, they will sell organic chicken feed as well.
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For feed, chicks, water and feed dishes, grit and oyster shells visit The Feed Store, in Summit, Illinois.
The next link is to an article I wrote for The Local Beet detailing my experiences raising chicks.
http://www.thelocalbeet.com/2009/05/12/the-chicken-lady/
The following are links to news articles about Chicago chickens.
http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=42,8,80,3&player=Jx8o5ZPDRw&rel=SF3Df0Gj2Nw2RiB9Tojx0XdLZXyGabQr
http://blogs.pioneerlocal.com/oakpark365/2009/04/april_27_2009_chicken_lady.html
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=resources/lifestyle_community/green&id=7057033
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