What's all the CHIRP'in about? MY CITY HENS!

We thank all of our CHIRP (city hens in roeland park) supporters! With your EGGScellent support, we have enjoyed our backyard hens for almost a year! Yay! In that time we have found ourselves giving assistance in many ways to other hen enthusiasts in the Kansas City area. Sheri and I are spreading our wings and changing our moniker to My City Hens. Look for a new website and lots of other helpful and FUN henkeeping stuff!

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/mycityhens?skip_nax_wizard=true

Check out our new Facebook page and give us a "like"!

 

 

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See How Urban Hens Really Live! Feathers and Fiber Coop Tour!

Feathers and Fiber Coop Tour

 Roeland Park Community Center, 4850 Rosewood Drive, will be the starting point for the first annual Feathers and Fiber Coop Tour on September 24th, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.  The event will be a benefit for the Roeland Park Food Pantry.  Admission will be one non perishable food item per person.  Maps will be given out at the Community Center to guide you to the coops on display.

 This event is co-sponsored by City Hens In Roeland Park (CHIRP) and the Kansas City Fiber Guild and supported by the Johnson County 4-H.  It will feature Roeland Park Coops and the hens that call them home.  There will be children’s activities including a coloring contest, the creation of a Funky Chicken Mural and an opportunity to learn about Johnson County 4-H.

 The Kansas City Fiber Guild will be knitting with GIANT knitting needles and the public will be invited to participate.  This will be a Public Art Project that may be displayed in Roeland Park.

 We will also be celebrating “Spin in Public Day” with spinning demonstrations and lessons at individual coops.  Wool and spindles will be provided.  There will also be a display of handspun yarns incorporating chicken and peacock feathers.

 Don’t forget your food donation to benefit the Roeland Park Food Pantry.  Come play and learn with us. 

Contact: Teresa Kelly      chirpks@gmail.com

CHIRP 

What's all the CHIRPin' about?  We have joined the other 65% of the major cities in the U.S. that welcome backyard hens as part of a sustainable lifestyle!

 www.chirpks.blogspot.com and City Hens in Roeland Park is on Facebook!

Missouri has set up the nation's FIRST committee on URBAN AGRICULTURE!!

From Cultivate Kansas City...

The state of Missouri has set up the nation’s first ever Committee on Urban Agriculture.  The committee - five Senators and five Representatives - are charged with learning about urban agriculture and developing and recommending policies to help the state benefit from the unique contributions of urban agriculture and local food systems.

The Committee will be in Kansas City to hold a PUBLIC HEARING on URBAN AGRICULTURE. 

When: MONDAY, JULY 11, 5:30 PM
Where: University of Missouri-Kansas City, Pierson Auditorium
           5000 Rockhill Road, Kansas City

The legislators on the committee are, by and large, new to the reality and potential of:
Urban food production (home gardens, community gardens, urban farms)
Food distribution in urban communities (how does food get from the farm to the plate?
Food access (who can afford food, who can get to it easily and not so easily)
This hearing is their first step in learning about these issues and in beginning to think about how, as legislators, they might make urban agriculture a vital, thriving contributor to the health and well-being of Missouri’s residents.

YOU DON’T NEED TO TESTIFY TO ATTEND!  We want to show them how many people care about food and food production in urban communities.  It will be a unique opportunity to begin to shape the future of urban ag in Missouri. Join us this Monday!

Committee approves the changes! On to KCMO City Council

The proposed changes were approved at the June 29 Committee meeting.  Residents supporting the keeping of backyard hens have to know how important it is to rally support and make your voice heard to your City Council members in KCMO.  Please consider sending a letter and make sure you include your name and address so they are assured you are one of their constituants. Don't know your Council members? Follow this link:

http://www.kcmo.org/CKCMO/CityOfficials/CityCouncilOffice/index.htm


Here is a link to the Ordinance:

KCMO Ordinance 110479


This is a study compiled by Hugh Bartling at DePaul University in 2010:

http://www.eatwhereulive.com/chicken_ordinance_report.pdf

You can email us for more information.

City Hens Town Hall Meeting November 9!

City Hens Town Hall Meeting

LOCATION CHANGE!

Tuesday, November 9  

7 pm

Roeland Park City Hall
4600 W. 51st Street
Roeland Park, KS 66205

Now is the time to step up and support City Hens in Roeland Park! Please join us for discussion of the new ordinance. This is an opportunity to share information, dispell myths and talk the truth about urban hen keeping!

To request a button, fliers to distribute or other information:  chirpks@gmail.com

Thank YOU for your support!

Chicken Evolution

Have you wondered how to reach your city officials? We are posting the email addresses for handy reference.

Action is at hand...come to the meeting on Thursday, October 21 to get your collateral information to support the efforts to get this ordinance done!

Many other communities have offered support and have asked for help. 

Part of what our purpose is to provide informationa and resources for those wanting to keep hens.
Here is another link into the "evolutionary" community:    

 A Chicken Evolution

Mad City Chickens (teaser #1)

What is all the CHIRPin'about?

Welcome to City Hens In Roeland Park.  This site is being created to provide an information outlet to our community.  We are part of a growing number of citizens nationwide who are reclaiming their power to choose the source of their food and to live a sustainable lifestyle.

Keeping hens and growing your own food is no longer limited to rural settings.  Exactly the opposite is true!  Urban and suburban farming is growing by leaps and bounds as we are finding that the only truly safe food source, is one we can trace to the producer. 

This could turn into a soapbox...and will from time to time.  For now, this is the  way we will distribute the lastest in our challenge to get a fair ordinance passed in our community of Roeland Park, KS. Expect meeting notices, commentary and discussion as we continue this process.

As this site grows, there will be links and resources provided to the ever expanding online community of back yard farmers and henkeepers.  So we invite you to subscribe to recieve the notice via email when we post new information.  Or you can join our group on Facebook.

Thanks!