September is National Chicken Month!
16 Sep 2009
While National Chicken Month was started by the industry trade group National Chicken Council to promote consumption of chicken products The Humane Society has decided its a great time to focus on celebrating the chicken!
Check out their Celebrate Chickens page where you can see some beautiful chickens and read about their rescues.
I also found their tutorial on how to read your egg carton label very interesting.
They have tons of information I’m glad I never read before I had my own back yard chickens. I’m not sure I could still eat eggs! Of course they support a vegetarian diet free of eating animals to reduce cruelty to animals, but finding a local source for eggs and chickens is also a good idea.
If you’d like to find out more about chickens in the Atlanta area check out the Atlanta Backyard Poultry Meet Up group.
The upcoming Potluck Picnic will be a great opportunity to meet some Backyard Chicken owners!
What: Potluck Picnic and Chicken Swap
When: September 26, 2009 11AM – 3PM
Where: Midway Park Pavilion – 5100 Post Road/Hwy 371, Cumming, GA, 30040
Bring: Your favorite dish to share and a chicken to swap!
We will have a grill for everyone to use if anyone wants to cook out.
Please bring your own food, drinks, chairs, and blankets.
We have been granted permission to bring our chickens to a Forsyth County Park for a picnic! Per park rules, we must keep our chickens in cages just as all dogs at the park must be kept on leashes in the parks.
If you have a chicken or two that you would like to trade bring it and see what others might have for you.
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