Mad City Chickens: Coming to a Backyard Near You! screening and discussion with Heather Havens
Thursday, June 18th, 7:30-9:30 pm
By donation
Langara College Summer School on Building Community June 16th-27th (full programme info at www.villagevancouver.ca or www.langara.bc.ca)
100 West 49th Ave, Vancouver
I think you’ve probably all heard of the film Mad City Chickens, (and know Heather) but just in case…
Mad City Chickens (79 min) is a sometimes serious, sometimes whimsical look at the people who keep urban chickens in their backyards. From chicken experts and authors to a rescued landfill hen or an inexperienced family that decides to take the poultry plunge — and even a mad scientist and giant hen taking to the streets – it’s a humourous and heartfelt trip[ through the world of backyard chickendom.
Following the film, Heather Havens will lead a discussion. Heather is an agricultural and animal scientist. In 2008, she legally inported her hens to Canada and has since worked with others to help the Vancouver City Council change the backyard chicken bylaw. Heather taught the first local backyard chicken keeping workshop in Richmond in February.
Co-sponsored by Village Vancouver and Langara College Continuing Studies.
Register: 604.323.5322 Course reg. no.: 60784
Further info: Leslie Kemp 604.323.5981 or lkemp@langara.bc.ca.
If your having a hard time finding them at feed stores and so on, simply ask a local seafood restaurant if you can have the shells of the Oysters they shuck in house. then all you need to do is give them a wash (chances are they are pretty clean already), but em in a tough used rice sack or an old pillow case and whack em with a hammer a few times. A couple of dozen shells will last you ages – besides if you have too many crushed shells, you can simply use some of the extra to keep the slugs away from your favorite plants. That is provided your little hen hasn’t scoured the yard clean. Mine really like snails.