/tags/homesteading homesteading en-US Copyright Tue, 30 Jul 2019 21:48:33 GMT /ideastream/2019-07-30/suburban-sheffield-lake-tackling-poultry-problems Sheffield Lake is a small suburb of about 9,000 people living in about two and a half square miles, according to Mayor Dennis Bring. In such a densely populated, compact space, the town really needs to manage the chickens. “When you take that many people and put 50-foot lots – which are not very wide lots – and you start having animals, on 50-foot lots, anything that effects your neighbor becomes a problem, and that’s why we should have some rules in place,” he says. Tue, 30 Jul 2019 21:48:33 GMT /ideastream/2019-07-30/suburban-sheffield-lake-tackling-poultry-problems /news-partners/2019-04-24/too-many-eggs-for-one-basket-backyard-chicken-farmers-scramble-to-give-them-away Some food pantries are benefiting from home chicken keepers' desire to keep collecting the birds as pets, which results in more eggs than they can handle. But sometimes it can be hard to find takers. Wed, 24 Apr 2019 11:00:47 GMT /news-partners/2019-04-24/too-many-eggs-for-one-basket-backyard-chicken-farmers-scramble-to-give-them-away Tove Danovich /news/2018-02-14/hopeful-homesteaders-flock-to-clintonvilles-city-chicken-boot-camp Here's the trick to holding chickens: Once you get them settled in your hand, they're actually pretty friendly.Inside the City Folks Farm Shop in… Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:00:00 GMT /news/2018-02-14/hopeful-homesteaders-flock-to-clintonvilles-city-chicken-boot-camp Gabe Rosenberg