A few years back, local real estate broker, Brad Klein started a program for Rock Creek residents to donate food items to the Boulder County Food Share during the Thanksgiving holiday time.
Food collected by Brad Klein from Rock Creek neighbors for the Community Food Share
Have you heard? Denver has allowed residents to own chickens, ducks, and dwarf goats within city limits since June 2011.
For those who enjoy their eggs fresh from the chicken coup rather than fresh from the grocery store, this has been great news.
So if you have your Denver home, but want to explore what it’s like to be an urban farmer, here are a few resources and tips we’ve gathered, that I’m sure you’ll enjoy.
First as the denverchickencooptour.com website details, ‘As of June 2011, Denver now allows each lot to have up to 8 chickens and ducks (total of 
and 2 dwarf goats. These must be females, although young male kids are allowed as well as neutered male goats.’
Then you must consider how you will ‘coop’ the chickens and ducks to be safe from wild animals as well as warm in the winter time. Many choose to make a chicken coop, and others choose to match the architecture with their homes. Check out this photo of one taken by David at NotQuiteHippie.com:
A chicken coop taken during a coop tour by NotQuiteHippie.com
The web is also a great resource for finding the success stories of those who have been urban farming for years with chicken coops in their own backyard for years longer than Denverites have been. A Facebook page for UrbanChickens.net has many community members talking about what works from their own personal experience.
Do you have experience with a backyard chicken coop? And if so we would love to hear your recommendations on how to get started! Everyone in Denver is waiting to hear!
