Join the Urban Hen Party!

CLUCK Red Deer is looking for entrants for our Urban Hen Party, which will take place during the Canadian Heritage Breed's Peavey Mart Urban Farm Show in the Westerner Park's Ag Centre on the weekend of November 23-25th!!

Why? Because this is an excellent, excellent opportunity to showcase the variety and health of hens currently residing in urban coops. The city of Red Deer will have a presence (Councillor Lynne Mulder has most graciously accepted the role of guest judge!) so showing your birds and support for the CLUCK cause can go a long way toward helping the efforts to have the Bylaw Amendment fall on our side of the fence. That said, all entries' personal information will be kept confidential. This means that if you are operating 'Under The Radar' as an urban hen-keeper, you don't have to worry about your name and/or address being revealed. By no means do we want to interfere with your privacy choices. 

Not only will it show the City of Red Deer how well cared-for our birds are, it's an excellent chance to help the public of Red Deer see the variety of shapes, colours and sizes of existing Urban Hens, plus to see how much fun we're all having with our birds and that they are well cared for and easy pets!

Even better: the party is not limited to Red Deer's urban hen scene. We welcome urban hens from the surrounding area, Calgary and Edmonton included! Support for the Red Deer branch of CLUCK and the potential for positive decision-making may help tip the scales in other urban centres.
 
We here at CLUCK would very much appreciate your support -all it takes is a few minutes to complete the entry questionnaire (tell us a little about each hen), $3 per bird (to cover the costs of feed, bedding & cages), and arrangements to have your girls dropped off & picked up.

We're working on some awards to hand out to some of the most fabulous of Red Deer's urban hen scene. It's all in fun, mind you, we none of us are professional poultry judges. Curious about the awards? Enter your girls and see if they win! 

We'll have our bumper stickers, flock/family decals for vehicles and, of course, our fabulous buttons available for sale.
 
Another benefit: it's a great chance to give your coop a thorough cleaning while your flock is well cared for over the weekend!!

If you're interested, please let us know! You can either visit the Facebook page for more information: Urban Hen Party
or e-mail Deborah at: Teacher-creature@shaw.ca

Catching Up With CLUCK Red Deer

Hello! We're still here! Sorry that we haven't been keeping this blog updated. We are all people who care very much about the benefits to keeping urban hens but we are also people who have jobs, families, responsibilities and other distractions and this site sort of fell through the cracks.

That said, we have certainly NOT given up on CLUCK Red Deer, on spreading the word about how urban hens can be good for the Red Deer community. Things have been going strong on our Facebook Page. Please come and check us out if you're a Facebook user -photos, link, advice and answers are all to be found there.

On October 13th, Deborah organized an Urban Coop Tour with 4 hen-keepers and a wrap up at the Peavey Mart (who we thank for their support). There were many people (over 20) who came along for the ride and the feedback was great. If you visit our Facebook page, you can find photos of an article from the Red Deer Advocate discussing how the tour went.

UPCOMING EVENTS

URBAN HEN SPA DAY
"If you are a busy owner - drop your girls Nov. 3 at 11am. We will take care of the dirt and have them ready for pick up from 9 - 10am Sunday morning. Cost $5.00 per girl.
If you want to stay and learn - book an appointment time on Nov. 3 and learn how to bathe your girl for $2.00 per hen. She will need to stay over night or sleep in your house that night so she is thoroughly dry before going outside."
Visit the Urban Hen Day Spa page on Facebook if you have an questions or want to join.

URBAN HEN PARTY
After a day at the spa, your girls might be ready for a party! "All urban hens welcome. Hens need to be dropped off on Friday between 4 and 7 pm. Pickup on Sunday between 3 and 4.
Entry fee of $3.00 will include feed and water, the show cage, bedding, and elite security forces. (Our girls will be safe and comfy!)
Stay tuned for prize details!" As with the spa, visit the Urban Hen Party page on Facebook to ask questions and/or find registration contact information.

URBAN FARM SHOW & SALE
This is the big show that I know a lot of people are looking forward to, and not just because of the petting zoo or the White Crested Black Polish hens! Come and see what each breed looks like, chat up the breeders, marvel at the coloured Silkies and maybe buy a layer to add to your flock! For more info, please see the Canadian Heritage Breeds website.
 
Take care & keep on CLUCKing!