Harvest and Handmade

I have always wanted chickens. But there's one small problem—we live in a city. Now, before you picture a city like  New York, Boston, or Chicago, let me clarify. Our “city” is technically one of the smallest in the country. You can walk the entire length of it in under 15 minutes.  It has a small handful of businesses.  It is more a small town, even though on paper, it’s a city. In fact, our property used to have a barn on it, back when agriculture was more common here. That’s how rural it used to be. But times have changed. And with city ordinances in place, agricultural animals like chickens aren’t allowed. That didn’t stop the dream though. When we bought our off-grid property, I knew there was a better chance of finally having chickens. But in the first year, we were too busy clearing trails and exploring to even think about animals. Year two? I was all-in on building up the garden. Then came the egg shortage. Suddenly, the idea of raising chickens went from a “some...