IC Friends of Urban Chickens

Putting the Iowa Back in Iowa City

Working together to expand what sustainable living can mean in our city.


Wanna Help?

You can print out brochures to share with friends, family, neighbors and co-workers. Just click on the link below to join the effort and help educate our community.

Chicken Brochure (print front to back)

Thank you for your help!

Members

  • Dave Parsons
  • Arielle Haney
  • Julie Jax
  • Scout Hansen
  • Sherri
  • Stacey D
  • Tarazod Films
  • Jared Fowler
  • Darrell Thomas Bailey
  • Lianna Cornally
  • Julie Casella
  • Karen
  • Allan Berger
  • Karen Rei Pease
  • Annie Nilsson
  • Matt Gilchrist

Latest Activity

Dave Parsons How can I find out when Iowa City passed an ordinance against owning chickens? I assumed they were allowed 50 years ago...
12 hours ago
Dave Parsons is now a member of IC Friends of Urban Chickens
12 hours ago
Stacey D added a blog post
Click Here to take survey
November 4
Stacey D added an event
November 8, 2009 from 5am to 5:30am
Ethical Perspectives in the News is a 30 minute, commercial-free program discussing ethical perspectives on current topics in the news. This week will feature a discussion on urban chickens with: Stacey Driscoll - IC Friends of Urban Chickens Mis...
November 4
Stacey D added a blog post
Tory Brecht Quad-Cities Times Given Iowa's agrarian past, Thomas Rutherford never contemplated that his plan to raise a handful of chickens in his Davenport backyard would run afoul of the law. After all, chickens - even miniature goats - are al...
November 2
Stacey D added a blog post
I will be taping a show on urban chickens for KCRG TV show: Ethical Perspectives in the News to air Sunday, November 8 at 11:30 on Channel 9. The three panelists discussing urban chickens on this show are: Stacey Driscoll, IC Friends of Urban Chi...
October 31
Julie Jax added a blog post
Change is coming. The idea of not being able to produce your own eggs is becoming a humorous topic. It just doesn't make sense to think of raising chickens for yourself is criminal. Honestly, why does the city council really care if I keep hens in...
October 22
Julie Jax added 2 photos
October 21
Julie Jax is now a member of IC Friends of Urban Chickens
October 21
Stacey D added a blog post
Some residents concerned about smell and predators Josh O'Leary • Iowa City Press-Citizen • September 24, 2009 Press-Citizen / Matthew Holst Jean Donohue stands next to one of her chicken coops Tuesday outside Iowa City. Stacey Driscoll and her...
September 24
Julie Casella is now a member of IC Friends of Urban Chickens
September 22
Stacey D updated their profile
September 18
Stacey D updated their profile photo
September 18
Stacey D added a blog post
by Dan Brawner · September 16, 2009 the Sun Photo added by SD Yes, it’s true. A number of Iowa City residents, including members of Iowa City Friends of Urban Chickens, are trying to convince the local government to permit raising chickens withi...
September 18
Allan Berger added a blog post
The online forum associated with today's Press-Citizen article has a spirited discussion, with around 50 comments. Right now there happen to be more anti- than pro-chicken posts, but some of them are hilarious. Queries about curfews for chickens,...
September 15
Stacey D added 3 blog posts
September 15
 

Events

Blog Posts

Stacey D

Help Cedar Rapids get urban chickens legalized!

Please take this survey to help prove interest to the Cedar Rapids city council as CLUC moves forward in their attempt to make chickens legal in Cedar Rapids!

Click Here to take survey

Thanks for your help!

Posted by Stacey D on November 4, 2009 at 7:30pm

Stacey D

Davenport man's plan to raise chickens scrambled

Tory Brecht
Quad-Cities Times

Given Iowa's agrarian past, Thomas Rutherford never contemplated that his plan to raise a handful of chickens in his Davenport backyard would run afoul of the law.

After all, chickens - even miniature goats - are allowed within the city limits of Seattle, the city Rutherford and his family lived in before moving to Davenport a few years ago.

"I assume… Continue

Posted by Stacey D on November 1, 2009 at 10:00pm

Stacey D

Ethical Perspectives in the News

I will be taping a show on urban chickens for KCRG TV show: Ethical Perspectives in the News to air Sunday, November 8 at 11:30 on Channel 9. The three panelists discussing urban chickens on this show are:

Stacey Driscoll, IC Friends of Urban Chickens
Dr. Richard T Pope, Medical Adviser to Linn County Public Health Department
Misha Goodman, Iowa City Animal Services Supervisor

I have never seen this program before but my understanding is that there is a moderator (Charlott… Continue

Posted by Stacey D on October 31, 2009 at 11:00am

Julie Jax

The Laws are being Laughed at.

Change is coming. The idea of not being able to produce your own eggs is becoming a humorous topic. It just doesn't make sense to think of raising chickens for yourself is criminal. Honestly, why does the city council really care if I keep hens in my yard?

If the situation was flipped, for example, if the idea of keeping dogs in city limits were brought to city council tomorrow, would it get passed? Dogs are smelly and noisy and possibly dangerous, and don't serve a functional pur… Continue

Posted by Julie Jax on October 22, 2009 at 5:31pm

Stacey D

Pro-chicken group: Wait would be worth it

Some residents concerned about smell and predators
Josh O'Leary • Iowa City Press-Citizen • September 24, 2009


Press-Citizen / Matthew Holst Jean Donohue stands next to one of her chicken coops Tuesday outside Iowa City.

Stacey Driscoll and her 4-year-old daughter, Adilyn, were shopping at a feed store earlier this year when they stopped t… Continue

Posted by Stacey D on September 24, 2009 at 9:00am

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