Podcast appearances and mentions of melissa caughey

Chicken whisperer Melissa Caughey of Tilly's Nest and Lizzie Jenks of Agway of Cape Cod bring us baby chicks and all you wanted to know about raising chickens on today’s ‘Life With Gwenn’

152: Why Backyard Chickens Make Great Pets Host Theresa Loe has been keeping chickens in her small Los Angeles backyard for about 10-11 years. Her family loves having chickens and her friends and neighbors enjoy the eggs. Many people don't know just how easy it is to care for chickens!  In today's episode, Theresa chats with author Melissa Caughey about all the considerations of starting your own flock, what you need for babies and adult chickens AND how it can be such a fun experience for children. You will learn: What makes backyard chickens so great The first thing you need to check out before ever starting What's involved in the day-to-day care Which breeds are best for beginners Why you never go to the feed store to just "look" at chicks How to use the eggs of Bantam breeds What are the requirements for baby chick care And more... As always, you can get all the links mentioned at www.LivingHomegrown.com/152 as well as a full transcript of the episode.  This episode was brought to you by Theresa's Living Homegrown Institute which is her monthly membership site that gives you access to a whole library of masterclasses from food growing to cheese making. To learn more, go to www.LivingHomegrown.com/PATH to download her Farm Fresh Success Path PDF.

Replay of The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener Radio Show from 5-5-18 segment 3 on 860AM WNOV and W293cx 106.5 FM Milwaukee WI, listen here during show hours Saturdays 9-10 am CST https://tinyurl.com/zvh5kaz Topics:Joey and Holly talk with Their guest Melissa Caughey WHO is a backyard chicken keeper, beekeeper, and gardener who writes the award-winning blog Tilly's Nest https://www.tillysnest.com/ They talk about: 1.If you know you can raise chickens where you live – what are 2 aspects of chicken keeping most people may not consider? 2.When starting your chicken journey – for a newbie – is it best to start with chicks or with adult chickens? 3.For most breeds, how long can one expect before they can get eggs or how long before a chicken will produce eggs? 4.How much space does 1 chicken need? 5.What is the cost investment per year for 1 chicken? Food…? 6.Do you have to have a chicken coop or are there shortcuts to house the chickens or is there a reason why a coop is needed? 7.Where can people find your books and what is something we may be surprised to find in your newest book how to Speak Chicken: Why Your Chickens Do What They Do & Say What They Say without giving too much away? check out our website https://thewisconsinvegetablegardener.com/ Check out past shows Video and podcast https://thewisconsinvegetablegardener.com/radio/ check out highlights of past show podcast and video https://thewisconsinvegetablegardener.com/video-series/highlights-podcast/ Email your questions to TWVGshow@gmail.com tweet us as #twvg or @twvgshow The show runs March - Oct Saturday morning’s 9-10am cst Check out the following sponsors that Make the radio show possible: IV Organics: http://ivorganics.com/ MI Gardener: http://migardener.com/ Use coupon code SHARE10 to save 10% off your 1st order. Beans & Barley: http://www.beansandbarley.com/ Bobbex: http://www.bobbex.com/ Rootmaker: https://rootmaker.com/ Plant Success organics: https://plantsuccessorganics.com/ Woodmans Food Stores: https://www.woodmans-food.com/ Root assassin shovel: https://rootassassinshovel.com/ Bluemel's Garden & Landscape Center Family owned, independent garden and landscape center that has been servicing the metro-Milwaukee area since 1955. 4930 W. Loomis RD. 414-282-4220 http://bluemels.com/ Hoss Tools of www.hosstools.com Tree Diaper of www.treediaper.com Seedling Square of www.seedingsquare.com Rebel green of www.rebelgreen.com Dripping Springs OLLAS of www.drippingspringsollas.com Saz Products of www.sazproducts.com Shield n seal of www.shieldnseal.com Pomona Universal Pectin of www.pomonapectin.com Flame Engineering Inc. of www.flameengineering.com Eco Garden Systems of www.ecogardensystems.com Made of recycled materials in the U.S It is a raised garden bed offers sustainable organic gardening that is environmentally sound. Use coupon code Wiveg125 to save $125 & Free Shipping (a $250 vale) on the Eco Garden Original Garden unit only in stone color must be purchased through the Eco Garden Systems website www.ecogardensystems.com/store valid thru Dec 31 2018 Outpost Natural Foods Co-op of www.outpost.coop Manure tea of www.manuretea.com The Gardener's Hollow Leg of www.thegardenershollowleg.com Save 10% use veggies at checkout Handy Safety Knife of www.handysafetyknife.com Use promo code WVG to get 10% off and free shipping one time use only. Bio Safe of www.biosafe.net 10% on your next order use coupon code TWVG at check out Chapin Manufacturing Inc. of www.chapinmfg.com The Plant Booster of www.plantbooster.net Tall Earth of www.tallearth.com save 15% on orders placed on, TallEarth.com. use WISCONVEG at checkout Purple cow organics of https://www.purplecoworganics.com/

Replay of The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener Radio Show from 5-5-18 on 860AM WNOV and W293cx 106.5 FM Milwaukee WI, listen here during show hours Saturdays 9-10 am CST https://tinyurl.com/zvh5kaz Topics:Joey and Holly talk about Mulch the good and the back, and 5 container gardening tips also their guest author and chicken expert Melissa Caughey of https://www.tillysnest.com/ Synthetic, natural, etc Grass clippings, leaves, straw, shredded paper, cardboard (may contain formaldehyde) wood chips but not mixed in – as they break down they may take some nitrogen away cocoa mulch 5 tips for a better container garden 1. Get a container that is the right size for the plant you’re growing – drainage holes 2. good potting mix 3. proper amount of light 4. consistent watering PLANT BOOSTER 5. nutrients 6. mulch They talk about: 1.If you know you can raise chickens where you live – what are 2 aspects of chicken keeping most people may not consider? 2.When starting your chicken journey – for a newbie – is it best to start with chicks or with adult chickens? 3.For most breeds, how long can one expect before they can get eggs or how long before a chicken will produce eggs? 4.How much space does 1 chicken need? 5.What is the cost investment per year for 1 chicken? Food…? 6.Do you have to have a chicken coop or are there shortcuts to house the chickens or is there a reason why a coop is needed? 7.Where can people find your books and what is something we may be surprised to find in your newest book how to Speak Chicken: Why Your Chickens Do What They Do & Say What They Say without giving too much away? check out our website https://thewisconsinvegetablegardener.com/ Check out past shows Video and podcast https://thewisconsinvegetablegardener.com/radio/ check out highlights of past show podcast and video https://thewisconsinvegetablegardener.com/video-series/highlights-podcast/ Email your questions to TWVGshow@gmail.com tweet us as #twvg or @twvgshow The show runs March - Oct Saturday morning’s 9-10am cst Check out the following sponsors that Make the radio show possible: IV Organics: http://ivorganics.com/ MI Gardener: http://migardener.com/ Use coupon code SHARE10 to save 10% off your 1st order. Beans & Barley: http://www.beansandbarley.com/ Bobbex: http://www.bobbex.com/ Rootmaker: https://rootmaker.com/ Plant Success organics: https://plantsuccessorganics.com/ Woodmans Food Stores: https://www.woodmans-food.com/ Root assassin shovel: https://rootassassinshovel.com/ Bluemel's Garden & Landscape Center Family owned, independent garden and landscape center that has been servicing the metro-Milwaukee area since 1955. 4930 W. Loomis RD. 414-282-4220 http://bluemels.com/ Hoss Tools of www.hosstools.com Tree Diaper of www.treediaper.com Seedling Square of www.seedingsquare.com Rebel green of www.rebelgreen.com Dripping Springs OLLAS of www.drippingspringsollas.com Saz Products of www.sazproducts.com Shield n seal of www.shieldnseal.com Pomona Universal Pectin of www.pomonapectin.com Flame Engineering Inc. of www.flameengineering.com Eco Garden Systems of www.ecogardensystems.com Made of recycled materials in the U.S It is a raised garden bed offers sustainable organic gardening that is environmentally sound. Use coupon code Wiveg125 to save $125 & Free Shipping (a $250 vale) on the Eco Garden Original Garden unit only in stone color must be purchased through the Eco Garden Systems website www.ecogardensystems.com/store valid thru Dec 31 2018 Outpost Natural Foods Co-op of www.outpost.coop Manure tea of www.manuretea.com The Gardener's Hollow Leg of www.thegardenershollowleg.com Save 10% use veggies at checkout Handy Safety Knife of www.handysafetyknife.com Use promo code WVG to get 10% off and free shipping one time use only. Bio Safe of www.biosafe.net 10% on your next order use coupon code TWVG at check out Chapin Manufacturing Inc. of www.chapinmfg.com The Plant Booster of www.plantbooster.net Tall Earth of www.tallearth.com save 15% on orders placed on, TallEarth.com. use WISCONVEG at checkout Purple cow organics of https://www.purplecoworganics.com/

Hey Everyone! We are back and talking to Melissa Caughey about how awesome it is to have backyard chickens! You can find out more about Melissa here: https://www.tillysnest.com/   You can find her books here:    https://www.amazon.com/How-Speak-Chicken-Your-Chickens/dp/1612129110/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521678223&sr=8-1&keywords=melissa+caughey   https://www.amazon.com/Kids-Guide-Keeping-Chickens-2015-03-10/dp/B01FIWGE54/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1521678223&sr=8-4&keywords=melissa+caughey

Guten Tag. Ola. Bonjour. Bur-dup? That’s the official greeting of the world's most abundant domestic animal - chickens. Today we’re learning How to Speak Chicken with expert chicken translator Melissa Caughey of the blog Tilly’s Nest and the new book with the intriguing and quirky title, How to Speak Chicken. I’ve done lots of interviews over the years - and I guarantee you, this is one that I will personally never forget. Author information Jennifer Ebeling Producer & Host at Still Growing... Gardening Podcast Jennifer Ebeling is a proud Minnesotan and U of MN alumni. Gooooooo Gophers! Each week, Jennifer produces and hosts Still Growing - a gardening podcast dedicated to helping you and your garden grow. The show is an in-depth interview format. Guests featured on the show share a passion for gardening and include authors, bloggers, professional gardeners, etc. Listeners and guests of the show can join the Still Growing community on Facebook. It's a place to ask questions, share garden stories, interact with great guests featured on the show, and continue to grow and learn. Jennifer and her husband Philip have four children, a big golden lab named Sonny, and live in lovely Maple Grove, Minnesota. P.S. When she's not teaching her four kids a new card game - or teaching them how to drive a car - Jennifer loves inspiring individuals and groups to maximize and personalize their home & garden. Facebook The post SG597: How to Speak Chicken with Melissa Caughey appeared first on 6ftmama. Related posts: SG535: The Inspired Garden and NEW Fine Art Photo Gallery of Beth Billstrom SG554: Tools and Tactics to use Craigslist for your Garden SG553: How Native Plants Bring Nature Home with Peggy Anne Montgomery

How to Better Understand Your Backyard Chickens If we understand the behaviors and mannerisms of any of our pets, we can have a better relationship with them. And so it is with chickens! Everything they do (and say) has meaning. In this week’s episode, I invite author Melissa Caughey to teach us a thing or two about chickens and their personalities. You will learn: That chickens are smarter than we realize How they communicate without sounds The main factor that determines pecking order The role of the sentinel in your flock Why your hens all cackle at once The sound they make as greeting Why chickens might growl and why And other interesting facts about our feathered friends As always, you can visit www.LivingHomegrown.com/129 for relate links and a full transcript of the episode.

Translating fowl language for urban farmers. In This Podcast: After moving all the way across the country, Melissa Caughey shares why she added chickens to her family.  She tells about how, with her science and teaching background, she eventually started teaching people about chickens. Always learning, she discovered there is a fowl language that could be understood and started teaching others how to Speak Chicken. She coaches Greg through a few key calls that, once translated, will be obvious to anyone who keeps chickens. Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for weekly podcast updates or visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast Melissa is the author of How to Speak Chicken and A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens published by our friends at Storey Publishing. She is a backyard chicken keeper, beekeeper, and gardener who writes the award-winning blog Tilly's Nest. She writes for HGTV, DIY Network, and the magazines Grit, Chickens, Community Chickens, and Country Living. She also gives presentations on chicken keeping at events across the country. She lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/speakchicken for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests.