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"Yeah, I recently went on a 4 day trip to the northwest and had my mother-in-law come over everyday to make sure they had food and water available. We normally shut the chicken tractor door during the night, but while we were gone we just left it…"
"They will not go "crazy", but my experience is that they will be very "vocal" about their unhappiness with the change in their routine. If you are trying to keep your neighbors from knowing that you have chickens in the backyard, the jig may be up…"
"I feel your concern! I took a chance and hired a 14 year old boy to come over for an hour each day to let the chickens out when I was gone. But my husband was home, so he kept an eye on things. I'm sure the chickens will be fine, but maybe there…"
I have a 4'W x 6'L x 6'H chicken coop and 3 chickens (3 months old) and I will be going on vacation for a week. I will have someone come and check every day to see if they have water and feed; however, I usually let them out all the time into the…
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Welcome to the Valley Permaculture Alliance, a local 501C3 non-profit education organization that offers classes, training, activities, tours, events and demonstrations on various aspects of sustainable living around the Greater Phoenix Valley. You can read more about the VPA on the ‘About Us’ page, and explore the many groups and resources this Ning “social networking site” has to offer, as well as customize your own Profile Page and connect with new like-minded friends.
We encourage you to browse the discussions, blogs, videos, comments to get a feel for our incredibly resourceful community, and to share your interests as well. There are many volunteer opportunities to assist with classes and events, so please let me know if you are interested in helping out when available.
We offer a variety of classes to our members on a donation basis (usually $10 to $25) that goes toward venue hard-costs, also to our experienced and knowledgeable instructors, as well as to support the non-profit in providing quality education for improving our health, our communities and environment. See what classes you may be interested in attending atwww.phoenixpermaculture.org/events - and feel free to contact us with any questions.
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Mischa
Valley Permaculture Alliance