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Getting Started With Chickens

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Thursday, April 2, 2026

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

FREE Event with Jen at the Memphis Public Library

GETTING STARTED WITH CHICKENS!

Wanting to get started with your OWN backyard chickens, but not quite sure WHERE to start? Intimidated by how much you DON’T know?

Join me, Jen, from The Collins Cluckery as we chat about chickens. Just remember: for CENTURIES it was normal for people to manage their own backyard flocks! If they did it, so can you. I’m here to teach and to give you confidence. We’ll have plenty of time for Q & A, and you’ll leave knowing “you got this.”

Space is limited, and registration is requested. Click below or call the Memphis Public Library at 810-392-2980 to register.

Thursday, April 2, 2026

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

FREE Event with Jen at the Memphis Public Library

GETTING STARTED WITH CHICKENS!

Wanting to get started with your OWN backyard chickens, but not quite sure WHERE to start? Intimidated by how much you DON’T know?

Join me, Jen, from The Collins Cluckery as we chat about chickens. Just remember: for CENTURIES it was normal for people to manage their own backyard flocks! If they did it, so can you. I’m here to teach and to give you confidence. We’ll have plenty of time for Q & A, and you’ll leave knowing “you got this.”

Space is limited, and registration is requested. Click below or call the Memphis Public Library at 810-392-2980 to register.

Homestead Where Life Finds You (Classes with Jen)

In our increasingly disconnected and chaotic world, the call for a return to our roots rings ever louder. Join me (Jen) in my homestead kitchen as we rediscover the skills our great-grandparents took for granted. There is little in life more satisfying than pulling a loaf - or four - of freshly-made sourdough bread or fragrant rosemary croissants out of the oven, or seeing your pantry filling with jars of your own home-canned jams, sauces, tomatoes…and even meats or heat-and-eat meals!

The truth is that most of DON’T have a “back 40.” Hey, I call myself a homesteader, yet I’ve “only” got 12 acres, and we really only “farm” on 3 of them. What’s more, I started canning, fermenting, and baking back when I lived on a little city lot in Fraser. One of my friends blows my mind with how much she grows, composts, forages, ferments, cans…all on a city lot on the outskirts of Detroit! When I hear her talk, I’m reminded of the woman in the Bible of whom our Lord said, “She hath done what she could.” We could ALL do more with what we have NOW, where we live NOW.

So don’t let where you are right now hold you back. Once you start diving in, you’ll be surprised at how much you can accomplish.

Stay tuned for announcements of more upcoming classes! Things like…

  • Homemade Yeasted Bread Baking

  • SOURDOUGH Bread Baking

  • Yogurt and Butter Making (No raw milk required!)

  • Cheese Making

  • Canning without a Pressure Canner! (Think fruits and jams.)

  • Canning with a Pressure Canner (It’s not as scary as you think.) Learn to fill your pantry shelves with YOUR OWN “pre-packaged” meals!

  • Fermenting (A terrific way to put up a little of this, a little of that…it’s how folks “canned” before canning was a thing. And, oh, the gut-health benefits!)

  • Bone Broth