The sole purpose of this group is to educate, share ideas, and bring together people who have or want chickens. No one involved in the leadership of this group is involved for financial gain. Do you currently have a few pet chickens or an urban flock and want to meet other chicken owners? Would you like to have a few hens, and want information about how to get started? Do you want to know what it takes to be a responsible chicken owner? Have you considered getting baby chicks, and wonder if they …

Welcome to the Atlanta Backyard Poultry Meetup Group! Home of the largest baby chick giveaway in the world! The Atlanta Backyard Poultry Meetup Group is for people who have, or are interested in having a small backyard flock of chickens for pets, eggs, composting, fertilizer, insect control, and meat, as well as for people interested in learning more about living a self-sustaining lifestyle. You just might be suprised at how many people living in your neighborhood have pet chickens! There is no …

I have signed up for a program (called Sustainable Selections) that allows me to take expired meat from a national retail grocery chain on a weekly basis. I pay a monthly fee and basically act as their removal service (in place of the renderers that used to take it). It is packaged but all mixed together, so you will have to be prepared to dig through the barrels to get what you want. I will have everything from sirloin to hot dogs and lunch meat - everything you would find at a grocery store. …