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Canada: First-of-its-kind community ‘chicken school’ planned for northeast Calgary

Friday, March 20, 2026 9:09

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A concept for the Winston Heights-Mountview Community Association’s proposed community chicken coop. The association says it’s received approval for 12 chickens in the coop, which will be about 15-by-30 feet. Secretary and urban chicken keeper Jile Meyn hopes the coop can eventually expand to up to 30 chickens on-site, with a structure that big giving the birds plenty of room to move around. (Winston Heights-Mountview Community Association)

Coop would provide hands-on hen training, produce plenty of eggs

By Amir Said
CBC News
Mar 14, 2026

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Calgarians looking to learn how to keep backyard chickens could soon be in luck.

Plans for what could be a first-of-its-kind “chicken school” and urban hen coop — a concept similar to a community garden — are in the works for northeast Calgary.

The idea was hatched by the Winston Heights-Mountview Community Association, which is hoping to build a large coop to house a dozen chickens for, among other community benefits, educational purposes.

“My hope is that we become a local resource for education, community engagement, and then ongoing support for Calgarians interested in urban hens,” said community association secretary Jile Meyn.

The city’s urban chicken program launched in 2022, and it allows Calgarians to keep between two and four hens.

Meyn, who went through the city’s extensive application and training requirements to have backyard hens, says the project would help raise awareness on what it really takes to keep chickens in the city.

“For anyone who hasn’t gone through the the process from start to finish, it’s quite daunting,” Meyn said. “You have about 10 steps you have to do with the city. You have to go through required training … start to finish, it could be anywhere from three to four months, to half a year.”

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