Welcome The Savvy Hen!

I am going to take a break from getting you all up to speed on chicken life here in Boulder and talk about something exciting, a new store! I know, I know, how do I have time to shop with 9 chickens in the coop and a 2 year old?! It's not exactly shopping, more like quick browsing while the 2 year old is entertained by her father outside the shop. This does not happen often at all.  Many restaurants will open up, be on my radar and then shut their doors before we have even had a chance to pop in.  This was not going to be the case with the new chicken store in town.  I had to see it, right away!

The Savvy Hen opened about 2 weeks ago at 1908 Pearl on the east end of the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder. I was hoping to find a weather vane or "fresh eggs" sign for our coop but I struck out. Perhaps I should give them a chance to build their inventory, after all, they haven't even been open 2 weeks! Or I could check Jenn and Lance's garage again.

Inside the store

My favorite thing in this adorable shop is the stainless steel buckets containing the "build your own chicken feed buffet bar!" Wow! what an awesome idea! This is the place to tailor your feed to your chickens' likes and needs. They even have grit, scratch and oyster shells. Since they haven't started laying, our chickens are not quite ready for oyster shells; but I was already stressing about having to leave the "Boulder bubble" and drive to Longmont to pick some up.  Boulderites, you know what I mean.

In addition to this buffet bar, they have heaps of books about everything from container gardening, cooking, homesteading, heirlooms, and making your own cheese! They sell organic potting soil, garden tools and heirloom seeds as well as potted succulents and some cute "gifty" chickens, ducks and home decor. This is also the place to find local, handmade candles and artisan body care items.  They also have bee keeping products, bird houses and custom made chicken coops. It looks like they may also offer classes in the store.

The Savvy Hen is stocked with everything an urban farmer in Boulder will need!  I am so excited they are here and that I can throw my baby in the bike trailer and hit the chicken feed buffet bar! Maybe, while I am at it, I can peruse the bee keeping section; hmmm, our own honey from the back yard, tempting, very tempting!