Wichita ? Jamie Tabor hopes to someday retire on Chicken Poop.

Chicken Poop is the whimsical name of her all-natural lip balm, which she makes in a corner of the Fisch Haus, an artists’ cooperative on South Commerce.

Tabor sells Chicken Poop at 15 stores in Wichita and across the country. Much of her business is coming from Chicago, driven in part by a mention in Daily Candy, an e-mail magazine of sorts about fashion, shopping and cultural events tailored to metropolitan areas.

Tabor is a Jill of all trades. She is a hairdresser at the Simone Chickenbone Institute, her salon at the Fisch Haus. She also teaches Pilates.

Chicken Poop started after a friend of Tabor’s from beauty school took her to Sephora, a chain of makeup and skin care emporiums found in larger cities. There, Tabor spied a funky line of products that caught her eye.

“I was like, ‘Oh my God, I want to do this,'” she remembers.

She started by making Good Gravy, a hair pomade. Then she thought an all-natural lip balm would be a good seller.

She began making Chicken Poop – from soy, jojoba oil, orange, lavender and beeswax – in 2000.

And the name Chicken Poop?

It comes from a joke her grandfather used to tell her: “If you’ve got chapped lips, put some chicken poop on them and you won’t lick them.”

Within 24 hours of the mention in Daily Candy on Jan. 31, Tabor received Chicken Poop orders totaling $1,600 – a lot for a product that sells for $4 each.

“That’s a whole lot of Chicken Poop,” Tabor said.

Tabor receives orders every day on her Web site, www.ilovechickenpoop.com.

Orders are picking up enough for Tabor to considering hiring a few employees. She now dedicates about a third of her work life to Chicken Poop, which is a sole proprietorship.

Small-business experts say it’s time to expand when owners can’t keep up with incoming orders themselves or quality is suffering. Tabor says she still can handle the company but would like to see it take off.