I have done some reading on cold weather chicken care due to the recent Seattle “Arctic Blast 2008″
1.Putting a thick layer of loose hay or straw in their pen and scattering a light feeding of grain in the morning and a heavy feeding of grain in the afternoon. This hay helps to keep the coop [...]
They have been evicted from my office and are now in the coop. Juicy, Patty and Muchacho have a new home.
Made from parts of my old fence, some chicken wire, tomato cage wire, 2×4’s, and cedar posts.
They seem to like it
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I didn’t know what to expect when I bought the baby chickens. But man o man are they dumb.
I fill up the feeder and within 30 minutes it has been rapidly emptied. At first I thought boy they are hungry, then I noticed it all mixed into the shavings in the bin. They prefer to [...]
Lately I have been on a vermicomposting and yard work binge.
Last night the wife said “next thing you know you will be raising chickens back there”
So I looked up the Seattle city municipal code for raising chickens
Domestic Fowl. Up to three (3) domestic fowl may be kept on any lot in addition to the [...]