City Chickens

by The Scribe on May 21, 2008

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”

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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 small animals permitted in subsection A. For each one thousand (1,000) square feet of lot area in excess of the minimum lot area required for the zone or, if there is no minimum lot area, for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of lot area in excess of five thousand (5,000) square feet, one (1) additional domestic fowl may be kept.

Today I went to the feed store and bought chicks, we now have chicks. Three varieties

For a few months they will live in the basement office in a bin under a heat lamp, then I will have built a coop, Then they will inhabit the back yard. Mmmm eggs

Lots of resources out there:

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

Your wife May 22, 2008 at 1:11 pm

cheep cheep. chickens are doing fine, I just checked on them.

Stef May 22, 2008 at 9:14 pm

Man, I’m so glad those chicks aren’t in connection with the weekend BBQ!

dave td June 1, 2008 at 10:20 am

I had baby ducks growing up in Ohio…we kept them until they were too big to be cute anymore, then would take them to my cousin’s farm pond. One year we had a duckling that liked to blow out the heatlamp by pooping on it. LMAO!….LOL…made me chuckle!

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