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 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

• Ameraucana
• Delaware
• Sex Link

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:

• Seattle Tilth
• Backyard Poultry magazine

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