Hello fellow fowlers, I recently heard of this group from the sf-permaculture list and am so glad to have a place to ask questions and meet other backyard...
Something I've been thinking of for some time - helping folks get set up with chickens, especially families where money is tight - anyone interested in working...
I have a patchy/weedy lawn in my garden that four chickens free-range on regularly. The patchiness is more from dog urine than hungry chickens, as we never had...
Hello, Does the rule to locate the coop 20 feet away from an inhabited property include your own? Does anyone know how strictly these rules are enforced...
There's one pet store out in the Sunset (On Taraval) that irregularly has very small bags of pellets and scratch...I also know about the biofuel place in...
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/SanMateoChickens/?yguid=194946071 We are backyard poultry enthusiasts living in San Mateo county, California and environs....
So I finally established a relationship with the fine brewers at the local pub (Magnolia at Haight and Stanyan) where I can pick up spent beer mash (grain) for...
Hi mother/father hens, I have 20 White Leghorn and Rhode Island Red chicks (week and a half old). They are straight runs (not sexed) and healthy. Let me know...
Here's an article in today's NY Times about free-range city chickens: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/nyregion/16chickens.html? _r=1&oref=slogin. Are there...
Fowl fans, See item #2 about chicks needing a home. Jennifer From: permaculture-sf@yahoogroups.com [mailto:permaculture-sf@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Sunday, May...
Anyone interested in keeping quails? Will, a quail keeper I know, is giving away his quails and cages - they are pretty large and need to be transported by a...
Hi Tara, Fortunately my hens haven't yet discovered how good their eggs taste, but I looked up the problem in the book, "Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens,"...
Has any of you experienced your chicken eating the eggs? One of my hen had developed the taste for eggs though she doesn't do it regularly. Now, one of the...
“Experience is a dear school, but a fool will learn in no other.” - Benjamin Franklin _________________________________________________________________ ...
Hello, Could someone point me to the official SF rules on fowl in the backyard? I'm particularly interested in size of yard/ distance from neighbors issues. ...
Hello fowl friends, Those of you who have hens, I'm curious about your experience with their molting and laying in the winter. My four hens are 11 months old....
FYI, an update on my previous post about the bizarre case of the chicken killer. On a side note, if anyone is looking to join a CSA that also offers eggs from...
Hello friends of fowl: Someone has been killing & stealing chickens from the CSA farm I belong to, Eatwell Farm in Dixon. In the latest incident, someone fired...
Here's a story NPR ran on Nov. 4 about city chickens: http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html? action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=15926797&m=15926766...
I'm looking for 2 or 3 more hens; not picky about the breed. Let me know if you have or know a source, or would like to order together. Thanks! Tara...
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