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Hello folks! I haven't been here in a while but I love to see what's going on locally. If anyone is interested I am going to be giving another Backyard Chicken Class this Sunday from 5PM to 7PM in Beaverton. Last one was fun and had lots of great questions! If you want further info just PM me

Don't forget --The Tour de Coops is this Saturday in Portland! http://www.growing-gardens.org/portland-gardening-resources/chickens.php

Thank you all for the info!!

Quote: Wow--I am actually off work that day! Do any of you have more info on it?

Quote: OOooohhhh.. I love Chris Isaac! I have no idea if I am working though as I work at a hospital and my schedule changes often.

We are in the Portland suburbs. Our address is Beaverton but we are really in unincorporated Washington County. We do have sewers here and we can have ANYTHING. I do think though our neighbors would not be too thrilled if we took that freedom too seriously so we have 4 hens on an 8,000 sq...

Quote: I'm not in the city but we have a really bad hawk problem here. I've never lost a chicken to one though. My run is completely covered with bird netting secured to the coop, the fence and the garage. I check it for rips and tears constantly. I'm almost nuts about doing it but it's...

Wet and stinky sand is not a good sign. Ventilation certainly can be a big part of the issue. If you open the door to the henhouse and smell something bad (like ammonia) your ventilation is not good enough. In the PNW you can even have one wall completely open (with secure hardware cloth...

Quote: Glad to hear your dog is improving. Be sure to follow the directions carefully as the wound must heal from the inside out or it'll abscess again. Keep up the good work!

Geeber--Good grief, no! I am not disappointed we didn't get any snow! I work at a Trauma hospital and am associated with 6 hospitals so when there is snow we have some doctors and nurses that can't get to work as they live farther away and/or the trip would be very hazardous. This makes it so...

Hello fellow Oregonians! Yes geeber, I am just starting to think about the spring and what I will do with the flowers and changes I will do for the front of our home's landscaping. I was thinking of having another raised bed in the back yard for veggies--we have one for our raspberries now. My...

I use sand in our run. It works great! I gently comb the sand with a shrub rake once or twice a week and then put what I pick up through a strainer I place over a kitty litter bucket. I toss the clean sand back in the run and toss the poo in the compost. The girls LOVE the sand! I put food grade...

Quote: I live near Beaverton--a suburb of Portland and work in Portland Oh, and

kanike-- Do you raise pure Amercauana's or EE's? I'd love to see pictures if they are Amercauana's!!

NewtoChick, we have a house-sitter who stays at our home for our dog, cats, and other small pets. Now that we have chickens she is excited to get fresh eggs but doesn't know anything about chickens. I decided to use the chicken sitters (Just Us Hens--JUH) to come by twice while we were away...

Quote: Ditto. Really, really want to see pics!!

I've met Sharon and she seems great. I'll use them.

I just sprayed down the sand run, the pea gravel and grass around the run and added ice cubes to the waterers. I also put a couple of moist towels over the end of the run to be a sort of swamp cooler and shade the biggest waterer as the sun can hit it in the afternoon. So far the girls aren't...

Oops, accidentally posted --the heat already has me in its clutches (nah--have AC).

Hey you folks in the Portland area! Are you all prepared for the heat this next few days? May get close to or even hit 100! This is my first summer caring for our five lovely pullets. We live in the Cedar Hills area near Beaverton. They have a 50 foot totally roofed sand run with lots of...