Another urban homesteader in PDX

[sourland]

Good morning, Bee, welcome to BYC, and good luck in all of your endeavors.

 

[Hope Hughes]

Hello
Welcome to BYC!!
So glad to have you here!!
Thanks for sharing your story!!
You have come to the right place.
There are many people on here that are ready to help in anyway they can!
The learning center also has alot of great information on it as well!
Enjoy!​

 

[beddyBoom]

G’Day from down under Bee Welcome!

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

If you would like to share Pictures and Stories of your flock when they arrive, you have come to the right place. BYC’ers never tire of these and do not back away slowly or commence eye rolling when the photo album or home videos come out

Thank you! I'm looking forward to posting pics once the babies arrive

 

[beddyBoom]

Good morning, Bee, welcome to BYC, and good luck in all of your endeavors.

Thank you!!

 

[alexa009]

Hello and welcome to Backyard Chickens!!. So happy you joined! So happy to hear about your flock!! Please update if you are brooding chicks and how it turns out! Love pics!!! You can do anything on BYC!!! Any question you ask the BYC members always answer it!! This is where I learned all of my information too!!! Hope you love this site, can be very ADDICTING!!!

 

[lazy gardener]

Welcome. A lot has changed in back yard chicken keeping since when I started as a kid, and later flocks I had in the mid 70's/early 80's! topics you might want to do some thread searches on: Deep litter management in coop and run, fermented feed, and Mama heating pad cave brooding.

 

[SueT]

Welcome to BYC! My kids and grandkids live in Portland area and we hope to move there, or within driving distance. I thought PDX only allows 3 chickens.....which is why my daughter only has 3. Is there a way to have more?
Good luck with your venture.....

 

[beddyBoom]

Welcome. A lot has changed in back yard chicken keeping since when I started as a kid, and later flocks I had in the mid 70's/early 80's! topics you might want to do some thread searches on: Deep litter management in coop and run, fermented feed, and Mama heating pad cave brooding.

That is so true! On DLM, I actually had no idea there was any OTHER way to do it. (I also didn't know eggs came in white until I started school. We ferment and eat a lot of probiotics in our family. I can't say I would have thought about fermenting feed without reading at BYC - great tip, thank you! I'm off to check out heating pad caves. Have you tried that method?

 

[beddyBoom]

Good morning, Bee, welcome to BYC, and good luck in all of your endeavors.

Thank you!

 

[beddyBoom]

Welcome to BYC! My kids and grandkids live in Portland area and we hope to move there, or within driving distance. I thought PDX only allows 3 chickens.....which is why my daughter only has 3. Is there a way to have more?
Good luck with your venture.....

There is definitely a way to have more than three hens! See here: https://multco.us/health/records-and-regulations/animal-codes It comes down to notifying the neighbors, having (what the city deems to be) appropriate housing and paying the $31 permit fee. Honestly, having bees is more restrictive than having a few more hens as far as the rules go. Here's the permit: https://multco.us/file/38366/download