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Hello!
I’m new here and live in a smaller city outside of Seattle. We live a more sustainable life and have always wanted chickens. We recently got chicks a week ago and are currently building our coop/run.
We have 8 chicks. Sapphire olive eggers, blue maran, a buff Wyandotte, novagen, buff Orpington, a New Hampshire red, and a blue sapphire.
I’ve always wanted chickens. I’m big on composting/recycling our food scraps and we’ve been actively composting/trench composting in our city backyard for 2 years. I really wanted another way to recycle that material. Plus we grow a lot of our own food and are cognizant about where it comes from. So the combo of having our own eggs and knowing what they eat, etc was a big reason. Plus I absolutely love sharing food.. I work in food insecurity and I can’t wait to give away eggs. Maybe sell, but I’ll probably give away more than sell.
I love to garden, take the Jeep up to the mountains, camp, pottery.. we have a 6 year old daughter and she’s so excited about the chicks. She’s a big animal person and always a big helper. We have a dog. 8 yr old American Bully named Hashbrown. He’s an absolute ham and has been checking on the chicks several times a day to see if they’re ok. One of the chicks is super interested in him.
Our plan is to have a fully enclosed coop/run. We have a ton of feral cats around (& opossums/raccoons) and while our dog keeps them out of the yard a lot I don’t want any issues. Plus our neighbors of quail and I don’t want hens going over and saying hi.
I work in food insecurity in the non-profit sector. Food rescue and getting food to people is a major component of my life. My husband is a fire inspector up and down the I5 corridor.
I have a friend down in rural Oregon that has a farm and recommended this site for our new adventure.
This is Hashbrown
I’m new here and live in a smaller city outside of Seattle. We live a more sustainable life and have always wanted chickens. We recently got chicks a week ago and are currently building our coop/run.
We have 8 chicks. Sapphire olive eggers, blue maran, a buff Wyandotte, novagen, buff Orpington, a New Hampshire red, and a blue sapphire.
I’ve always wanted chickens. I’m big on composting/recycling our food scraps and we’ve been actively composting/trench composting in our city backyard for 2 years. I really wanted another way to recycle that material. Plus we grow a lot of our own food and are cognizant about where it comes from. So the combo of having our own eggs and knowing what they eat, etc was a big reason. Plus I absolutely love sharing food.. I work in food insecurity and I can’t wait to give away eggs. Maybe sell, but I’ll probably give away more than sell.
I love to garden, take the Jeep up to the mountains, camp, pottery.. we have a 6 year old daughter and she’s so excited about the chicks. She’s a big animal person and always a big helper. We have a dog. 8 yr old American Bully named Hashbrown. He’s an absolute ham and has been checking on the chicks several times a day to see if they’re ok. One of the chicks is super interested in him.
Our plan is to have a fully enclosed coop/run. We have a ton of feral cats around (& opossums/raccoons) and while our dog keeps them out of the yard a lot I don’t want any issues. Plus our neighbors of quail and I don’t want hens going over and saying hi.
I work in food insecurity in the non-profit sector. Food rescue and getting food to people is a major component of my life. My husband is a fire inspector up and down the I5 corridor.
I have a friend down in rural Oregon that has a farm and recommended this site for our new adventure.
This is Hashbrown
Enjoy your new chicks, if you have any questions about them along the way, be sure to ask. Welcome to our community!
