http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/ SF FOWL Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:58:01 GMT tara hui http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/51 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/51 Yes, a hawk killed one of my Silkies couple of years ago - they were in the run but the top was not covered. You need to build a protected area for the Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:48:09 GMT sfwom1 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/50 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/50 I think it's very likely the hawk did it.  I suggest you find a way to make a chicken "run" where the chickens have a protected area they are kept in.  In Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:40:52 GMT mamanjardin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/49 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/49 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 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:16:37 GMT tara hui http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/48 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/48 Sound like a wonderful project, I'm in! -- "Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:40:59 GMT greencitybanditagain http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/47 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/47 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 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:49:12 GMT Amy Belkora http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/46 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/46 Hi Robin and friends, I have grown buckwheat and flax successfully in the inner Richmond. They both flower (the flax is a pretty blue) and produce seed heads Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:39:45 GMT Robin Doyle http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/45 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/45 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 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:08:05 GMT Jennifer Roberts http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/44 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/44 My understanding is it also applies to your own dwelling. That said, putting the henhouse under a deck or in a garage doesn't seem like a bad idea, provided Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:48:49 GMT Robin Doyle http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/43 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/43 I have chickens housed "about" 15-20 feet away from my neighbor's windows?I never actually jumped the fence to measure accurately). The neighbors have never Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:10:53 GMT tara hui http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/42 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/42 It does include your own dwelling. I think it's 20ft away from any opening - window or doors. This of course precludes the possibility of having the coop Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:43:26 GMT Amy Belkora http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/41 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/41 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 Sun, 10 May 2009 04:46:50 GMT Jo Brownold http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/40 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/40 Thanks, Tara! Also, I really like your quote - I'd like to 'borrow' it - Jo Sun, 10 May 2009 01:26:06 GMT tara hui http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/39 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/39 You can place a special order through Rainbow Grocery for Chicken feed; they have a catalogue with quite a few selections - ask at the pet food section... I Sat, 09 May 2009 18:06:16 GMT Robin Doyle http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/38 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/38 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 Fri, 08 May 2009 18:52:13 GMT greencitybanditagain http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/37 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sf-fowl/message/37 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/SanMateoChickens/?yguid=194946071 We are backyard poultry enthusiasts living in San Mateo county, California and environs.