Chickens

Nina Finley, founder of Wallingford-based 4H club chapter, "Cooped Up in Seattle", let us know about the 4H Poultry Show taking place this Saturday, June 4th, from 10am to Noon at Seattle Tilth's Children's Garden, behind the Good Shepherd: June is Busting Out: Poultry Show with 4H! Saturday, June 4; 10 a.m. - Noon Location: Children's Garden behind the Good Shepherd Center (map). Seattle Tilth's Children's Garden is hosting the 4H and the Poultry Show! See young people showing their chickens and…

This Friday, April 1st is just another day for some; but for others, it's April Fools Day.  For Archie McPhee, Friday marks The Great Rubber Chicken Giveaway.  That's right folks, the first 100 people who come in to Archie McPhee this Friday will get their very own rubber chicken.  I happen to think this giveaway is highly appropriate for Wallingford since we're friends of the fowl, and so I hereby proclaim that our neighborhood mascot is the chicken, be it rubber…

Wallingford has been dubbed as one of "The 20 Best Places to Live Now" according to the April issue of Seattle Met. In an interview with Wallyhood's Jordan Schwartz, Seattle Met's Matthew Halverson provides a perspective on our neighborhood's "crunchiness": When Jordan Schwartz moved to Wallingford from the East Coast in 1993, he found a neighborhood overrun by felines. 'You couldn’t walk down the street without seeing cats,' he says. 'They were all over.' Nearly 20 years later, he still feels…

We've had chickens for a decade, raising most from chicks. If you want to raise chicks, your season starts now: From this week through to the end of April the Bothell Feed Center is selling baby chicks. We currently have Rock Star and Plymouth Barred Rock birds, but Orpingtons and Australorps are our favorite breeds (gentle, good layers, not so destructive). Chicks are easy for the first month or so- you just need a box, a lamp, and some starter feed.…