June 19, Chicks @ Belmont Feed & Seed
We have all these breeds on our order:
Black & Buff Silkies, Bantam Partridge Rocks, Bantam Araucana
Contact:
(773) 588-1144
3036 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Posts Tagged ‘Chicago’
19 Jun
Belmont Feed and Seed Has Special Breeds
15 Jun
Chickens, Now Goats, in the City!
My friend Carolyn lives in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, with her husband, son, chickens, dogs, garden, and … goats. She has two milking goats that she breeds every year. With the milk she makes fresh cheese.
Carolyn’s goats were featured in Chicago Farm and Table! Check them out!
31 May
New Chicks are at Belmont Feed and Seed!
May 22, Chicks @ Belmont Feed & Seed
We have all these breeds on our order:
-Rhode Island Reds
-Black Astralorps
-Buff Orpingtons
-Araucanas / Americanas
-Barred Rocks
-Silver Laced Wyandottes
-Golden Laced Wyandottes.
Special Breeds & Bantam Chicks have been ordered.
First delivery, June 17-19:
-Buff & Black Silkies
-Araucana Bantams
-Partrige Rock Bantams.
Second Delivery, July 8-10:
-Buff Rocks
-Blue Silkies
-White Polish
-Araucana Bantams
First delivery, June 17-19:
-Buff & Black Silkies
-Araucana Bantams
-Partrige Rock Bantams.
Second Delivery, July 8-10:
-Buff Rocks
-Blue Silkies
-White Polish
-Araucana Bantams
We also still have 3 week old chicks: Rhode Island Reds, Red & Black Stars, New Hampshire Reds, Buff Orpingtons, Black Austrolorps & Barred Rocks. If you want it easy, take the 3 week old and skip use of the light with them.
Contact:
(773) 588-1144
3036 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
12 Apr
4/12/2012: Chicks are at Belmont Feed and Seed!
We currently have in stock one-week-old sexed chicks:
Araucana/Americana chicks,
Golden Laced Wyandottes
Gray California Leghorns.
3 Araucana/Americana 6 week old pullets & 2 Black Austrolorps that are
now 9 weeks old.
Our next shipment, due to arrive April 24th, will include all sexed:
Barred Rocks
Black Austrolorps
Buff Orpingtons
Isa Browns/Red Stars
Black Sex Links
Rhode Island Red
Silver Laced Wyandottes
Black Jersey Giants (per customer request)
Our BEE KEEPING supplies, including the Bees, keep on streaming in.
Stop in for a look around or to place a special order.
Contact:
(773) 588-1144
3036 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
14 Feb
2/14/2012: Chicks have arrived at Belmont Feed and Seed
Chicks are coming today to
Belmont Feed & Seed
(773) 588-1144
3036 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
-Rhode Island Reds
-Isa Browns (Red Stars)
-Black Astralorps
-Buff Orpingtons
-Araucanas / Americanas
-Barred Rocks
-Golden Laced Wyandottes
-Silver Laced Wyandottes
-Assorted Bantams
Please call before driving in to confirm their arrival. Sometimes they
take 2 days for delivery.
31 Jan
As an aside… Light pollution featured in new movie
The Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State) will air the movie – “The City Dark” February 4, 8, 9. This movie features light reduction and my bird rescue work with Chicago Bird Collision Monitors.
THE CITY DARK is a feature documentary about light pollution and the disappearing night sky. It premiered in competition at the 2011 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize for Best Score/Music. After moving to light-polluted New York City from rural Maine, filmmaker Ian Cheney asks: “Do we need the dark?” Exploring the threat of killer asteroids in Hawai’i, tracking hatching turtles along the Florida coast, and rescuing injured birds on Chicago streets, Cheney unravels the myriad implications of a globe glittering with lights—including increased breast cancer rates from exposure to light at night, and a generation of kids without a glimpse of the universe above. Featuring stunning astrophotography and a cast of eclectic scientists, philosophers, historians, and lighting designers, THE CITY DARK is the definitive story of light pollution and the disappearing stars.
View the trailer here! http://www.thecitydark.com/
23 Sep
Home Canning Workshop in Chicago, Sept. 25, 2011
Need to know what to do with all those tomatoes from your garden or the farmer’s market?
Learn to safely can tomato salsa in a boiling water canner and tomato sauce in a pressure canner this Sunday at Growing Home’s Su Casa Market Garden.
September 25, 2:00-4:00pm, RSVP required
5045 S. Laflin, Chicago
A $10 suggested donation covers cost of supplies.
Instructions will be provided in English and Spanish.
Space is limited to 15 guests.
For more information, please see
http://www.growinghomeinc.org/home/fall-canning-workshop-this-sunday.html
15 Sep
Home to Roost at Windy City Coop Tour, Sept. 25
Home to Roost will be stationed at location #14 on the Coop Tour at 3532 W. Belden.
For more information on the tour, see Sept. 25, 2011: Windy City Coop Tour (formerly Henapalooza).
See you there
12 Sep
Chicago Alderwoman Lona Lane Digs in Against Chickens
Lona Lane, alderwoman in the 18th ward, thinks chickens are for the birds – and is prepared to pass legislation to ban them from her ward. Although she can identify only one complaint about the birds in her ward, she wants to ban them entirely as disease-carrying pests. She proposes fines of up to $1,000 and up to six months in jail for illegal chickens. Read more here.
If you would like to counteract Lane’s efforts, consider inviting her on the Windy City Coop Tour!
11 Sep
Sept. 25, 2011: Windy City Coop Tour (formerly Henapalooza)
Time: September 25, 2011 from 11am to 2pm
Location: Chicago’s North Side (and surrounding areas), 4134 N. Monticello Ave
Website: Windy City Coop Tour page
Phone: 773-640-2402 (for bike tour only)
Thinking of getting chickens or just curious about backyard Chickens in the City of Chicago? This leisurely bike ride will take you to a number of Chicago Chicken keepers. The tour is open to all ages, and you will see a large variety of chickens breeds, coop designs, as well as the gardens and yards they occupy. Home to Roost will make an appearance at one of the sites (TBD). Each host will be able to answer questions you may have concerning regulations, feeding, coop designs, space required, egg production, and issues common to chickens in an urban environment.
So save the date of Sept 25th. This is both a group bike tour and/or a self-guided bike tour.
The group bike tour meets at 4134 N. Monticello at 10:30 am. The bike tour starts at 11 am. The biking group tour should last a couple hours and actual length will be determined by the group itself.
The self-guided tour starts at any of the 20+ host sites and just follow the map provided at each site.
The “Windy City Coop Tour” is open as a non-biking event, too.
The Official Windy City Coop Tour hours are 11am – 2 pm Additional information including web site, press release, maps, etc. are forthcoming and will be provided on the Windy City Coop Tour page. Not required, but an RSVP to the bike tour will be helpful in planning. We hope you can join us!
Home to Roost 
