Beginning Backyard Chickens

Event:: Beginning Backyard Chickens
Start:: February 25, 2012 1:00 pm
End:: February 25, 2012 4:00 pm
Category:: Food & Wine, Outdoor Life
Updated:: January 12, 2012

Venue:: GRuB Farmhouse
Address:: 2016 Elliott Ave NW, Olympia, WA, 98502, United States

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have chickens in your backyard? Come and learn all about it: coops and fencing, feeding and tending and gathering your own fresh eggs!

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	1 Thurston Chamber Morning MIXXer: Brandman University Get ready for backpacking season with expert hiker-guidebook author Backpacking Washington with Craig Romano Yoga for Real Women with Curves Digital Photography: Beyond the Basics OMB REX Awards / Tabletop Night Kids Dance	2 Weekly Bird Walk at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Sixty, Sassy, and Sensational - Class at Radiance Girl Scouts of America Women of Distinction Lunch Forum on Pesticide Use Vince Brown - Solo Jazz Guitar Olympia Aloha Ukulele Players Sing! A Group Voice Class Spring Market Produce Cooking Class at Bayview Soft & Oil Pastel Painting Bird Watching in Washington State Beginning Italian II Puget Sound Community Choir Author Event at Orca - David Gilbert Introductory Guitar	3 Hundreds of Regional High School Students Come Try-A-Trade 4th annual event: provides hands-on experience in the skilled trades Career Day at SPSCC Olympia Waldorf School May Faire Laughter Yoga Camera to Computer-Digital Photography Basics Introduction to Welding and Creative Metalwork Relationship 102: Install the New Relationship "Operating System" Author Event at Orca Books - William Dewey Pirates of Penzance at Tumwater High School Pirates of Penzance at Tumwater High School May 3-5	4 Pirates of Penzance at Tumwater High School May 3-5 Littlerock Country Chicks: Country Flea Market Check out Overdrive’s Digital Bookmobile, stopping at Olympia Timberland Library May 4 Friday's Uncorked at Bayview School of Cooking First Friday in Downtown Olympia Yoga for Real Men and Women Q & A with local author Andras Jones : Andras Jones will discuss his new book Accidental Initiations: In The Kabbalistic Tree of Olympia from Sync Book Press Pirates of Penzance at Tumwater High School Dance Oly Dance, Olympia’s local dance TV show, invites you to yet another televised dance party Karaoke at Viking Lounge	5 Pirates of Penzance at Tumwater High School May 3-5 Littlerock Country Chicks: Country Flea Market Story Time at Cabela's Acting Class at Harlequin Fire Art: Creative Metal & Welding Studio Lacey Alternative Energy Fair Basketry Intensive: Round Reed Twining Preparation for US Citizenship Lacey Alternative Energy Fair YMCA Kids Run Yoga for Real Women with Curves Free Garden Tour Free GARDEN TOUR AND FUNDRAISER Your First Step in Purchasing a Home… FREE Home-Buying Seminars Priest Point Park Work Party Birdhouses & Barbecue Rhododendron Display LACEY PARENT COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL WELCOMES You TO OUR Spring Fair! LOTT WET Science Center: Marine Life of Puget Sound Lacey library celebrates the life and times of Woody Guthrie Lacey Timberland Library Program 4th ANNUAL DANCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE: Ramblin Jacks and Studio West Dance Theatre Covenant Creatures is hosting "Wishes for Whiskers" : auction and wine tasting Pirates of Penzance at Tumwater High School Fools Play Improv	6 American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Thurston County: All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser Rhododendron Display Children's Story Time at Orca Books Studio West Dance Theater Benefit for Hands On Children’s Museum Belly Dancing at Great Cuisine of India Sunday Night Swing Dancing at Urban Onion
7 Concern for Animals Food Bank Drive Introduction to Photoshop CS5: Full Version French for travelers (armchair or otherwise) Tai Chi Ch’uan Intermediate Tai Chi Ch’uan Singing Contest at Viking Lounge	8 Yoga for Real Women with Curves Kids Dance Tumwater Parks and Recreation: Shake It Up! Dance Class	9 Weekly Bird Walk at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Vince Brown - Solo Jazz Guitar Olympia Aloha Ukulele Players Basketry: Round Reed Twining Sing! A Group Voice Class Soft & Oil Pastel Painting Bird Watching in Washington State Beginning Italian II Puget Sound Community Choir Introductory Guitar	10 Laughter Yoga Computer Basics Step 1 Tumwater Parks and Recreation: Creative Container Workshop Creative Container Workshop Creative Container Workshop Introduction to Welding and Creative Metalwork Relationship 102: Install the New Relationship "Operating System" River Ridge Theatre Presents "Beauty and the Beast" Timberline Theatre Presents Chicago My Old Lady at Harlequin	11 MOMS Club of Olympia JBF - Children and Maternity Consignment Sales Event Student Art Exhibit Makes Return to Minnaert Center Gallery Friday's Uncorked at Bayview School of Cooking Blackhills FC U13-U15 Boys and Girls Soccer Tryouts Blackhills FC U13 - U15 Boys and Girls Soccer Tryouts Yoga for Real Men and Women Chess Night: Beginning Moves & Strategies at Wind Up Here Casino Night at The Manor Carnival of the Animals and Other Premier Works River Ridge Theatre Presents "Beauty and the Beast" Timberline Theatre Presents Chicago Tumwater Youth Program Event My Old Lady at Harlequin Karaoke at Viking Lounge	12 JBF - Children and Maternity Consignment Sales Event Blackhills FC U13 - U15 Boys and Girls Soccer Tryouts Olympia Wooden Boat Fair The 2012 Health and Wellness Fair for Pets & People Acting Class at Harlequin Harlequin Improvisation Acting Class Log Home Building Fire Art: Creative Metal & Welding Studio Make Your Living as a Writer or Self-Publisher Preparation for US Citizenship Blackhills FC U13-U15 Boys and Girls Soccer Tryouts Guerrilla Running's Rainbow Run Gluten Free Baking The Little Red Schoolhouse Project and Chico's Fundraising Event - May 12th Prairie Appreciation Day at Mima Mounds Yoga for Real Women with Curves Free Garden Tour Left Foot Organics Plant Sale Free GARDEN TOUR AND FUNDRAISER LOTT WET Science Center: Mothers’ Day Cards Thurston County Heritage Community Event Washington State High School Powerlifting Meet at NW Christian Mayfaire: Medieval Faire Wenatchee Whitewater Rafting Trip with Tumwater Parks & Rec Carnival of the Animals and Other Premier Works Uncork & Unwind - Wine Tasting – Agate Creek Winery Wine Tasting at Uncork & Unwind Carnival of the Animals and Other Premier Works River Ridge Theatre Presents "Beauty and the Beast" Timberline Theatre Presents Chicago Fools Play Improv My Old Lady at Harlequin Hands Across the Midnight Sun Telethon!	13 JBF - Children and Maternity Consignment Sales Event Olympia Wooden Boat Fair Children's Story Time at Orca Books Carnival of the Animals and Other Premier Works My Old Lady at Harlequin Sunday Night Swing Dancing at Urban Onion
14 Lacey Timberland Library Program Concern for Animals Food Bank Drive French for travelers (armchair or otherwise) Tai Chi Ch’uan Intermediate Tai Chi Ch’uan Singing Contest at Viking Lounge	15 Connections for Women Meeting Lacey Chamber BANG! At Lunch! Yoga for Real Women with Curves CPR - Tumwater Parks & Recreation Kids Dance Tumwater Parks and Recreation: Shake It Up! Dance Class Introduction to Genealogy Conservation Through the Clouds with LightHawk	16 Weekly Bird Walk at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Vince Brown - Solo Jazz Guitar Olympia Aloha Ukulele Players Sing! A Group Voice Class Dream Center Open House Soft & Oil Pastel Painting First Time Homebuyer 101 Bird Watching in Washington State Beginning Italian II Puget Sound Community Choir Introductory Guitar Author Talk at Olympia Timberland Library Fireball Karaoke Contest at O'Blarney's	17 Eat For The The Little Red Schoolhouse Project, May 17th 4-7 Cigar Event at Brown & Sons Mom’s Nite Out: EAT, PLAY, SHOP Thurston Chamber Business After Hours: Little Creek's new Salish Cliffs Golf Club House Laughter Yoga Computer Basics Step 1 Introduction to Welding and Creative Metalwork Relationship 102: Install the New Relationship "Operating System" Olympia Art League Meeting Timberline Theatre Presents Chicago My Old Lady at Harlequin	18 Black Lake Competition BBQ and Spring Fair National Bike To Work Day Realtor Day of Caring Friday's Uncorked at Bayview School of Cooking Yoga for Real Men and Women Goodnight Moon at Olympia Family Theater Timberline Theatre Presents Chicago My Old Lady at Harlequin Karaoke at Viking Lounge	19 Black Lake Competition BBQ and Spring Fair Acting Class at Harlequin Harlequin Improvisation Acting Class Tumwater High School Fundraiser Fire Art: Creative Metal & Welding Studio Preparation for US Citizenship Master Gardener Foundation of Thurston County Plant Sale CareNet Walk for Life Event Master Gardeners Plant Sale Best Plants for NW Landscapes : Tumwater Parks & Recreation Lacey Spring Fun Fair Communicating with Plants: Learning the Medicine of Plants Yoga for Real Women with Curves Artists’ Garage Sale : At the Olympia Armory LOTT WET Science Center: The Drip Stops Here POSSCA Artist Garage Sale Washington Child Identification Program Event Steamboat Island Co-op Preschool 5th annual golf carnival Timberline Theatre Presents Chicago Goodnight Moon at Olympia Family Theater Fools Play Improv My Old Lady at Harlequin	20 Black Lake Competition BBQ and Spring Fair Capital City Marathon Olympia Area High School Mountain Bike Race Lacey Spring Fun Fair Goodnight Moon at Olympia Family Theater Children's Story Time at Orca Books Rising Tide School Open House My Old Lady at Harlequin Another Op’nin, Another Show (concert) Sunday Night Swing Dancing at Urban Onion
21 Water Wise Landscaping: Commissioner Sandra Romero Hosts Monthly Coffees with Area Residents Concern for Animals Food Bank Drive Wedding And Event Magazine Offers South Sounds Brides A Wedding Workshop Wedding And Event Magazine Offers South Sound Brides A Wedding Workshop French for travelers (armchair or otherwise) Tai Chi Ch’uan Isagenix Home Party Intermediate Tai Chi Ch’uan Singing Contest at Viking Lounge	22 Lacey Chamber BANG! At Lunch! Digital Photography Intermediate Yoga for Real Women with Curves Tasting at Occasions Catering Kids Dance Tumwater Parks and Recreation: Shake It Up! Dance Class	23 Weekly Bird Walk at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge OMB Housing Summit Olympia Master Builder's Housing Summit Vince Brown - Solo Jazz Guitar Olympia Aloha Ukulele Players Digital Photography Advanced Sing! A Group Voice Class Soft & Oil Pastel Painting Beginning Italian II Puget Sound Community Choir Introductory Guitar Learn how to search recently opened 1940 Census records Fireball Karaoke Contest at O'Blarney's	24 Laughter Yoga Computer Basics Step 1 Introduction to Welding and Creative Metalwork Goodnight Moon at Olympia Family Theater My Old Lady at Harlequin Olympia Beer Pub Quiz Night	25 Comedy Open Mike Showcase Goodnight Moon at Olympia Family Theater Friday's Uncorked at Bayview School of Cooking Yoga for Real Men and Women Goodnight Moon at Olympia Family Theater Uncork & Unwind - Live Music – The Community Live Music at Uncork & Unwind My Old Lady at Harlequin Karaoke at Viking Lounge	26 Acting Class at Harlequin Harlequin Improvisation Acting Class Flagger Certification Fire Art: Creative Metal & Welding Studio Preparation for US Citizenship The Olympia Chapter, Order of DeMolay: Scavenger Hunt, The Great DeMolay Race, A Quest for Swag Goodnight Moon at Olympia Family Theater Uncork & Unwind - Live Music – John Jamieson Live Music at Uncork & Unwind Fools Play Improv My Old Lady at Harlequin	27 Goodnight Moon at Olympia Family Theater Children's Story Time at Orca Books My Old Lady at Harlequin Sunday Night Swing Dancing at Urban Onion
28 Memorial Day Observances at the State Capitol Thunder Run Concern for Animals Food Bank Drive French for travelers (armchair or otherwise) Tai Chi Ch’uan Intermediate Tai Chi Ch’uan Singing Contest at Viking Lounge	29 Shakespearean Verse class at Harlequin Lacey Chamber BANG! At Lunch! Yoga for Real Women with Curves Kids Dance Tumwater Parks and Recreation: Shake It Up! Dance Class	30 Weekly Bird Walk at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Free Introductory Financial Education Workshop Vince Brown - Solo Jazz Guitar Olympia Aloha Ukulele Players Sing! A Group Voice Class 10 Must See Places in King County Puget Sound Community Choir Fireball Karaoke Contest at O'Blarney's	31 The 10th Annual Foundation for the Future Breakfast, benefiting Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County Laughter Yoga Computer Basics Step 1 Herb Gardening Introduction to Welding and Creative Metalwork Goodnight Moon at Olympia Family Theater My Old Lady at Harlequin

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