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I am looking to buy some Modern Game Bantams. I am looking for chicks or eggs to hatch myself. I can't find any hatcheries online who sell them. Does anyone know where I can get some?

Does anyone know what would cause greasy looking/see through marks?

Does anyone know what causes this? These are all from the same chicken. Usually her eggs are a solid blue but sometimes her eggs look like they have grease stains on them. My husband is convinced that they taste different too.

I have two. They are a lot of fun. A bit flighty sometimes. I have to periodically trim their head puff because the feathers hang down over their eyes and they can't see very well. They will try to peck at food and just look like a couple of drunk maniacs! I always know when they are due for a...

Update: After reading through the zoning rules more carefully with a zoning specialist we decided to go ahead and get the chickens because we felt that the zoning clearly allowed chickens. Here is the zoning: SECTION B. ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND USES 2, 3 1. Accessory structures and uses...

Please sign and help us! If you live in any surrounding areas: Maumee, Toledo, Waterville, Whitehouse, Perrysburg Township, Oregon, etc etc please sign as well. We are all in this together and what happens in one city can affect the others. Perrysburg rules are outdated. Right now both owning...

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I just checked and our property is platted. I think I will just be pro active and talk to all my friendly neighbors and get signatures from them stating that they would be fine if I got chickens. Hopefully I will have enough friendly neighbors who are ok with it and the zoning board will allow...

Our property is .30 acres. I am not sure we live in a platted subdivision. I am not entirely sure how to determine that. After doing some digging I found our zoning rules on our zoning website. It doesn't say anything about getting permission from neighbors. I have no idea why the zoning office...

Anyone out there raising chickens in Perrysburg or Perrysburg Township in Ohio? I moved to Perrysburg Township from Toledo a year ago. I used to have a flock of backyard chickens at my Toledo home. I LOVED having my girls around and eating the fresh eggs! I am running into resistance with...

Hello, Did you ever get any clarification on the Perrysburg chicken ordinance? We currently live within Toledo city limits but are moving to Perrysburg in the next few months. We have 4 laying hens and I want to take them with us. I would love to hear what you have learned.