Recent content by milamber84906

Hey I currently live in Dyer, Indiana and tried, unsuccessfully, to get the city council to change the laws that don't allow backyard chickens. My wife and I are now looking at moving (not because of the chicken issue) to Crown Point, IN. Does anyone know the rules and regulations regarding...

I would love to do that, but I work construction. I'm not sure I could get away or be in a quiet location tomorrow. But I would really like to do that sometime if possible, I'm just not sure that Monday would work...:(

Here's the other article I was talking about, just got published last night! http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/schererville/chickens-flying-the-coop-over-residential-statutes/article_a44d03b3-5e4c-5c37-9f42-c8d662263a43.html

Hey, I haven't been on here in a while so I didn't see your post! I wrote a 3 page letter to the town council describing what I wanted regarding chickens. I then went to the Town Council meeting in the beginning of May that had a Citizen Input section. I said my piece which basically was an...

This may be a stupid question, but for making the windows, how much of a gap did you leave around the windows to make sure they opened smoothly but still shut tight?

Where in Indiana are you? I just sent a 3 page letter discussing the positives and mostly unfounded negatives of backyard chickens. I'm not sure where my town council sits on the issue. I also have a council meeting to go to in a couple weeks. I'll let you know if anything happens with it. I...

I'm very new to the idea of having chickens in my backyard, but after much research (and some encouragement by my wife) I've decided I want to pursue this. My issue is that currently my city of Dyer, Indiana doesn't allow chickens. They have lumped them in with all "farm animals". I really want...

Hello everyone! I live in Dyer, IN and I'm very new to the world of keeping chickens. My city currently doesn't allow chickens but I want to start working on changing that. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as well as any local support!!!

Thank you so much! I will definitely check those out! I'm very excited to take this on!

I'm new to this site and honestly pretty new to the idea of having chickens in my backyard. My wife suggested the idea and after doing some research I found this website. I think it sounds like a great idea, but my city doesn't currently allow us to keep chickens. I was wondering if anyone had...