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  1. TheAlrightyGina

    Need your input to help draft new city ordinance for Backyard Chickens!

    Did you approach it from a raising birds for meat angle? Because it's impossible to raise anything but Cornish X with that kind of limitation. The average American family eats 20+ chickens a year. Most heritage breeds are processed between 16-20 weeks. So going off that, one would need to be...
  2. TheAlrightyGina

    Need your input to help draft new city ordinance for Backyard Chickens!

    Oh I see. I wasn't trying to fight the rooster battle with my comment, I was just trying to give you something to say if someone said that cockerels can crow before 16-20weeks (which they can). I would think general nuisance laws could come into effect at that point, if the cockerels were...
  3. TheAlrightyGina

    Need your input to help draft new city ordinance for Backyard Chickens!

    I'm not bothered by any pronoun aimed at me, but they/them is fine. :)
  4. TheAlrightyGina

    Need your input to help draft new city ordinance for Backyard Chickens!

    That's a pretty solid response. However, I'm confused about the idea of including chicks in the total # of chickens. Most people raise chicks in a brooder, which is usually entirely separate from the coop/run structure, if not inside their house. Perhaps language should be suggested that has a...
  5. TheAlrightyGina

    Need your input to help draft new city ordinance for Backyard Chickens!

    I support your attempt to try to get roosters in. In truth, they are no noisier than dogs, maxing out at the same level (~90db) and at least where I am, the roosters crow a lot less than dogs bark. That's a point you can bring up if you want to try, as well as suggesting stipulations such as an...
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