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5/26/11 at 5:04am

MSDeb

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Welcome to BYC, glad you decided to join us. Good luck with your birds.

And thou shall have dominion over all the beasts...except, of course, for cats. Felines 12-15 Can you hear meow? How about nee-ow?

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And thou shall have dominion over all the beasts...except, of course, for cats. Felines 12-15 Can you hear meow? How about nee-ow?

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post #12 of 24

5/26/11 at 5:38am

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Location: New Hampshire
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Originally Posted by OurHappyLittleFamily

We found BackYardChickens.com while looking up coops for the chicks we now are not sure what to do with.

frow Hi there. I am sorry you found out you are not supposed to have your new friends! Have you decided what you are going to do? Is it town ordinance, or association that doesn't allow it? Does your town allow special permits? Would your neighbors complain over three chickens? I hope all works out for you!!

-Jessa

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Me, DH, DS13, DD11, Sarge our Min-pin/Jack, Gunny our Pit-bull Shepard mix, 4 EE's, 1 White Leghorn, 1 SLW, 1 Mottled Java, 1 Buff Brahma, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Production Reds, 1 Golden Comet and 8 teenage chicks, & 28 baby chicks.

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John Francis Ferrigan. The greatest grandpa that was. I love you.

Me, DH, DS13, DD11, Sarge our Min-pin/Jack, Gunny our Pit-bull Shepard mix, 4 EE's, 1 White Leghorn, 1 SLW, 1 Mottled Java, 1 Buff Brahma, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Production Reds, 1 Golden Comet and 8 teenage chicks, & 28 baby chicks.

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5/26/11 at 9:29am

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First of all, WELCOME !!!!! Hope you can stay. Just keep a low profile & remember........... It isn't against the law until you get caught !!!!!!

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5/26/11 at 9:39am

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Originally Posted by dominiquetrix

Hi! frow

Glad to meet you. I hope things work out for you.

We are not technically (against code) supossed to have chickens either. It pretty much depends on your neighbors. Code enforcement doesn't generally drive around neighborhoods looking for violators. I would say, if you already have the chickens proceed with your coop. If you keep things clean and quiet ( no rooster) maybe even give a few eggs to your closest neighbors you'll probably be fine. It is wise however to have a plan B just in case. Try to find someone who can take them if need be or a farmers market you could take them to. Our local feed store offered to keep our rooster( supossed to have been a hen) for a day to try and rehome him for us and it worked!!

Keeping chickens is incredibly rewarding for the entire family, not to mention the delicious fresh eggs.

Hope to hear from you again!

X2!

BTW, Dominiquetrix, I LOVE your user name!!!! lol

Andrea- Mom to 4 dogs (Benny, Parker, Poppy, Precious), 6 cats (Midori, Shorty, Giovanni, Pooh Bear, Vanilla, Noel), 1 rat (Oliver), 4 fish, 5 EE's of various coloring, 1 black Orp, 1 Red Star, 1 GLW, 3 SLW, 1 b/b/s Marans, 1 OE, 1 Welsummer, 2 buff Rocks, 2 partridge Rocks, 1 Japanese, 2 bantam Cochins, 1 Bearded D'Anvers.
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Andrea- Mom to 4 dogs (Benny, Parker, Poppy, Precious), 6 cats (Midori, Shorty, Giovanni, Pooh Bear, Vanilla, Noel), 1 rat (Oliver), 4 fish, 5 EE's of various coloring, 1 black Orp, 1 Red Star, 1 GLW, 3 SLW, 1 b/b/s Marans, 1 OE, 1 Welsummer, 2 buff Rocks, 2 partridge Rocks, 1 Japanese, 2 bantam Cochins, 1 Bearded D'Anvers.
www.joeyshome.petfinder.org

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5/26/11 at 10:14am

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frow and welcome-byc from Ohio. So glad you joined. Just remember BYC will be here when you need them. thumbsup

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Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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5/26/11 at 9:41pm

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OurHappyLittleFamily

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Thank you for the warm welcome. smile

It's our city's municipal codes. And sadly code enforcement has been seen driving around a lot lately. We are on friendly terms with our neighbors but we don't really know them that well and don't know how they'll react to chickens.

And I would really like to keep them. We've had them less than a week, we love watching them and we're already attaching to them. In fact I wanted another one! Quite honestly we didn't do any research when getting our chicks. So, when I saw that the feed store is getting chicks in tomorrow, ones that lay blue green eggs, I thought Ooooh I want blue green colored eggs as well.

We do have a backup plan I guess. I just need to ok it with my sister who lives in San Francisco. I can't believe our city which is more rural, I mean I see cows driving to the freeway sheesh, doesn't allow chickens.

But at this point I'm flopping back and forth. Last night I was sure we shouldn't keep them. This afternoon I was sure we should. I just would be so disappointed if after building a coop and getting more attached to them, then to have to give them away.

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5/26/11 at 10:09pm

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Location: Tucson
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uh oh! not having chickens is for the birds! I hope you can keep yours. i know there is a pretty hefty illegal or "underground" chicken community here smile just watch for roosters!

Farmer Katie in the City

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5/28/11 at 9:19am