Hey Folks,
My name is Bobby Basham from Tucson, Arizona. I'll give a full introduction and post a profile/whatever when I go on vacation in a couple of weeks.
I live in a concrete jungle, all the homes landscaped in the front, with matching trees on both sides of the driveway, pretty pink gravel etc in the front and sides, and each house has a 5 ft brick wall along the sides and back. You will get a friendly reminder if you get weeds in the front, or if they can see them through your side gate. The fees here are $26 bucks/month.
I live on a a Peninsula, where the street in the front ends in a culdesac, and the street behind me ends in a culdesac. My section of houses are at an angled NW orientation. Those houses in the back are slightly elevated, and EVERYONE can see into my back yard. No nude sunbathing here, LOL!
However, our City ordinance allows up to 24 hens with no permit required, and reading through the by-laws, this HOA allows a reasonable number of recognized House or YARD pets, including animals, birds, fowl, poultry and livestock, as long as they are kept, bred or raised solely as domestic pets and not for commercial purposes. I thought there was a specific number regarding poultry, but can't find it right now.
The City also states that coops need to be a minimum of 50 feet from the residence of others, but the HOA does not state any distance. They seem to be concerned about noise and nuisances, so I have a nice space about 7 1/2 foot wide right next to my patio where I can put a small coop, and can extend a low run at least 40 feet, and that common wall is about six feet.
My neighbor has a HUGE Pit Bull that stands on a raised planter bed on the dividing wall and barks at anything that moves. I've never seen such a large beast in my life, well fed and healthy (looks alittle older with some gray around the whiskers), and I'm afraid to go near the wall to cut weeds. I had my back patio door open and sneezed one time, and he had a fit. He even barks when I open my garage door in the front of my house, even when he's in his back yard.
One neighbor said "he's completely harmless, just likes to make alot of noise claiming his territory." Maybe so, because he hasn't eaten the Palmoranian that the neighbor has that also yaps constantly when outside. I bet he wouldn't let it loose over there with that pitbull.
Then, on the other side of my house, I've got two ankle-biters there...some type of chuhuhua mixes yapping all the time. They were yapping this morning when I was up at 4:00am.
Don't fall asleep...I tend to write essays.
I talked to the HOA manager about putting up a kennel. She said as long as it cannot be seen over the wall. Well, do you mean when you walk by on the sidewalk, or all the neighbors on the higher level who have a bird's eye view?
I haven't been around chickens since living on a farm back in the 50's/60's in Grove City, Pennsylvania, and I really miss those days growing up with six other siblings.
My back yard is very big and just a blank canvas of dirt right now, and taking a few weeks off during August, to see what I can come up with.
I usually read ALL posts before posting something that may be redundant. I hear it all the time at Phonoland.com. I collect older console recordplayers to restore to keep and/or give them away to co-workers and friends...electronics is one of several side hobbies, and I get tired of people posting "where to buy a needle" when it's already in the FAQ.
Anyhoo, I've been checking out different sites about coops. Those CConly coops seem to be nice, but from what I've read, there are mixed reviews on those, being cheaply constructed and made in China...maybe can get one and do some reinforcement on them. I love power tools and can handle them very well, and I'm not in the mood for building something from scratch until I decide to retire next year.
Right now, I'm just doing some drawings of what I would like to create for my back yard to make it appeasing and entertaining. The wheels are turning right now, and I'm gonna take alittle bit of what everyone has contributed to come up with my own mix.
One thing bothers me, though. Should I feel guilty about mature, clucking hens doing their egg song, when I got four dogs barking on both sides of my property?
Lemme bring this disseration to a close. On another note...Do you let your chickens listen to Music? I've heard from the past that they like Classical and NPR Radio. Don't play Hard Rock, 'cause it seems to agitate them. I don't know about Gospel, because they might jump up and start speaking in tongues and popping out premature eggs ...well they have their own tongues to begin with...LOL! I plan rigging up some music (through an underground cable) and let the girls listen.
I play Gospel, Jazz, Blues, Classical piano and organ, and maybe I can make some recordings of myself to keep them entertained during the day. The thoughts and possibilites are endless, what I won't do for the gals I haven't even obtained yet.
Keep up the good work, folks, and I applaud you for what you do to bring back that old love and educating all the idiots out there who don't understand the part that poultry and other fowl play in our lives. --BB
Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona
My name is Bobby Basham from Tucson, Arizona. I'll give a full introduction and post a profile/whatever when I go on vacation in a couple of weeks.
I live in a concrete jungle, all the homes landscaped in the front, with matching trees on both sides of the driveway, pretty pink gravel etc in the front and sides, and each house has a 5 ft brick wall along the sides and back. You will get a friendly reminder if you get weeds in the front, or if they can see them through your side gate. The fees here are $26 bucks/month.
I live on a a Peninsula, where the street in the front ends in a culdesac, and the street behind me ends in a culdesac. My section of houses are at an angled NW orientation. Those houses in the back are slightly elevated, and EVERYONE can see into my back yard. No nude sunbathing here, LOL!
However, our City ordinance allows up to 24 hens with no permit required, and reading through the by-laws, this HOA allows a reasonable number of recognized House or YARD pets, including animals, birds, fowl, poultry and livestock, as long as they are kept, bred or raised solely as domestic pets and not for commercial purposes. I thought there was a specific number regarding poultry, but can't find it right now.
The City also states that coops need to be a minimum of 50 feet from the residence of others, but the HOA does not state any distance. They seem to be concerned about noise and nuisances, so I have a nice space about 7 1/2 foot wide right next to my patio where I can put a small coop, and can extend a low run at least 40 feet, and that common wall is about six feet.
My neighbor has a HUGE Pit Bull that stands on a raised planter bed on the dividing wall and barks at anything that moves. I've never seen such a large beast in my life, well fed and healthy (looks alittle older with some gray around the whiskers), and I'm afraid to go near the wall to cut weeds. I had my back patio door open and sneezed one time, and he had a fit. He even barks when I open my garage door in the front of my house, even when he's in his back yard.
One neighbor said "he's completely harmless, just likes to make alot of noise claiming his territory." Maybe so, because he hasn't eaten the Palmoranian that the neighbor has that also yaps constantly when outside. I bet he wouldn't let it loose over there with that pitbull.
Then, on the other side of my house, I've got two ankle-biters there...some type of chuhuhua mixes yapping all the time. They were yapping this morning when I was up at 4:00am.
Don't fall asleep...I tend to write essays.
I talked to the HOA manager about putting up a kennel. She said as long as it cannot be seen over the wall. Well, do you mean when you walk by on the sidewalk, or all the neighbors on the higher level who have a bird's eye view?
I haven't been around chickens since living on a farm back in the 50's/60's in Grove City, Pennsylvania, and I really miss those days growing up with six other siblings.
My back yard is very big and just a blank canvas of dirt right now, and taking a few weeks off during August, to see what I can come up with.
I usually read ALL posts before posting something that may be redundant. I hear it all the time at Phonoland.com. I collect older console recordplayers to restore to keep and/or give them away to co-workers and friends...electronics is one of several side hobbies, and I get tired of people posting "where to buy a needle" when it's already in the FAQ.
Anyhoo, I've been checking out different sites about coops. Those CConly coops seem to be nice, but from what I've read, there are mixed reviews on those, being cheaply constructed and made in China...maybe can get one and do some reinforcement on them. I love power tools and can handle them very well, and I'm not in the mood for building something from scratch until I decide to retire next year.
Right now, I'm just doing some drawings of what I would like to create for my back yard to make it appeasing and entertaining. The wheels are turning right now, and I'm gonna take alittle bit of what everyone has contributed to come up with my own mix.
One thing bothers me, though. Should I feel guilty about mature, clucking hens doing their egg song, when I got four dogs barking on both sides of my property?
Lemme bring this disseration to a close. On another note...Do you let your chickens listen to Music? I've heard from the past that they like Classical and NPR Radio. Don't play Hard Rock, 'cause it seems to agitate them. I don't know about Gospel, because they might jump up and start speaking in tongues and popping out premature eggs ...well they have their own tongues to begin with...LOL! I plan rigging up some music (through an underground cable) and let the girls listen.
I play Gospel, Jazz, Blues, Classical piano and organ, and maybe I can make some recordings of myself to keep them entertained during the day. The thoughts and possibilites are endless, what I won't do for the gals I haven't even obtained yet.
Keep up the good work, folks, and I applaud you for what you do to bring back that old love and educating all the idiots out there who don't understand the part that poultry and other fowl play in our lives. --BB
Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona
