Just as a side note. My daughter gets paid good for dog, horse and house sitting. I have had a few people interested in my "Chickens for rent" model.I may go under the radar? I may give up on this for now? For me, and I've been told it's silly, I had this idea of doing something grand. Raising chicks (at first. From eggs later) into egg laying, meat producing garden loving pooping chickens with my boys. I wanted to watch them learn (even if it were a very small part of it) what my father did as a farmer in the thumb as a child. what my brother and I learnerd from raising chickens and rabbits as children. We go through about 2 - 3 dozen eggs a week and the boys love eating the healthy eggs from their cousins coop.
I tried to incorporate gardening into my Bear Cub Scouts this year. Planting seeds, feeding and watering and then transplanting the seedlings outside to reep the bounty in the summer. The chickens were going to take this to the next step. The ethics of cleaning, feeding and general care for an animal. The morality of possibly slaughtering an animal for nurishment. The love for a pet!!! Compassion! Responsibility!
Then there was my secret business idea. To build small tractors and lease/rent the to Villagers. I would provide laying hens for the season or year. I could deliver food and water, "coop sit" while the owners were away. I would clean the coops for a small fee. All the micro farming locavores would have to do is collect eggs and call me, my boys and scouts for assistance when needed. This would play right into the raised bed garden business model. Same thing. Fresh composted manure, I build, maintain, plant and weed. All the microfarming locavoreswould need to do is pick fresh tasty veggies. And pay their rent!!
Small start buisness at it's best. Feeding the villagers and economy. Small business that has the potential to be franchised nationwide.
But,,, To do this and look my boys and scouts in the eye I would have to hit it head on, stay within the law, use the system to assist my fight. I could not fly under the radar and hide chickens in my back yard. It's just not my way.
Silly!!!! I know.