Recent content by FarmerChad

Once again I want to thank everyone for the support. Some good news on the front is that we found a small family farm, about 20 or so miles away that is more then happy to adopt our girls. We will be delivering the hens tomorrow. The owners informed me that we were welcome to come check things...

Being that I can't sleep.. found something of interest. My town has classified chickens as farm animals, well, legally they are not. 9 CFR 1.1 [Title 9 -- Animals and Animal Products; Chapter I -- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture], farm animal means “any...

Once again thanks for all the support and ideas. I appreciate the idea behind everyone flooding them with mail, but please wait a second on that one. Can someone elaborate on the "Right To Farm Act"? We have looked at the West Virginia code pertaining to it, but it looks like it is intended for...

Home from the meeting. Thanks for all the support. Im not sure where "2 hens" came from, but we have 5. Oh well.. 1 meeting down, about infinity to go... In the words of our fine mayor "im not interested in changing this ordinance". Does that help to sum it up? Its fair to say that there is...

The girls had only been outside for 2 whole nights, then the city police stopped by (last Friday).They informed me that I was not allowed to have chickens in the city. Handed me a copy of the ordinance. All of which I knew ahead of time. Kinda funny though, the officers had this look on their...

Quote: The link I have been scouring for. Thanks!!

Hey guys, Been searching around and can no longer find the C.I.T.Y. website. Used google, nothing, searched here, nothing. Anyone have a link? It would be greatly appreciated.

Quote: This is the kind of thinking I like. No reason to give too much information

Quote: That is what im thinking. I wanted to at least find out the legality of the issue, first. It would be different if they said "NO!" and proceeded to lecture me on what kind of person I would be for bringing those evil little birds into our good town. Instead, I was basically told to...

Quote: That is what im thinking. I wanted to at least find out the legality of the issue, first. It would be different if they said "NO!" and proceeded to lecture me on what kind of person I would be for bringing those evil little birds into our good town. Instead, I was basically told to...

Quote: That is what im thinking. I wanted to at least find out the legality of the issue, first. It would be different if they said "NO!" and proceeded to lecture me on what kind of person I would be for bringing those evil little birds into our good town. Instead, I was basically told to...

Quote: Thats pretty much what I was getting at. One part says a-ok, the other says no. I think another trip to City Hall might be in order. Then again, it didn't seem like there was a huge concern over what I was wanting to do... as long as no one "complained". The city employee I spoke to was...

Quote: As a matter of fact, I have it. The lady at City Hall gave me 4 double sided pages. Most of it covers dogs, about 75%. Anyways I do have that section.. And I made a typo. Its supposed to be section 505.07(a)(1) not 505.01(a)(1). 505.07(a)(1) "Animals" includes cats, dogs, rabbits...

How to deal with contradictory ordinances? The wife and I are interested in keeping 3-4 hens on our property, in town. We live in a small town, population of only 2000-3000 residents. This is a topic that comes up quite often with us, as my wife has a co-worker that is constantly offering us...