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Quote: Even if the OP's chickens are legal per zoning, she still may have problems due to noise and odor complaints. I think you are right about the passive-aggressive types, there seem to be a lot of neighbors like that. In a perfect world, the OP shouldn't have to appease, but it would be...

Might be cheaper and easier to just buy new each year than try to feed stock over the winter.

The winner prepared a stuffed, braised quail for her entree. Now, personally, I was a little concerned with the fact that Gordon Ramsey and the other chefs were happy with the fact that is was still "pink" in the breast meat. To me, that indicates that not only the breast meat but also the...

I thought the standard set by your supreme court was commercial intent, not profitability?

Any updates? Poor old guy, hope he wins.

If you can't find a vet to do it, you could always call a Mohel!

I might be moving to Michigan soon from Ohio. What is the bottom line on this law? Is there a simple answer?

A big dog. Or an electric fence.

Groundhogs can carry rabies. Rare but it happens. So I would be very careful if you decide to trap or whatever. I have had good luck getting rid of them by pouring something really smelly and long lasting down the hole, like cheap cologne.

Ilovemyladies! : Since I don't have a live trap I'm closing the doors and turning on the radio on a "comfortable" volume. I'm looking into gettin a live trap though. I seem to recall that in some communities, Animal Control or the local humane society shelter has live traps to borrow or rent...

A diet really high in fruit might require calcium supplementation in the form of oyster shell. Most fruit is pretty low in calcium. I seem to recall reading that blackberries are the only fruit that are relatively high in calcium, something like 46 mg per 1 cup serving.

I've always fed my chickens fruit or whatever else extra I have, no problems in terms of laying, and they like it. As long as they have access to whatever is your standard feed, layer pellets or whatever, it should be fine. I guess if they ONLY had fruit and vegetables, after a while it...

Another alternative is to keep them on wire so the droppings fall through. Seen it done.

Well, I guess it actually would be more like pie wedges that come to a central point, or nearly so. I looked online, a lot of them have a little cupola on top.

What kind of roof will work on an octagon? The only thing I've seen on buildings that shape (few and far between) are basically domes. Wouldn't that be hard to do out of wood?