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    NC Show

    You can see different chicken breeds on May 17th during in Raleigh and Cary during the Tour D'Coop.
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    Cary, NC needs help from chicken neighbors UPDATE: Chickens are legal!!!

    Cary, NC unexpected voted to table the ordinance vote due to new concerns from a council member who had previously supported the ordinance. She is now worried about the neighbors of chickens. To help address her concerns, I'm hoping to get anyone who lives next to chickens to send an email to...
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    Need help with rat argument

    Field mice and rats will be attracted to vegetable gardens, compost bins, bird feeders, dog/cat food, and chicken food that is left out. I don't have chickens, but I do kill the occasional rat and field mouse.
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    Help with existing chicken law research

    Cary, NC is finally heading down the path of changing the ordinances to allow chickens. The potential ordinance is currently 6 hens, $50 yearly fee, and coop setbacks that varying with property zoning. A member of the planning & zoning committee has asked me about ordinances for other towns to...
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    Cary, NC!! Good Luck Melissa Crane

    http://carychickens.com/2012/02/10/cary-takes-first-positive-step-toward-chickens
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    Durham, NC, approves backyard hens!

    This is awesome news!
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    Cary, NC Petition to allow backyard hens and request for photos

    Thanks! Their prices look really good.
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    Cary, NC Petition to allow backyard hens and request for photos

    The http://carychickens.com CaryChickens.com website has been professionally redesigned and a new logo has been created. I also had a logo created. Now it's time to create signs, t-shirts and bumper stickers. Does anyone here know of a decent online place to order any of those?
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    Cary, NC Petition to allow backyard hens and request for photos

    rozmiarek, a few of the towns neighboring Cary have approved chickens. chapel hill, nc wake forest, nc durham, nc (pending feb vote)
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    Cary, NC Petition to allow backyard hens and request for photos

    Thanks for letting me use these great pictures. They help people realize that chickens can be clean and beautiful pets that are good for a family.
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    Cary, NC Petition to allow backyard hens and request for photos

    Those are all really good pictures. Thanks!
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    Apiculture

    I just planted a fruit orchard in my backyard this month and decided that keeping bees would be necessary to ensure good pollination. I haven't found any sizable online communities for beekeepers, so I do what I do well and put together a website. Shameless plug BackyardApiary.com. Are there...
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    Cary, NC Petition to allow backyard hens and request for photos

    My wife and I have been pushing fighting the town to allow backyard hens. After our initial set back, we have happily watched the neighboring towns of Chapel Hill, Durham and Wake Forest succeed. In this time, we have set up the website CaryChickens.com with a support mailing list with a few...
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    Cary, NC - Chicken Update

    MsMarbles&Me : Cary isn't the only one in Wake county. Garner doesn't allow chickens either. I'm just outside city limits in the county so I'm wondering if I need to work on making the change now before I get annexed. If you are allowed chickens now, you could push for them to be...
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    Cary, NC - Chicken Update

    Now that Wake Forest has approved chickens, it seems that Cary is one of the last towns in Wake county that is against chickens. I was contacted by a staff writer from The News & Observer who is looking to do a story about Cary and chickens. It would help a lot if he could speak to more than...
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