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    is it true??

    I still can not wrap my head around why there are restrictions to a few hens, in any town! I wish we could create a HUGE nationwide movement, I mean, I know we are nationwide, but ykwim?? Also it's a shame that these towns push us out with our chickens, because all the chicken owners I know...
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    Anti-Poultry Laws - An Ulterior Motive?

    I AM a conspiracy person :cd Life, Liberty, Chickens!!!
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    No Ordinance. Still told to get rid of them! MICH.

    Yes, Fairytails, that is exactly what happened, lol! I know unbelievable. I've been through meetings all summer where this chicken stuff got so heated. I've heard commission members swear at each other, yell, fight, and I've been told to keep quiet. None of this stuff is recorded cause it's such...
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    No Ordinance. Still told to get rid of them! MICH.

    Well, 3 of the people who wrote the ordinance voted NOT to send it to Council. Leaving it dead in the water - it was a tie - 3-3. Unless a council member were to move to have them vote again, this time with commission member #7 to break the tie. Honestly I think it's better without an ordinance...
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    No Ordinance. Still told to get rid of them! MICH.

    Wish me luck with the planning commission tonight! I hope they listen to me when I say things like: Chicken Coops should provide each chicken with more than 1 sqft. of space per hen. (duh...most standards are larger than 1 sqft themselves!) That storing manure in a compost for instance is...
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    No Ordinance. Still told to get rid of them! MICH.

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    No Ordinance. Still told to get rid of them! MICH.

    My chickens died on my in-laws farm. They had never been separated before, and when a dog got one of them, the other died soon after of natural causes (stress?).
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    No Ordinance. Still told to get rid of them! MICH.

    Hey Old Guy43- I AM on the ballot this fall!!! Running for Village Council!
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    No Ordinance. Still told to get rid of them! MICH.

    Thanks for all the tips!! I will use them!!! This seems to have turned into a personal vendetta against me, because our story keeps ending up in the papers. I'm not calling the papers, but I keep repeating the facts when the paper comes and they don't like it!
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    No Ordinance. Still told to get rid of them! MICH.

    UPDATE: First off sorry for dropping the thread here. My husband did something and erased all the cookies, I couldnt get into my account, couldnt remember the password or which email. Anyways. After many months of our Planning Commission working on an ordinance, they almost scrapped it. Saying...
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    No Ordinance. Still told to get rid of them! MICH.

    LOL! And continue we will.... They have most all the wording, but for fence structure outside of the run. This came up as I explained the benefits of ranging. So on to next months meeting. Aug. 1st. And we'll see where it goes from there. 4 Chickens (no roosters), coop must be 10 ft. from...
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    No Ordinance. Still told to get rid of them! MICH.

    Meeting tonight! I'll update as soon as I get home. They were planning on working on wording. Let's hope they have moved forward and haven't decided to back out of this idea....
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    No Ordinance. Still told to get rid of them! MICH.

    Silkies ~ I agree with a lot of people here that after our Right to Farm Act was revised in 2001, it covers anyone selling their farm products as long as we follow GAAMPS. As far as the ordinance, it you study Michigan's General Village Code, it clearly states that Villages can NOT enforce vague...
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    No Ordinance. Still told to get rid of them! MICH.

    Thanks! I'm waiting with baited breath, you never know what these people might decide. I have 2 wks left! LOL and then one of my first orders of business (after recovery from the c/s) is the next planning commission meeting.
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    No Ordinance. Still told to get rid of them! MICH.

    UPDATE: We are moving forward. Looks like Planning is going to clarify the current ordinance. And admitted it was very vague. This may go faster than amending, which would take council approval and a public hearing. Still won't say how long or which way this is going, but promised to look at it...
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