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    San Jose Clifornia Laws AND Ordinances

    Hens people can sometimes keep on the "down low", but I'm not sure how you're going to keep your rooster from announcing his own presence... every morning.... That just seems like a quick way to bring problems upon yourself.
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    Do double yolks mean twin chicks?

    I'm still a n00b, but have been reading up on the subject voraciously. Everything I've found says that double-yolks aren't viable. If you think about it, isn't the white there for nutrition as the chick grows inside the egg? If so, then the double-yolk eggs, not having the room for...
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    Free Range Chickens

    Wonderful, thanks for all the information. Like the OP, I'll avoid clipping unless they show me that they need to be clipped. I'll start slowly and do my best to keep the backyard an interesting place which meets their needs. (I'd like to eventually be able to let them freerange in the...
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    Free Range Chickens

    What about bantams? Do people let their bantams free range without clipping their wings? I'm a bit torn, myself. On the one hand, clipping their wings would make them easier hawk food. On the other, the fact that they're bantams make it more likely that a neighbor gets a surprise in his/her...
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    City ordinance grey area?

    Quote: That will be a selling point for your bird loving neighbors. I'm told that backyard chickens actually attract other birds. I understand the hesitation for talking to your neighbors. I was very afraid to hear a solid no and have all my hopes dashed. So, I went prepared for answers...
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    My 2 hens-picture and question(s)

    Quote: Would you be willing to name the hatchery? Not to chastise them, but so that people (like me) who don't want to purchase debeaked birds know whom to avoid?
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    City ordinance grey area?

    No answers, but you have my commiseration. The only limitation on animals affecting chickens within my city limits is "no nuisance". BUT our CC&R says "no livestock or animals other than those commonly kept as pets." Um... who defines "commonly"? So I just checked with all my connecting...
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    Mass laws on giving away chicks

    Quote: The bolded phrase is key, I think. The way I read it is that you can still give them away, you just can't give them away as "premiums". I take that to mean that you can't say something like, "Buy this cage and you'll get two one-month-old chicks for free." But you can still just give...
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    Deadline for new coop and flock?

    Probably the wrong forum, but I can't figure out where to put it. We're getting ready to build a coop in our northern Nevada community. (High Desert: a far cry from Las Vegas.) We have no birds right now. I'd like to get a couple of bantam pullets before this winter. (I'm assuming I can...
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    Killer chickens - mice beware!

    Quote: Hadn't thought of that. We kind of of like our little squirrel visitor(s?), but I can see how they could be trouble. I like to think that they won't be able to get in the run when it's closed, but they might start going when it's open if they're that fast. I'm planning on a dog...
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    Killer chickens - mice beware!

    Quote: This worries me a little. I'm just beginning building our coop, and I wondered if the ground squirrel(s?) that adopted our back yard would give the hens a hard time when they're free-ranging. Now I guess I have to worry the other way? :|
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