Sorrow Sorrow... just downsized from a big house in Newtown to a smaller house and property in Brookfield and having flock adjustment issues. I think I am private here enough to sneak in a couple of hens no problem but my boy is an obvious neighborhood menace... anyone interested in a free...
I would recommend heading over to the Bethel agway for feed and bedding... they should have organic feed. Shavings work well though I actually use hay because I have a free source. You can spend money on a waterer or what I actually do is use a couple of empty cat food cans with 5/8 inch trap...
Hi all... been a long time since i visited here... have been very busy, aren't we all....
I am doing a shout out to see if anyone is interested in a gorgeous Ameraucana rooster i hatched out late last summer... he is everything i have come to associate with the breed... friendly, out going...
Anybody near eastford and know the chicken ordinances there... how much land you need to own chickens? Sounds like an ag friendly community! check out this fair flier...http://www.townofeastford.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=59&Itemid=113
Thanks for the Beacon Falls info.... I'm looking for a more chicken friendly zone... would like to maybe have a small farm. 20 is not quite enough. The Beacon Falls property I was looking at has 6+ acres.... 186 West Rd... sounded interesting but the 20 chicken restriction is definitely an...
Beacon Falls folks... I was wondering about the chicken zoning regs in your area... there is an interesting property I am going to go look at there but I don't know much about the area. I don't even know if it has its own schools... my children are grown so that doesn't matter much... just need...
I had a similar problem but was never able to resolve it... the others beat on her miserably until she went lame... I like your thinking here. I would try this.