All I meant was that you're not about to raise enough chickens to feed your town in a handful of chicken tractors. You're going to have to raise them large-scale, which often means having to do things in a manner that some folks find unacceptable. That said, in all the years I worked in a...
I was raised on a broiler farm. I helped raise well over a million chickens in my youth. If America wants to be fed, it's how it must be done. Look at large-scale farming. A farmer is not going to grow enough corn/wheat/whatever in a 2-acre lot out back and make a living hauling his goods to...
Why is it always some off-the-wall example? Why not let folks sort it out for themselves? I somewhat mastered the art of Mind-Your-Own-Business-101 years ago, and uncut grass, tires strewn about, junk cars, etc don't bother me. I can tend to my own and leave others alone.
As to the lions...
I'm sorry, but it blows my mind that some of you are having to beg permission from some board or council of biddies just to own chickens/bees/whatever. This is AMERICA, not the USSR! Who gave these minions the authority to tell you what you can and cannot have on your own property???
It would be nice if these nosy neighbors were just called out in the street and it handled there. No need to get the city, etc involved. Oh, for the good old days.
I think it would be hilarious for a majority of HOA members to vote and pass a regulation REQUIRING that those opposed to chickens ti buy some or move out. No, I know it won't happen, because owners are typically more reasonable than that. I have yet to meet a gun owner who felt he had the right...