Hello,
I am looking for stories about urban chicken-keeping on lots with multi-family dwellings. Madison WI allows keeping of up to 4 chickens on a lot with up to four dwelling units, and I am proposing that Vancouver BC adopts this in their bylaw. The City Staffer writing the proposed bylaw...
Many of us worked really hard to make this happen. We spent many hours working together, and we were fortunate that Councilors and city staff people were very helpful.
There were 8 of us who spoke, 6 for, 2 against, plus one city health person and the city staff person who has been working on...
I'm from WI, and have many relatives there, and wanted to have the facts when I was talking to my Green Bay relatives. I poured over Brown County and Green Bay's ordinances, and as far as I can see they are allowed.
Basically 4 or less full grown full-sized chickens (8" or more), or 8 chicks...
Subject: [COMFOOD:] The Urban Farmer's Almanac
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/story.html?id=906894#email
NATIONAL POST
The urban farmer's almanac
Diane Peters, National Post Published: Friday, October 24, 2008
It's illegal to raise livestock in downtown Toronto. People do it...
Hello all,
The TV crew was just here (Surrey, BC, outside of Vancouver BC) interviewing our outlaw chickens, and it seemed to
go well. I'll let you know when they get their TV debut. I championed
the causes of sustainable local urban agriculture and legalizing
backyard chickens.
Heather...
Yay! A stroke of luck! I have been trying to get Chickens legalized in the city of Surrey BC and in all cities in the Vancouver BC Metro Area, and check out the email that I got today:
"We are looking to do a news story on the Urban Chicken Movement here in Vancouver (or the surrounding...
Hello All,
We recently moved to Surrey (a suburb of Vancouver BC), British Columbia, Canada, from Portland, Oregon. Urban Chickens are very popular, legal, and safe in Portland, and they are not legal yet in most of the Vancouver BC Metro Area. I am trying to get people together to try to...