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    Scottsville NY - New Law passed tonight to allow Domesticated Hens

    For over a year now there's been an ongoing battle to have chickens. The current law forbid them based on the law being written that a coop or any structure that housed fowl (or farm animals) be no closer than 100 feet from a property line. This made it impossible on almost every lot in the...
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    Unknown issue... Maybe eggbound

    I awoke this morning to find one of my hens on the bottom of the coop. At first I thought she was laying on an egg (she was sitting near where she usually lays her eggs). I checked and found a bunch of smelly poo stuck to her feathers (she must have been there for awhile during the night)...
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    Sexing Easter Eggers...

    Can anyone show some photos or give help on sexing easter eggers. I know they are a mutt and follow no specific guidelines but at apx 4-5 weeks old is it possible to tell the difference? Also a question on sex linked (black stars) from what I read on how black stars are 'created' a pullet...
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    How to address an issue....

    I have a public hearing next week regarding our current zoning law on the keeping of chickens. 1. Nothing prohibits the keeping of said chickens. 2. No current limitations on number of chickens. 3. But... zoning says that any structure that houses the chickens can not be within 100 feet of a...
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    Newbie help... trying to locate buff Orpington chicks: Rochester NY

    I live just south of the city and am working on getting a coop together and starting my first backyard chicken flock. I'm trying to figure out the exact number of hens I can keep (absolutely no roo's). I'm getting varrying answers of 3 or 6. I'm planning on just getting 6 and going from there...
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    Looking for help re village law on keeping chickens (NYState)

    I live in Scottsville NY. I talked to the building supervisor to see about keeping chickens. The ordinance in the village has no regulation on keeping chickens but it says that any building/coop used to house livestock/poultry must be no closer than 100ft to the property line. Here's a pic...
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