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Thanks, we are doing all this and waiting. We mixed some of the calcium powder from the bottom of the oyster shells we feed them with some favorite treats of hers and she did eat it. Is there a difference in using liquid calcium? We have her inside in a box with a moist towel and heating pad...

I can tell there is an egg in my chicken and she is unable to pass it. I have used the many ideas on the internet, but when I feel inside of the chicken, I feel as though I am not feeling egg shell, but it feels like some kind of softer tissue is between my finger and the egg. Could that be...

When can I introduce my new chicks to the three one year old hens I already have? The chicks should be ready to tolerate 50 degree temps by the beginning of June. How should I go about introducing the 2 new chicks to the three old hens?

! of our girls has quit laying. It has been over a month. She seemed to have gone through a molt and is back to looking as good as ever but still no eggs. She is only just over 1 year old. any thoughts, After fighting with our township and basically winning I would hate to throw in the towel...

One of our girls has stopped laying her usual 1 a day. We are new to this, do they take a break once in a while, is she plugged up or something else

I am speaking with my twp also and one of the board members brought that up. My thought is that the predators are already there. We have cats in our neighborhood that disappear due to coyotes. Should we not be allowed to have cats?

Thanks for getting back to me culler, As mentioned above I did go before the appeals board to no avail. Next I will be meeting with the twp supervisor. Maybe he felt slighted sense I did not start with him. I don't hold out much hope from what I have been told by the zoning officer, which is why...

Hi culler, I am in Park twp. a couple miles north of Holland. I must say the more reading I do the more I am thinking this MRTFA does not apply to me. Yes we live right next land zoned for chickens but we are not,we back into those 2 properties which are wooded as is the back half of our 1 acre...

since I am already on the twp's radar how do I find out what they consider the size of a farm to be

Hi roosters crow Hens deliver, I hope I am reading the Mi right to farm act in a broad sense. In the law under their definitions there is no reference to land size. As some have implied here, you could have 1/4 acre and be considered a farm under this law. I'll keep researching!

thanks hillbillyhen. I did come across that thread it was great but the law itself did not seem to address size of operation or volume of product sold if you indeed have to sell at all. I did not know whether to assume that those things don't matter or if there is more to the law that I am not...

First off this web site is great! I have spent hours sorting through the hundreds of posts, which have been helpful.Can anyone tell me what defines a farm. Most of the info seems to deal with big operations. We have 3 hens(would like to get more) in our back yard. To be defined as a farm do you...

thanks ZZgypsy, On a positive note, I have been researching things hear and on Mi.gov and I found that Mi has a right to farm act that totally seems to favor the citizen. Don';t know that I fully understand all the legaleez but I hope I can stick it to my twp. I know that is not the right...

we are on the border of being rural as far zoning issues go. we live on the end corner of a dead end subdivision backing into wooded land locked property.( I have to be honest and say that officially we are zoned residential apposed to rural or agricultural.) these two properties have horses...

We have 3 hens. We had a rooster and I had this romantic notion that he would crow once when the sun came up. Needless to say I was mistaken. Before we got rid of him somebody called the twp. Since then I have educate the neighbors about the chickens and why we want them and every body seems to...

thanks for the input, I'm just frustrated with govt. and want to find a solution

So how do you start to I guess change the laws regarding having chickens? I went before the zoning appeals board last night and they would not say yes but they also didn't say no. It seemed like such a simple common sense request. My immediate neighbors as well as everybody living with in 300 ft...

So how do you start to I guess change the laws regarding having chickens? I went before the zoning appeals board last night and they would not say yes but they also didn't say no. It seemed like such a simple common sense request. My immediate neighbors as well as everybody living with in 300 ft...

I'm an outlaw but am trying to get a variance from our twp. Any suggestions?