How can I keep chickens in the city?
People think chickens are smelly, messy, and loud beasts. This could not be further from the truth. Because I live in a town with livestock ordinances, I had to find a way to convince my neighbors that chickens weren't such a bad thing. That's why I designed...
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The sides are not attached. They are doors that are all easily removable. I hang a feeder and watering fount on one end by hooks. It's a very simple arrangement, once you understand how it works.
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Sure did! I had one of my coops in the chicken barn. The NC Ag Dept has asked me to put a little more interest in there, other than just chickens.
The chicken coop as art.
The British have taken chickens arks as they call them, to an art form. But with the US dollar weak against the Euro, who can afford to pay $1,000.00 or more for a place to keep their chickens? The Catawba ConvertiCoop can be built for significantly less money, and...
http://www.catawbacoops.com/its-official-wake-forest-votes-in-new-ordinance-to-allow-urban-chickens.html
It's Official! Wake Forest Commissioners Vote In New Ordinance to Allow Urban Chickens.
By David Bissette
WAKE FOREST, NC. - The Town of Wake Forest's Board of Commissioners voted tonight...
SCOOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You saw it here on Backyard Chickens 1st!
Wake Forest Commissioners Tackle Chicken Ordinance
By Dave Bissette
WAKE FOREST - Emily Cole entered the Town of Wake Forest's monthly Board of Commissioners meeting with butterflys in her stomach. After several months of...
This coop was built from my plans by a 15 year old with no previous woodworking experience. He's starting up a home based business building these coops. Hurrah that the entrepreneurial spirit still lives in today's youth!
krjwaj, you can find the answers to the majority of your...
Our coop of licensed and registered birds at the Farmer's Market. Emily took this picture. If you're interested, you can look at her blog at http://wfchickens.blogspot.com
Here's a blow-up of the note left on the coop.
Cities are full of smelly dumpsters...
Joel Salatin made a comment a few weeks ago at Polyface Farm in Swoope, VA that he felt there should be more hatcheries... especially those dealing in heritage breeds. His comment was that he bought out ALL the hatcheries that were dealing in a certain breed (which I cannot remember) and that as...
Cary chickens out of allowing poultry
Smell, predators cited as concerns
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The chickens won't come home to roost in Cary. At least not literally.
Cary's Town Council turned down an idea, by a 4-3 vote, to look into allowing laying hens throughout...
Shame about the vote last week. It doesn't even seem that the commissioners were interested in educating themselves about urban chickens. Fortunately for us here in Wake Forest, we've done a fine job of voting in progressive commissioners who care about more than just tax dollars and property...
I'm keeping a tab on all the goings-on here in Wake Forest on my website. Shame about what happened in Cary last week. I think it should have been formally introduced. Emily Cole is doing that here and has already started contacting commissioners on the subject. Fortunately for us, our...
This past weekend, Emily and I toted one of my Brougham ConvertiCoops down to the farmer's market. We received 137 signatures on our petition as well as a good 1/2 hour of face time with one of our town commissioners. He was very pro-chicken, and if he is then I know that we probably have 3...
I've had to give away 20% of my urban flock once they started crowing even though I ordered hens. Is this a reasonable failure rate? I wrote them an email a few days ago, and have yet to hear back.
It's been a disappointing weekend at the Bissette household. 20% of our hens are roosters and...
WE MADE THE NEWS! NBC-17 featured Emily and I on the 6 o'clock news tonight. Here's a link to the article
http://wakeforest.mync.com/site/wakeforest/news|Community/story/5152/battle_for_backyard_chickens_in_wake_forest
That's excellent news! I don't think our segment was on NBC-17 tonight, so check out the evening news tomorrow night. I won't get to see it. The family and I will be going to Joel Salatin's field day at Polyface Farm in Staunton, VA.
Joel is the posterboy for organic chicken, rabbit, pig and...