There are not laws explicitly forbidding chickens in Cambridge. I've read this over and over again, searched the city codes and found nothing.
A man, Charles Eccles, has been keeping chickens for decades and successfully won legal battles on the grounds that his chickens are pets, not...
I know (of) other people who keep chickens in Cambridge. I have two chickens and three ducks. They are quiet and I keep them clean. Their coop/run is totally vermin proof and I take their food in at night.
Today, the second day they have lived in their coop, a neighbor must have complained...
Hatched March 4, 2009 - moving to their new coop this weekend!
Silver Wyandotte: Frances
Gold Wyandotte: Henrietta
Big head tuft cayuga: Ferdinand
Less head tuft cayuga: Potassium
No head tuft cayuga: Penelope
Anyone know what the deal is with the head tufts on my duckies? I never heard of...
After my dog got into some warfarin set out for rats and needed a $1000+ blood transfusion and almost died, I'm really cautious about using poisons. Plus, rats around my city are so used to the dang stuff (it's utterly ubiquitous) they've got immunities to it or else know to avoid it.
For my...
Hi! I have a silver (Frances) and gold (Henrietta) wyandotte and three cayuga ducks (Penelope, Ferdinand, and Potassium) who hatched on March 4 and arrived on March 5 from idealpoultry. I live in the city but I've got a big yard. I never knew chickens could be so affectionate. Frances is a...