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I've heard about and witnessed all you said about the troubles if the twp board. However, it just one person to champion my cause. BTW... It is a done deal. Chickens will be allowed. They are now seeing how this can be adopted so that all residents are considered. They agreed not to tag a number...

Hello again! Just wanted to share some good news that West Bloomfield has approved the allowance of keeping chickens. The ordinance will be drafted in a couple months. Yippee! This has come after months of deliberation but we were eventually successful. Initially we tried to use the RTF Act. I...

Sorry I don't have a picture, but here is what happened to my girl: I was observing my flock grazing on the pasture when I noticed one of my Isa Browns just standing, not moving, not eating. Seemed kind of strange to see her standing...then she took a step away and left, what it looked like...

OK. I'm reading it right now. Never knew I had to register or whatever. I'm going to submit my request for variance today to keep them off my back(and so I can sleep) and then explore this more in depth before my hearing in February. Thanks!

Hi All! I've just been served with a citation by my zoning office. I live in West Bloomfield. I'm building my case to go before the board in February to get a variance to keep my 17 chickens. I live on an acre in a residential area. I sell my eggs as part of my shares in my small CSA that I...

Thanks everyone for the input. After discussing this with my husband maybe we should just let the doghouse be the egglaying area and screw the nesting boxes. The necessary requirements for a good laying spot seem to be met as for it being dark and quiet and non-trafficked. The doghouse is...

Hi All, We have recently built a "real" chicken coop. For the last year we have been using an extra large doghouse to house our 12 girls. in the past they have always just laid their eggs in a spot in the doghouse with no nesting box. Now that we have built this new coop with the fancy nesting...

Thanks Ranchhand....but she just died. Must have just happened as she is still warm. I read the link that you posted...wow! That may have been the problem. This is the second hen I've lost in the last couple of months. I'm brand new to this whole chicken thing, and learning as I go. Boy...

Hi All, My 8 month old araucana has been acting strange lately. About 4 days ago she would just stay in the pen and wouldn't come out with the rest of the flock. Even when I'd call "treaties" she didn't come out to see what I had. At the time she looked like she was constipated, kind of hunched...

Hi All, I'm a newbie at this whole chicken ownership and we are just loving it! We have 11 chickens now with the oldest 4 laying fairly consistently. The other morning I opened the coop to let the chickens out and found my white leghorn just kind of laying by the door. When I went to set her...