I'm in unincorporated Lee county and we've been keeping a small flock behind privacy fencing for about 5 months. The way the lee county commissioners have handled everything at every step of the process has been gross. We finally decided to just go ahead with it. As far as I'm concerned, the...
Thank you. I bought them through mail order and they are all supposed to be the same age, but I couldn't get over how much more developed and red the comb and wattles are on the BO compared to the others. I was under the impression they would be around 24 weeks before they began to lay for...
I have Buff Orpingtons and Black Copper Marans that are currently 17 1/2 weeks old. I have two of my flock that I believe may be roosters - one of each breed. Here are some pictures of each. I don't have any experience with them at this age, so please let me know what you think they are and...
Lee County is bizarre. People inside the city limits of Fort Myers are allowed to have chickens and something like 25 households in the Bonita Springs city limits can have chickens at any given time, but people who live in unincorporated Lee county with more land and in more rural areas are not...
I also live in unincorporated Lee County. I'm trying to find out if there has been any movement on this issue. I'd love to get chickens for my backyard. We have a half acre and would like to get 4-6 birds, but I'm not sure it has been legalized yet. This seems ridiculous, as you can keep...