Dora'smom :
I'm not sure I'd be happy having to pay $50 per year to have six hens. That is very limiting for those of us who want to have more, or add a few in a year or two to cover loss of eggs from the older hens.
I think 6 birds legally is less limiting that 0 birds legally, but my math...
Dang, I'm moving to Australia! LOL!
Personally, I think we should be allowed to have what we want in our yards... but we're not, and that's that. I live in the county that houses California's state capital, and we have been hurt SO severely by California's budget woes that they are...
Dorasmom, I understand your point, but here's how I am seeing it:
I think we have to start somewhere, especially in big metropolitan areas like where I live. Perhaps $50 a year may SEEM steep, but think of the alternative--getting caught with chickens, having to pay huge fines, go to court...
There are laws here in Sacramento that forbid anyone from having chickens. Luckily, I live in the same neighborhood as our mayor and we just coincidentally happen to have our Saturday morning coffee at the same coffee house every weekend. This morning, I bucked up, approached him, introduced...