Built pen earlier than planned was asked to take 6 young hens from friend but somehow it fell through and pen was already in construction so i finished. But local Co-op has chicks on the way! Going to start with 15-20 chicks and breed depends on what comes in and fellow chicken friends flocks.
The zoning issues in, Botetourt Co VA, were do to the board adopting zoning laws from a non-agriculture town from the east coast back in 2006 and belive it or not if you were not zoned Agricultural you could not have any type of livestock including bees, no matter how much land you have (I have a tad over 2 acres) And we had over 7,000 residents in violation of this zoning law, their policy was they wouldn't write a violation if no one complained but was still illegal so we had to wait and fight to make it legal.
We will be completely organic with chickens as we are with our gardening and fruit trees, our ladies will finally complete our Eco-system and the eggs will be a bonus!
