4th Grader gets local chicken ordinance changed for school project...

[chuckg]

I am the realtor/blogger that bknoth is referring to in her post. By all means, Anya saved the day for my chickens, and probably countless others in our community. We had no fewer than 3 visits by our local police department telling us that we had to get the chickens "permitted" or we would have to give them up. I know this sounds ridiculous, and even the cop was trying her hardest not to look bored beyond belief.

Problem is, the city RARELY issues permits for chickens, so it's essentially a death sentence for the birds. So I am totally thrilled with what Anya has done. It was a great story to blog about, and it really hit home for my kids. Once again...GREAT JOB, ANYA!!

Chuck

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Hey Anya's parent and also Chuck... a question:

How did you both find BYC? I see this is first time posts for y'all and I'm very curious how you found our great community!

(I'm secretly hoping it was by doing an internet search for a term like "local chicken ordinances" or something similar.)

 

[chuckg]

In a roundabout way through Google. One of your readers posted on my blog (very cool!) and I followed the search path back. You could say I followed breadcrumbs, if you want a chicken analogy....

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

bknoth,

If we send some bumper stickers your way, along with the shirt to be shipped out on Monday, will you guys use them / give them to friends?

 

[EweSheep]

 

[tiki244]

bknoth and chuckg

Anya and Olivia

 

[rooster-red]

 

[chuckg]

That's funny -- not only am I an AIC fan, but the roosters we inherited caused all the unwanted attention in the first place!

 

[bknoth]

Quote:
I think we found it as we were doing coop-building research. My wife (username "san carlos") joined when one of our chickens developed a prolapsed vent (that chicken, alas, is no longer with us, but not for lack of effort on our part). When your email newsletter came yesterday, I saw the notice about the new forum for chicken ordinances (and how to change them), and I couldn't pass up bragging about my daughter's accomplishment. Also, if her story encourages others to go out and work on getting ordinances changed, so much the better.

In answer to your question about bumper-stickers, we'll definitely pass them on. We're the local 4H leaders and know our share of chicken-keepers (some of whom are now going public).

We have learned a tremendous amount since we started raising birds, first 4H meat chickens and now our home flock of two Rhode Island Reds (one, frankly, of questionable parentage) and a Modern Game Hen (who's sister is no longer with us). We had a beautiful silver-laced Wyandotte that turned out to be a rooster and is now, we believe, living a happy life somewhere in Half Moon Bay (the day he learned to crow is the day we whisked him out of here - we were stealth owners at the time). We'll probably pick up a fourth bird in a few weeks, perhaps at the county fair. The experience has been great for our children (both our son and daughter) and for us adults.

I could go on and on, but I'll stop here.

- Bruce

 

[jadude]

Great We try do same thing in columbia
Enjoy eggs