Article in Today's Paper on Backyard Chicks - Mentions this Website

[Wolfpacker]

Here's a link to the Raleigh News and Observer story. The author posted here a few times.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/639645.html

It focuses more on zoning violations than the joy of raising chicks.

 

[hollyclyff]

Yeah, I wish it would have focused more on the positives of raising chickens vs. neighbors complaining and zoning violations. It doesn't say what the complaints were about - real problems or just people tattling on their neighbors for having chickens where they aren't supposed to. I suspect the latter.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Hey Wolfpacker, thanks so much for posting that!

I think most newspapers would love to print stories about the joy of raising BackYardChickens. Boy, if every member contacted their local paper to see if they wantd to do a story on chickens in their town that would be SO COOL <hint hint>!

 

[Wolfpacker]

You're welcome, but I was a bit disappointed in the story. When he posted on here earlier, I had imagined some kind of feature story in the Sunday paper all about the joys of having chickens.

 

[Poison Ivy]

I emailed him and told him it would have been nice if he had told of the joy people get from owning & raising backyard chickens. An that chickens can be as much fun as owning a dog or cat. Maybe he will get enough emails to do a follow up story.

 

[wendy]

Quote:
i just got a chance to read this. i emailed him to. why so many negatives in the news?!

 

[yonder]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but the mention of this site in the article is what brought me here. I found that article trying to google around and figure out the legality of keeping chickens in Raleigh city limits. I live on a 1/3 acre lot in north Raleigh. We moved in a year ago, already have one of three planned raised beds put in, one of three planned rain barrels. The wife & I have been kicking around adding a chicken coop to give us fresh eggs. I'm comfortable with butchering for meat, too, but unless there's such a thing as a quiet rooster to give me a steady supply of chicks to grow out for meat, I think we're going to just want a harem of girls for the eggs.

 

[1acrefarm]

Glad you resurrected this old thread. I never saw it but it is interesting. I have never met a quiet roo good luck on that one. I think my neighbors dogs are much louder than my roos though.

 

[mergmet]

yonder, you could purchase broiler or heavy chicks to grow out for meat, or hatch them from bought eggs locally

you can find a way!

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[amystours]

Strange this thread popped up...

We had an article in TODAY'S paper about rising egg prices....they mentioned Cackle Hatchery, and the spokesperson from there said that business is booming with the chicks.

Can't post the article because when I go to the local paper's webpage, IE keeps showing me an error and the need to close. It wasn't a local reporter, think it originally appeared in USA TODAY. Anyway, that was interesting.