calling any one from missouri

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

Hello fellow chicken keeper people!! I am looking at moving to the Belton/Raymore MO area, and am wondering if others there are keeping any back yard chickens. I have a small flock, 10 hens and a rooster, but am not finding anything promising so far on statutes.
I am from KCMO, but currently living in SC.

 

[SueT]

Hello fellow chicken keeper people!! I am looking at moving to the Belton/Raymore MO area, and am wondering if others there are keeping any back yard chickens. I have a small flock, 10 hens and a rooster, but am not finding anything promising so far on statutes.
I am from KCMO, but currently living in SC.

Hi, welcome to the MO thread! I don't know about statutes in that area. But if you find a rural property outside the city limits, that would probably be your best bet. Maybe someone from up that way will chime in......

 

[jthornton]

Sounds like you’re livin right!... my wife would drag me all over the world if she could, lol

It doesn't happen often but when it does it's purely spontaneous...

JT

 

[jthornton]

Hello fellow chicken keeper people!! I am looking at moving to the Belton/Raymore MO area, and am wondering if others there are keeping any back yard chickens. I have a small flock, 10 hens and a rooster, but am not finding anything promising so far on statutes.
I am from KCMO, but currently living in SC.

Google city state code enforcement chickens.

Usually you get results like this:
http://www.raymore.com/home/showdocument?id=7664

JT

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

Yeah. That's what I found. A 3 acre minimum. I possibly may be living either on the south edge of Raymore( Bristol Dr.). or hopefully find someplace with the 3 acre requirement.

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

Hi, welcome to the MO thread! I don't know about statutes in that area. But if you find a rural property outside the city limits, that would probably be your best bet. Maybe someone from up that way will chime in......

Hello! I am hoping for lots of "chime ins". My funds will be sorely limited to buying a used mobile home maybe renting on a property outside of the Raymore city limits.
If I have to, I will rehome them here. In SC. But I have already pared my flock from 32 down to 11.
So...I am looking around and trying to touch base with any locals who have chickens.

 

[SueT]

I've never been able to photograph a skink before...this one was trapped, temporarily, so I snapped a pic before releasing it:

MDC website says it's a 5-lined skink.

 

[SueT]

A couple mornings ago, I noticed a few disruptions around coop indicating something had been snooping for a way to get in. I went out that night after dark and saw a big raccoon and 2 small ones lurking nearby. So I set my trap. It caught something alright, which tore up the trap and escaped. I had lined it with license plates to prevent reaching in to get the bait, and they were all bent up and torn off. I had fastened a 2X3 piece of wood just inside the trap's door to prevent varmints from trying to squeeze under. It had completely shredded the wood and squeezed out. This was a cheap trap and there was a bit of wiggle room around the door and now there's even more. Today I found I have a smaller Hav-a-hart trap in the basement, much better quality. The door holds tight w zero wiggle, but we fastened wood across the bottom of the opening anyway. Then I asked DH to put a line of screws poking up thru it. I'm going to fasten it to the coop wall so it cannot be tipped, and bait it w sardines tonight.

 

[jthornton]

The Hav-a-heart traps with a gravity lock must be tied to some immovable object with a chain, if they flip the trap on the side they are out in a flash.

I never thought of using license plates... I put hardware cloth over the bait end and fasten it with cage clamps. I also make a cover over the top of the bait end to keep rain out of the bait.

@SueT did you get a pellet rifle yet?

JT

 

[SueT]

The Hav-a-heart traps with a gravity lock must be tied to some immovable object with a chain, if they flip the trap on the side they are out in a flash.

I never thought of using license plates... I put hardware cloth over the bait end and fasten it with cage clamps. I also make a cover over the top of the bait end to keep rain out of the bait.

@SueT did you get a pellet rifle yet?

JT

I went out and tipped it over, it stayed locked. I put eye screws into the wall to hold it fast anyway.
We have a LOT of license plates. Father-in-law saved them for decades. I've only used the modern ones for the traps. I'm saving the vintage ones for crafts.
We did not get a pellet rifle yet. We did look at what they have locally and online and are still considering. This trap is smaller, if it can catch and hold the big raccoon I was just going to drop the trap into a big tote of water and drown it. It kind of takes the heart out of hav-a-heart, but anyway if this works I won't need to spend $$$.
I'll let you all know mañana.....