Cary, NC Petition to allow backyard hens and request for photos

[manfre]

Thanks for letting me use these great pictures. They help people realize that chickens can be clean and beautiful pets that are good for a family.

 

[rozmiarek]

Hey, good luck with your efforts in Cary. I'm just starting a similar effort in Ohio, and it will be a big help for me to be able to go in front of city council with examples of other towns and what they have done with regard to domestic chickens. Let me know how it goes in Cary.

-Andy

 

[manfre]

rozmiarek, a few of the towns neighboring Cary have approved chickens.

chapel hill, nc
wake forest, nc
durham, nc (pending feb vote)

 

[manfre]

The http://carychickens.com CaryChickens.com website has been professionally redesigned and a new logo has been created.

I also had a logo created. Now it's time to create signs, t-shirts and bumper stickers. Does anyone here know of a decent online place to order any of those?

 

[MsMarbles&Me]

We have a local business in Raleigh and we use contagious graphics. Great prices, quality products and everything you're asking for. They're out of Charlotte, NC.
http://www.contagiousgraphics.com/index.html

Congrats on the logo. That is the best chicken logo I've ever seen. I'd even order one of those tshirts and wear it proudly everywhere I go in Cary (usually just Trader Joes and Whole Foods though).

Let us know when you have the merch available for sale.

And most of all, good luck!

 

[manfre]

Thanks! Their prices look really good.

 

[vermontgal]

The website looks good!

For your section on Animal Disposal - this same question exists for dogs, cats, gerbils, rabbits, and all other manner of domestic pet. It is not a unique question for chickens. Moreover, your city regularly disposes of chicken carcasses (the ones that come home from the grocery store); if a person buys a chicken at a grocery store but it goes bad in the refrigerator -- that is about exactly the same problem as you have (minus feathers). If someone wants to throw out their pet chicken's body, that seems like it would be legal. When my dog died, I had him cremated because it was winter. If the ground had not been frozen, I would have buried him on a friend's land out of the city.

For your section on Low Maintenance Pets - you only mention feeding and watering - but you also should mention periodic cleaning of the coop, and appropriate disposal of manure. (Also mention that chicken manure is a valuable fertilizer, so an appropriate disposal is to a compost pile.)

I didn't read through all of it, but you might ask a few friends to give it a read to give you suggestions on the content. It looks awesome!

PS nice logo, too.