- Jun 18, 2012
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Hi All!
I need some advice from my chicken peeps out there! I live In Troy and we acquired 9 standards size hens and 1 bantam silkie in Oct of last year. I live on .72 of an acre and the city zoning law states that you have to be .75 to have any other animal outside of a dog, cat etc.
When I read the Michigan Right to Farm act of 1981 I thought I was in the clear with owning chickens for personal and commercial use (We sell the eggs we don't use).
Now we have a meeting with the animal appeal board this Wednesday to see if they will approve us and allow us to keep our hens. We have 6 neighbors that back up to our property. ALL of them have signed a petition saying that they are all OK with us having the chickens. We have approx. 13 signatures from neighbors saying they too are ok with us having them.
The city sent out a postcard to everyone in a 300 foot radius from my property asking for their input. There were 2 people that complained. One was from the guy who owns an apartment complex across the street from our house and the second was from a lady who lives 8 houses down on a side street.
The apartment complex has NO direct view of the hens or their chicken coop and pen. The lady down the street also has no direct view from her house, but if she were to walk her half acre back, peer around her property line and squint real hard she would be able to see part of the red coop.
We started this venture so my kids would get their heads outta the video games and into nature, also to provide my family with eggs that were better nutritionally, to put my foot down on factory farming and to make a small profit for my boys weekly allowance.
Here's my question- What avenue should I take with them at the meeting?
A. The reason why we took on the adventure and the pro's to chickening?
B. Address the issue that we are only at .72 of an acre when we need .75 and beg?
C. Show them the MRTF Act and the petition of my neighbors who have no problem with them and show them the receipts from my buyers?
Any other advise would be GREATLY appreciated!!!!
Thanks!
I need some advice from my chicken peeps out there! I live In Troy and we acquired 9 standards size hens and 1 bantam silkie in Oct of last year. I live on .72 of an acre and the city zoning law states that you have to be .75 to have any other animal outside of a dog, cat etc.
When I read the Michigan Right to Farm act of 1981 I thought I was in the clear with owning chickens for personal and commercial use (We sell the eggs we don't use).
Now we have a meeting with the animal appeal board this Wednesday to see if they will approve us and allow us to keep our hens. We have 6 neighbors that back up to our property. ALL of them have signed a petition saying that they are all OK with us having the chickens. We have approx. 13 signatures from neighbors saying they too are ok with us having them.
The city sent out a postcard to everyone in a 300 foot radius from my property asking for their input. There were 2 people that complained. One was from the guy who owns an apartment complex across the street from our house and the second was from a lady who lives 8 houses down on a side street.
The apartment complex has NO direct view of the hens or their chicken coop and pen. The lady down the street also has no direct view from her house, but if she were to walk her half acre back, peer around her property line and squint real hard she would be able to see part of the red coop.
We started this venture so my kids would get their heads outta the video games and into nature, also to provide my family with eggs that were better nutritionally, to put my foot down on factory farming and to make a small profit for my boys weekly allowance.
Here's my question- What avenue should I take with them at the meeting?
A. The reason why we took on the adventure and the pro's to chickening?
B. Address the issue that we are only at .72 of an acre when we need .75 and beg?
C. Show them the MRTF Act and the petition of my neighbors who have no problem with them and show them the receipts from my buyers?
Any other advise would be GREATLY appreciated!!!!
Thanks!
