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Hi all, I'm Chicken Shift. I've actually been lurking this board off and on for a few years. Just recently (spring '13) I was able to get a couple of chicks from Tractor Supply. It was completely spur of the moment and I was totally unprepared.I was able , through my McGuyver like ingenuity, to rig up a Rubbermaid brooder while I hobbled together a makeshift hen house.My Avi is a picture of Red in that hen house. They (Red and Bella) seem to like it. I've been getting eggs from them since about June and they only peck me when I'm late on the mealy deliveries. They are somewhere between condescending and obnoxious towards my two pit bulls who cant decide whether to run towards the chickens or from them.
My initial reluctance to get chickens was because I had seen a woman cited for having chickens in my city. She went to a city council meeting pleading for a change in the ordinance as her daughter had a medical condition where she could not eat processed food. I'm sure we all know how hard it is to find unprocessed food these days. There was absolutely no lenience and she was forced to get rid of the birds.
Which brings me to my reason for actually signing up here. I plan on posting the city code on the appropriate page here for feedback because, in my mind, it is not specifically excluding chickens....but I may be partial. With upcoming changes to my community, I may be forced into possibly - sigh - getting rid of my ladies. I'd like to gear up for a fight, but if I'm in the wrong from the beginning ie; my interpretation of the ordinance, the battle will have already been lost.
Thanks to BYC for allowing me to sign up and providing this awesome forum of knowledge and fellowship. and thank you, the members for reading this. i hope to contribute to this community as much as possible
Hi all, I'm Chicken Shift. I've actually been lurking this board off and on for a few years. Just recently (spring '13) I was able to get a couple of chicks from Tractor Supply. It was completely spur of the moment and I was totally unprepared.I was able , through my McGuyver like ingenuity, to rig up a Rubbermaid brooder while I hobbled together a makeshift hen house.My Avi is a picture of Red in that hen house. They (Red and Bella) seem to like it. I've been getting eggs from them since about June and they only peck me when I'm late on the mealy deliveries. They are somewhere between condescending and obnoxious towards my two pit bulls who cant decide whether to run towards the chickens or from them.
My initial reluctance to get chickens was because I had seen a woman cited for having chickens in my city. She went to a city council meeting pleading for a change in the ordinance as her daughter had a medical condition where she could not eat processed food. I'm sure we all know how hard it is to find unprocessed food these days. There was absolutely no lenience and she was forced to get rid of the birds.
Which brings me to my reason for actually signing up here. I plan on posting the city code on the appropriate page here for feedback because, in my mind, it is not specifically excluding chickens....but I may be partial. With upcoming changes to my community, I may be forced into possibly - sigh - getting rid of my ladies. I'd like to gear up for a fight, but if I'm in the wrong from the beginning ie; my interpretation of the ordinance, the battle will have already been lost.
Thanks to BYC for allowing me to sign up and providing this awesome forum of knowledge and fellowship. and thank you, the members for reading this. i hope to contribute to this community as much as possible
and Welcome to BYC. Good luck with changing the city codes.
