Just found out someone complained, I don't want to lose my girls!

[missychicky]

I figured out who reported me. I was going around asking people to sign my document. She obvoisly only reported me because chickens are illegal, even though she wasn't bothered by my chickens.

She could have at laest talked to me about it before being a tattle-tale!
I'v gotton all my close nieghbors to sign and I am now getting signatures from evrybody on my street. I really hope this works... By the way, thanks for all the great advice for my speach and keep it coming! I'll show you my final copy as soon as I'me done. I'll let you know how it goes at the city meeting, wish me luck!

 

[drafthorse39]

I wouldn't add the part about stray chickens roaming the streets. Chickens hatch from eggs. They aren't going to give birth on the street like cats and dogs. Stray dogs and cats are a big problem, you don't want to emphasize that there might be additional animals on the street. I hope that made sense haha. Good luck, I hope you win!

 

[BloominOrchid]

Have you had any luck meeting up with others in your area with chickens?
there may be points you all want to focus on, or avoid.
also strength in numbers!!
Good luck! And keep us posted!

 

[missychicky]

ok- heres my final copy, what do you think?

Honorable mayor and council members,

I strongly believe that chickens are a good and profitable addition to society. Chickens are hardy and tolerant of most weather, they can subsist on table scraps and bugs, they take up little space, require the simplest of housing, and fertilize the garden while they scratch through it. And if you want local, fresh, eggs, what could be more local and fresh than an egg laid by a hen that very day in your own backyard? Studies have found that chickens that are allowed to forage for their own food lay eggs with as much as half the cholesterol of a hen fed only feed. If you are worried about bugs killing your yard, chickens are the perfect solution. A hen loves nothing more than to gobble down a juicy grub or crunchy beetle; you will never need pest control again. Plus you can sell extra eggs at work to earn a little pocket money. Chickens are a very good investment.

Hens go to sleep just before the sun goes down and they don't make ANY noise until the sun comes up, and the noise is barely audible beyond your yard so it would be well within any decibel limits set by the city, unlike dogs that have the habit of barking at all hours. Also, a dozen hens make less waste than say 3 large dogs and the hens waste can be used as fertilizer unlike dogs or cats and the smell is much more tolerable and easier to manage. As well as if hens somehow (however unlikely) were to get out they are not dangerous unlike dogs and they wouldn't be as wandering as cats, chickens can be left to forage in the backyard and will not run off unlike cats.

Some may say that chickens are a noisy, smelly nuisance, but really chickens are no more smelly and noisy than most neighborhood dogs. Whenever I go to my backyard my neighbor’s dogs raise a terrible ruckus, but has anybody outlawed dogs because of the smell and noise? No, because dogs are our loyal, lovable pets and chickens can be too. Some may say that if we allow chickens, there will be hoards of unwanted chickens roaming the streets. This is very unlikely because chickens must incubate their eggs for 21 days and they need a hard to reach, safe place to do so. Such places are hard to come by in the city. It would be difficult for chickens to reproduce in the city.

My chickens have helped me through a lot of hard times. A chicken doesn’t care what you did, what you didn’t do, or why. It just wants to be loved and fed, and whatever you do, it will still love you. I just moved here from Washington and I know NOBODY. I have no friends, no social life, and the place I am living at offers none of the activities I like to do in the summer. My chickens are my lifeline, my beloved pets, and my happiness. My chickens always make me smile, and I love them dearly.

 

[carrlr]

Looks good to me. Let us know how it goes.

 

[ScoobyRoo]

Any luck? Were you able to join forces with the other group that you mentioned in an earlier post that was going to be at the meeting? I hope it went well. Keep us posted.

 

[DragonEggs]

Good luck hun! Keep me posted! Every victory out there is more ammo for future fights!

 

[Buugette]

Hope it goes well... let us know.

D

 

[missychicky]

It went very well last night! I gave my speach and everyone was very impressed. The Mayor said I was very articulate and clear plus I got lots of good jobs and thank yous from fellow chicken people. The leader of one of the organizations thanked me! One of the counsil members that supported the chicken ordinance was absent so we postponed the voting, so I'm going to ask for an extension of my ticket until the ordinance is settled. Its looking good!

 

[DragonEggs]

Excellent! It's a little early for celebration but I think a congratulations is in order!