MARYLAND THREAD!

[mermaids]

They get new varieties every week so I'd keep checking back and keep checking craigslist. Someone near me is still selling BR chicks. There's also a lot of options if you're willing to try the Richmond, VA area.

 

[mermaids]

Stopped in at my favorite feed store for fencing. They got buff Orpington chicks in today. Go figure!

 

[rooney85]

Hi! I'm looking into getting chickens, we're moving into our new house in June and a chicken coop is first on my list! We'll be in Washington county! Any tips on figuring out who to ask about chicken zoning?

 

[ThatFarmerChick]

Hi, can we arrange this in our area? A place where kids could play we all talk chickens & gardening? We could also swap stuff too!!!

We should. Where would everyone like to meet? Salisbury? Get a town and we can pinpoint a place.

 

[mermaids]

Hi! I'm looking into getting chickens, we're moving into our new house in June and a chicken coop is first on my list! We'll be in Washington county! Any tips on figuring out who to ask about chicken zoning?

Your pretty safe in Washington county. There should be a county zoning and planning office--stuff about chickens may even be on their FAQs. A lot of the time, it's really what your neighbors don't care to report dictates what you can have.

 

[Loc20chick]

We should. Where would everyone like to meet? Salisbury? Get a town and we can pinpoint a place.

I'm good with Salisbury.

 

[ThatFarmerChick]

I'm good with Salisbury.

Ditto.

 

[Loc20chick]

Ditto.

Anyone else in eastern shore want in?

 

[ThatFarmerChick]

There has to be more people who would like to join us for chicken talk in Salisbury.

 

[lowflyer]

Sure, I'm in Pittsville.

We have an ideal place to "play chickens", if anyone is up for it. 12 acres, half wooded and lots of room for kids to run and play.

We're rehabbing what we euphemistically call the "cottage" on the property, turning it into a neo-Tuscan themed hideaway. Small, but designed for entertaining, actually.

It was an abandoned horse farm at one time, and we turned part of the stables into a coop with an outdoor run for our 24 birds...seventeen pullets, six bantams and a friendly cockerel.

If anyone is up for a "hen party" (LOL!!) let me know!