New Hampshire!

[Paulyp]

Hi All,

I was wondering if there are other people here on BYC living in Derry NH. I ask because for the past few months the Planning Board in Derry has been meeting and revising the Livestock Ordinance in our town. The one main concern that I have about some of the changes they are proposing to make is a ROOSTER BAN. They are planning to change the ordinance to only allow roosters on 3 or more acres. This posses a problem for me and Im sure for many others that have less than 3 acres and own roosters. I know that I for one have not had any issues with neighbor and have had ZERO noise complaints. And I plan to attend the town meeting once they announce the public hearing date for all the town Residents to attend. If your from Derry and have roosters or even if you are for roosters being allowed on all lots please go to that town meeting and fight for our rights to farm. Roosters are a large part in the poultry world we need them for so many reasons.

Thanks for reading

Hi Chicken Pickin......I'm not from Derry but, from a couple towns over in Danville. I wish you the best of luck. No one should be able to tell you what you can and cannot raise in your own yard. I was raised in MA just over the boarder and I moved out of the city to a town so I could have my dogs and chickens and not have to be a law breaker by simply raising animals. What ever happened to "live free or die" ?

 

[rellikmalinois]

Anyone have Narragansett turkeys? I just lost me tom

 

[rellikmalinois]

Hi Chicken Pickin......I'm not from Derry but, from a couple towns over in Danville. I wish you the best of luck. No one should be able to tell you what you can and cannot raise in your own yard. I  was raised in MA just over the boarder and I moved out of the city to a town so I could have my dogs and chickens and not  have to be a law breaker by simply raising animals. What ever happened to "live free or die" ?

Hi from us! Also in Danville!

 

[MEMama3]

I'm not actually a New Hampshirite, but I hope you'll take me anyways. I am on the fryeburg/conway border. Anyone else in this area?

A quick introduction: I'm a SAHM with three children. We currently have a flock of 7, but we will be expanding to 16 between now and next fall. My game plan is to hatch some, get some chicks and some already established pullets. I love having various ages (mine now range from 7 months to 20 months) because then you always have eggs coming instead of "none are laying yet" or "they're all molting at the same time" issues.

I sell my eggs as well as surplus vegetables and fruits from my gardens. I try to make a bit of money while staying at home, even if it's only enough to supply my hobbies. I do my best to "homestead" on my half an acre of village land.

 

[jsayles86]

I just moved to Danville 3 weeks ago. I was thinking about raising some chickens. What is the situation with the town zoning and poultry?
Thank you

 

[mithious]

Good Morning New Hampshire, how r u all doing with this storm and the temps and wind?

Hope everyone is ok, and chickens and livestock are doing well!

We got dumped on, here in northern NH. Winds are horrible and temps -1 F this morning. The drifts are very deep while some areas are wind swept and almost bare...so far, chickens r doing well here albeit a one night of -38 F windchills...had to shut up the vents that night. I couldn't believe the 5 girls I have laying , so far, gave me 5 eggs the next morning! What good girls they are! Been feeding them a mush of warm wet pellets in the am, with a few eggs mixed in, shell and all. Warm water too. They seem grateful for it!

Stay safe and warm all!!!

 

[MEMama3]

We have about 18" and although it looked like it was subsiding, it's back with vigor now. I had let the girls out to their covered hoop, but while snowblowing I saw the garage roof had yet to "let go". Fearing the hoop might collapse when it let go onto it I decided to lock the girls back in. They got some BOSS and are happily scratching about.

 

[deacons]

Well over a foot here in the SW. Took me about 45 minutes to shovel a path from my door to get the coop door open. Took me another 3ish hours to get the run shoveled out. I made them a little path from their run to my garage, and I think they had a blast playing around in there all day. Just kicked them back into the run, stirred up some leaves for them, and a clean straw bale. Threw out a lot of scratch and BOSS. Their dust bath area is covered under the eaves of our barn, so still unfrozen and clear of snow- saw two having a very satisfying looking dust bath earlier. 6/8 eggs today, after 8/8 yesterday. I guess they haven't gotten Mother Nature's memo that they should slow down a little!! Eggs are getting smaller though...

The major flaw of our setup is that our barn roof will eventually let all the snow go over top of the run, which is just a hardware cloth roof. This is our first winter with this structure, we clearly weren't thinking when we put things together like this last spring. Hoping that even as the snow comes down on it, it will hold through the winter until we can reset in the spring. I never did find a carpenter to help me this fall, unfortunately.

 

[rellikmalinois]

I just moved to Danville 3 weeks ago. I was thinking about raising some chickens. What is the situation with the town zoning and poultry?
Thank you

I know we have an ordinance against free ranging. I still free range mine as my neighbors don't mind. And as of right now we do not have an acting animal control officer while there's a big fight going on in the town.

 

[polliwogchick]

I'm in Farmington . . . I'm new to this whole Chickie thing . . . I have my cute little backyard coop and I'm looking to get just 2 or 3 chickies in the spring just for eggs . . . and for my entertainment.