So Sad...Chickens have to go. I've got ten days. Central IL--SOLD
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i'm so sorry about this situation!!
maybe if you can keep them until the next town meeting, you can create an ordinance against roosters, but make it permittable for people to keep chickens if they apply for a permit and sign a form that says they will only keep hens (or something like that)...
i can understand if you are not zoned agricultural, that people might not want to hear a rooster!
maybe if you can keep them until the next town meeting, you can create an ordinance against roosters, but make it permittable for people to keep chickens if they apply for a permit and sign a form that says they will only keep hens (or something like that)...
i can understand if you are not zoned agricultural, that people might not want to hear a rooster!
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I'm sure this is residential only. It's the newest (and only) subdivision here in this tiny little town. I never meant to have roosters anyway. I bought eight chicks, and got five roos. I kept hanging on to them, because when I posted their pictures, everyone thought for sure they were hens. When they began to try to crow, I knew they had to go, lol. The north side of our house backs up to what I think is agricultural zoned land though. I wish I knew the lady that owned it better. Our gate opens up to her property and I wish I knew her well enough to ask if I could just put the chicken tractor on her property behind our garden shed. I'd be willing to pay her to let me. She told me she had horses there, so unless it's been annexed into the village limits, it's still agricultural.
I can't bring myself to put them in the soup pot, they've been pets all along, and besides, they're not meaty enough yet, lol! I'd like to find them a home. I've had them on Craigslist a couple of weeks, but removed them when I listed the chicken tractor together with all the chickens. I've got several people interested, and as badly as I want to keep them, I don't want to start a feud. I've got a Corgi too, and I don't want anyone to complain about him.
I can't bring myself to put them in the soup pot, they've been pets all along, and besides, they're not meaty enough yet, lol! I'd like to find them a home. I've had them on Craigslist a couple of weeks, but removed them when I listed the chicken tractor together with all the chickens. I've got several people interested, and as badly as I want to keep them, I don't want to start a feud. I've got a Corgi too, and I don't want anyone to complain about him.
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Ask that lady who owns the adjoining ground. She might be very sympathetic, and if you are planning on getting rid of them this would take care of the issue until you find homes for them. What a shame . . .I can't believe Decatur is still classified as a Village. I live in a tiny little town that is classified as a burg, but most SMALL towns of just several hundred people are called Villages. Hmmm, interesting.
Ask that lady who owns the adjoining ground. She might be very sympathetic, and if you are planning on getting rid of them this would take care of the issue until you find homes for them. What a shame . . .I can't believe Decatur is still classified as a Village. I live in a tiny little town that is classified as a burg, but most SMALL towns of just several hundred people are called Villages. Hmmm, interesting.
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I wasn't clear...I don't live in Decatur, I live in a small town southeast of Decatur. I wasn't going to name it, but what the heck. It's Dalton City.
Ok, looks like Dalton City is going to hear an earful from me LOL!
With all the information from here you can take it to the Mayor and find out and get it changed. I can understand about roosters and you are making every effort to find good homes for them.
Try Freecycle.com, they took about everything I had and gave away FREE roos to 4H kids or I put them down myself if there are no takers. Its hard but it is the best interest to you and your family to strictly get pullets only.
Dalton City is more rural than the city of Decatur and with your beautiful set up of a coop, take pictures and see what kind of harm it would do to the neighbors???/ Also show the mayor the example of Decatur codes and how successful it was and include the ones from Seattle since they strictly allowed 2 to 4 hens per household. Arm yourselves with lots of information to share with the mayor.
If you are looking to find a good home for your Spitz girls, I would be more than happy to take them off your hands if the mayor decided you still need to get rid of them regardless.
With all the information from here you can take it to the Mayor and find out and get it changed. I can understand about roosters and you are making every effort to find good homes for them.
Try Freecycle.com, they took about everything I had and gave away FREE roos to 4H kids or I put them down myself if there are no takers. Its hard but it is the best interest to you and your family to strictly get pullets only.
Dalton City is more rural than the city of Decatur and with your beautiful set up of a coop, take pictures and see what kind of harm it would do to the neighbors???/ Also show the mayor the example of Decatur codes and how successful it was and include the ones from Seattle since they strictly allowed 2 to 4 hens per household. Arm yourselves with lots of information to share with the mayor.
If you are looking to find a good home for your Spitz girls, I would be more than happy to take them off your hands if the mayor decided you still need to get rid of them regardless.
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Chriscat - sorry to hear of your problem
But don't give up yet - the fact that you were told to try calling the Mayor is a Good Sign.
And don't be afraid to go to the hearing - chances are the Commissioners will be just folks, not Hanging Judges
I had to get 2 variances when I wanted to build my barn/indoor arena and the people who petitioned before me (they wanted to add a bar to their clubhouse) got shot down by the Zoning Board.
That made me feel pretty uunhappy...
But in spite of the crabby guy on the Board who told me I shouldn't need a ceiling height of 16' (recommended by my builder) I was granted both variances in spite of two neighbors who questioned me.
Both had wanted to make sure I wasn't planning on having more than the 2 horses I was zoned for.
When the 2nd lady asked the same question the Crab told her "Weren't you listening?"
Do try to talk to the lady whose ag-zoned land adjoins yours.
That could turn out to be an easy solution for you.
But don't give up yet - the fact that you were told to try calling the Mayor is a Good Sign.
And don't be afraid to go to the hearing - chances are the Commissioners will be just folks, not Hanging Judges
I had to get 2 variances when I wanted to build my barn/indoor arena and the people who petitioned before me (they wanted to add a bar to their clubhouse) got shot down by the Zoning Board.
That made me feel pretty uunhappy...
But in spite of the crabby guy on the Board who told me I shouldn't need a ceiling height of 16' (recommended by my builder) I was granted both variances in spite of two neighbors who questioned me.
Both had wanted to make sure I wasn't planning on having more than the 2 horses I was zoned for.
When the 2nd lady asked the same question the Crab told her "Weren't you listening?"
Do try to talk to the lady whose ag-zoned land adjoins yours.
That could turn out to be an easy solution for you.
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You really need to talk to the lady with the horses. I would bet she would gladly allow you to use 10 feet of her property, in fact she would probably take great delight in letting you use it to fight your chicken zoning battle. If she lets you use it, then you would have an ace in the hole to take to your council meeting. There would be no reason to keep you from using your own property if you can just set the coop 2 feet behind your property line. I would then keep the roosters just to P.Off the neighbors who complained, but that's just me. It never hurts to ask, all she can say is no and I'm sure you have been told no before. You might even make a new friend in the deal.
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Happy Ending...sortof. I had a local family with two handicapped children contact me yesterday. They wanted to buy the chickens and tractor for their children to use as a 4-H project. They came over last night and picked them up. They were such a nice family...I was really happy to know that they were going to a good home. In the meantime, I plan to try and get the ordinances changed here so that I can have a few hens by next spring. I've already talked to several people and my husband left a message for the mayor, but he hasn't returned his call.
If I can't have chickens here, it'll only be a couple of years before we move again anyway, and we'll just have to find a country home instead. We had a farmette a couple of years ago, but we had to sell it when my husband was transferred to Keokuk, IA. We were only there a few months when he was transferred back to Decatur, so we bought this house right away, knowing that we'd eventually find another rural home. I'm not much of a city (or even village, ha) person anyway.
Funny thing too, I was telling this family that bought our chickens why I used dried, cut grass in the nesting box instead of straw because I'm "allergic" to wheat and the father said he was too, that he had celiac disease. Four of my children and myself also have it, and we hardly ever meet anyone else with it, let alone a local person. We were able to share product reviews (found a new beer to try!) and we talked about where to buy gluten free products or eat out gluten free around the area. My husband was laughing at me because I was so happy to meet another celiac, lol!
If I can't have chickens here, it'll only be a couple of years before we move again anyway, and we'll just have to find a country home instead. We had a farmette a couple of years ago, but we had to sell it when my husband was transferred to Keokuk, IA. We were only there a few months when he was transferred back to Decatur, so we bought this house right away, knowing that we'd eventually find another rural home. I'm not much of a city (or even village, ha) person anyway.
Funny thing too, I was telling this family that bought our chickens why I used dried, cut grass in the nesting box instead of straw because I'm "allergic" to wheat and the father said he was too, that he had celiac disease. Four of my children and myself also have it, and we hardly ever meet anyone else with it, let alone a local person. We were able to share product reviews (found a new beer to try!) and we talked about where to buy gluten free products or eat out gluten free around the area. My husband was laughing at me because I was so happy to meet another celiac, lol!
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well i'm glad this had a happy ending!
i'm very sorry that you had to go through it anyways though.
maybe in the future (if you don't get a country home) you could order sexed chicks that are 90% likely to be pullets? it would severely lower your chances of ending up with a bunch of roos...
we're zoned agricultural, but still don't want to have to build a new coop everytime we get another roo, so we order only pullets.
good luck to you! and again, i'm glad this had a good ending!
i'm very sorry that you had to go through it anyways though.
maybe in the future (if you don't get a country home) you could order sexed chicks that are 90% likely to be pullets? it would severely lower your chances of ending up with a bunch of roos...
we're zoned agricultural, but still don't want to have to build a new coop everytime we get another roo, so we order only pullets.
good luck to you! and again, i'm glad this had a good ending!
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