Texas

[CatKai]

Early summer? Lol.. found this today when I went out to check on the critters

 

[chickletteSarge]

my RS Yokohama layed her first egg today!!! now only 5 more before i set them! wonder what mutts will hatch from her? got an olive egger that ive seen mount her as well as my buff silkie and her yoko mate! shes such a lil hoochie mamma!!! lol they all are!!!

 

[chicken fever]

it must be lady the first egg day...my isbar laid get first egg too!

 

[topdycke]

I was in our lunchroom at work and someone who was reading the Chron at the time said that they were having discussions about the Houston City Ordinances as they involve chickens. Googled but only found a tv news video story.

 

[galanie]

There is a movement in Houston to get the ordinance changed. Currently you can only have chickens if the chicken house stands 100' from the nearest habitation not including your own. Not the nearest property line, the nearest physical house. This is impossible for folks living in places with little lots but really fantastic if you are like I am, and on 1/2 acre lot. It mentions roosters not at all, and if you do have a place such as mine, you can keep up to 65 chickens. Which sounds a bit, um, shall I say, excessive? While those with closer neighbors can have NONE.

 

[chickletteSarge]

you can keep up to 65 chickens. Which sounds a bit, um, shall I say, excessive? While those with closer neighbors can have NONE.

65 CHICKENS????? WHAT I WULD DO TO GET THA MANY!!!
oh yea go buy some lol

 

[topdycke]

The city folk in the lunchroom were like 'yuck' why would I want my neighbors to have chickens roaming all over and crowing at all hour...the country folk were like 'yuck' I have neighbors with chickens and they crow at all hours and roam all over and there were actually a couple of people who had kept pet chickens. Think it will be an entertaining public hearing. I'm on 2 acres with a barn so have space and ability to keep them in an unobtrusive way.

 

[CatKai]

it must be lady the first egg day...my isbar laid get first egg too!

I had a Marans and an Olive Egger lay 1st eggs today. It's the pretty weather

 

[galanie]

you can keep up to 65 chickens. Which sounds a bit, um, shall I say, excessive? While those with closer neighbors can have NONE.

65 CHICKENS????? WHAT I WULD DO TO GET THA MANY!!!
oh yea go buy some lol

LOLOLOL Be a cold day in hell before I'd let a.. I mean before I'd have that many!!! I try to keep mine at 10 or 12.. or less.

 

[topdycke]

Sarge is doing his Chicken Math now...