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[ronott1]

Thanks for the tip Ron. I'll be heading over to Amazon.

I never get weird looks from them either!

I bought a box of scalpels and I use them for processing.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Whoever said red birds would be pretty sure was right. Myself, Dsqard and another friend are doing a sew-along this weekend. These are the ones I'm making.




I found some awesome battery powered motion lights "Mr Beams" on amazon. I put them on the back door, and all around the animal yard. It really makes doing chores during dark that much better.

 

[getaclue]

scg, I just looked up the Mr Beams on Amazon. They look pretty nifty. Our outside entryway has a motion sensor light. When people come to our door, I don't have to turn the light on to see them, it comes on automatically, or if I go out the door at night, it pops on. I sure do like it.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

It also helps us keep an eye on potential coop break ins by predators... Lights on means we stop and look. Possibly shoot.

 

[chickadoodles]

Bunnylady I go on Jeffers to buy meds for our livestock. We don't have a vet that would come out here as we are 30 miles from a town in any direction. My DH has worked cows and farms his whole life and has never had to take an animal to the vet.

 

[chickadoodles]

Peep I love your lights they are pretty.

 

[getaclue]

Bunnylady I go on Jeffers to buy meds for our livestock. We don't have a vet that would come out here as we are 30 miles from a town in any direction. My DH has worked cows and farms his whole life and has never had to take an animal to the vet.

That's just one of the big differences between living out in the country, and living in the city. Yes, many cities have reclassified hens from livestock to pets, so people can keep a few hens on property zoned residential. The thing is, they are classified as pets, and have to be treated as pets, just like cats, or dogs. Several people got into serious trouble here, and were fined because they dispatched their severely injured, or spent hens. They're pets, and have to be euthanized by a vet. This does not apply out in the country to land that is zoned agriculture. Vets here are either pet/small animal vets, or livestock/large animal vets. A livestock vet won't see, or treat dogs/cats, and a pet vet won't see, or treat any livestock. Yeah, it's nuts, but that's the way it is. This also helps explain SOME of the distinction between the two mindsets you find here on the forums, one group treating their hens like pampered pets, and the other regarding theirs as livestock. I like the middle ground to some degree. I strive for extremely well cared for livestock, but not pampered pets.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The handful of chicken keepers and our supporters worked very hard for 9 months to make sure the city council wasn't stupid.
I thought the ordinance that followed was very fair.
Any of us that had chickens previously could basically continue to do what we had always done and could only keep the number we had at the time plus 10%.
Anyone that wanted chickens in the future was limited to 5 hens and a rooster. It's the only city I know of that made an ordinance for chickens and also allowed roosters.
There's a city in CA that allows rooster conjugal visits.
We can also process - as long as it isn't visible from off the property.

 

[ronott1]

That's just one of the big differences between living out in the country, and living in the city. Yes, many cities have reclassified hens from livestock to pets, so people can keep a few hens on property zoned residential. The thing is, they are classified as pets, and have to be treated as pets, just like cats, or dogs. Several people got into serious trouble here, and were fined because they dispatched their severely injured, or spent hens. They're pets, and have to be euthanized by a vet. This does not apply out in the country to land that is zoned agriculture. Vets here are either pet/small animal vets, or livestock/large animal vets. A livestock vet won't see, or treat dogs/cats, and a pet vet won't see, or treat any livestock. Yeah, it's nuts, but that's the way it is. This also helps explain SOME of the distinction between the two mindsets you find here on the forums, one group treating their hens like pampered pets, and the other regarding theirs as livestock. I like the middle ground to some degree. I strive for extremely well cared for livestock, but not pampered pets.

In Woodland CA, hens have been allowed for, I think forever. When we moved here in 1992 they were allowed. Likely because of the time that they were allowed, they are not considered pets here. When Animal Control contacted me about getting rid of the cockerels, they were fine with me processing them. I process them in the garage and kitchen though so the neighbors do not see it.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Many cities around here don't bother to write ordinances so any animal is allowed and they (rightly so) rely on the nuisance ordinance to regulate problems.

Most cities that go through the trouble to write an ordinance, regulate heavily.

Another thing that happens is that city councils turn it over to city attorneys for guidance. They base their recommendations on ordinances that have been written by other cities.
No imagination.