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[Cynthia12]

how old is the buff? i may just be in the market for a buff

The buff is just starting to lay, but if you need me to take it back Hector, I will. Has she laid yet?

Sorry bird man..I live closer..

birdman, how is the weather up there today..it's been cooool here, at least it feels colder to me than it has been. I let my girls out though, they tippy toe across the snow. My barred rock just flew across it this morning when she first got outside the run. I have some grass cleared in part of the yard, then they can go under the apple trees and picnic table, where it's all dirt.

 

[the-bird-man]

The buff is just starting to lay, but if you need me to take it back Hector, I will. Has she laid yet?

Sorry bird man..I live closer..

birdman, how is the weather up there today..it's been cooool here, at least it feels colder to me than it has been. I let my girls out though, they tippy toe across the snow. My barred rock just flew across it this morning when she first got outside the run. I have some grass cleared in part of the yard, then they can go under the apple trees and picnic table, where it's all dirt.

its all good, its not that i need one right now but in the future i do plan on one

the weather was great here today, nice and sunny and fairly warm too

 

[kimmypie]

Wasn't someone on here looking for legbars? River Rock Family Farm has now listed them on their site for $100 each.

 

[Cynthia12]

Wasn't someone on here looking for legbars? River Rock Family Farm has now listed them on their site for $100 each.

For a bird, or some eggs? That's a lot. I would love to have some eggs, but thinking the price will come down sometime..soon I hope.

 

[kimmypie]

For a bird, or some eggs? That's a lot. I would love to have some eggs, but thinking the price will come down sometime..soon I hope.

For a pullet chick. Since they are auto sexing you are sure to get a female. Im tempted, but I'm not sure I'm $100 tempted.

 

[Sphinx]

Congrats on your chicks, MsEmanuel! It is so cute!

River Rock is selling chicks now? Awesome! I guess that means their hen finally started laying. I'm not willing to drop $100 on a chicken. I'm glad to see they updated their webpage. I am going to buy some hatching eggs to hatch at my kids' schools in Feb/March.

Welcome to BYC, SDWarren. I was reading up on the Taylorsville laws for chickens, and I was blown away. I thought my city's rules were a bit, um, retentive? But they look sloppy and loose in comparison. Holy cow! Since you are REQUIRED to get a permit prior to getting chickens, I would go in to talk to them about getting a permit, and bringing plans for a tractor, and see if they'd allow that.

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Hey everybody.

I just joined a few days ago. I've enjoyed reading the forum posts and exploring the site, and I've already learned a lot. I haven't had chickens since my boyhood days on the farm in NW Arkansas. We'll hopefully be getting a few (4 probably) hens in a couple of months. I'm looking forward to it, and my 2 and 4 year old "farmhands" can hardly wait.

Anybody here in Taylorsville? I'd like to hear about your experience with permitting, and find out how you're raising your flock in our little hamlet. I'd prefer a tractor setup that I can move around our back lawn, but it doesn't look like that's an "approved method" around here. Anybody know for sure about that?

Thanks!

Hi sdwarren! So glad you posted !! Have a daughter living sort of out by you. No chickens though

 

[the-bird-man]

For a pullet chick. Since they are auto sexing you are sure to get a female. Im tempted, but I'm not sure I'm $100 tempted.

thanks so much for the info! believe me, i want a few more than anything but $100 is a little much for a chick right now and i am not confident enough right now to raise chicks as stupid as that sounds. maybe when the price comes down i will have the guts to.

 

[ElkMtnCove]

SDWarren, I think when I would go talk to them I'd just say a "moveable cage", not tractor. Non chicken people are going to think John Deere. I can't imagine why they would let you move a smaller "pen" around. Explain it's like moving your child's swingset. It's so they can eat the bugs, some grass, and then you move then the next day to another area. Unless they have been so specific so call out "chicken tractor" then I don't see how it's anyone's business. Your coop (wheels or not) is going to be in one place all winter. If they require your coop to be stationary that it will be. Just make a small cage on wheels.

Hey everybody.

I just joined a few days ago. I've enjoyed reading the forum posts and exploring the site, and I've already learned a lot. I haven't had chickens since my boyhood days on the farm in NW Arkansas. We'll hopefully be getting a few (4 probably) hens in a couple of months. I'm looking forward to it, and my 2 and 4 year old "farmhands" can hardly wait.

Anybody here in Taylorsville? I'd like to hear about your experience with permitting, and find out how you're raising your flock in our little hamlet. I'd prefer a tractor setup that I can move around our back lawn, but it doesn't look like that's an "approved method" around here. Anybody know for sure about that?

Thanks!

 

[ElkMtnCove]

SDWarren, I think when I would go talk to them I'd just say a "moveable cage", not tractor. Non chicken people are going to think John Deere when they hear the word tractor.

I can't imagine why they would let you move a smaller "pen" around. Explain it's like moving your child's swingset. It's so they can eat the bugs, some grass, and then you move then the next day to another area. Unless they have been so specific so call out "chicken tractor" then I don't see how it's anyone's business. Your coop (wheels or not) is going to be in one place all winter. If they require your coop to be stationary that it will be. Just make a small cage on wheels.

Hey everybody.

I just joined a few days ago. I've enjoyed reading the forum posts and exploring the site, and I've already learned a lot. I haven't had chickens since my boyhood days on the farm in NW Arkansas. We'll hopefully be getting a few (4 probably) hens in a couple of months. I'm looking forward to it, and my 2 and 4 year old "farmhands" can hardly wait.

Anybody here in Taylorsville? I'd like to hear about your experience with permitting, and find out how you're raising your flock in our little hamlet. I'd prefer a tractor setup that I can move around our back lawn, but it doesn't look like that's an "approved method" around here. Anybody know for sure about that?

Thanks!