What would you do in this situation?

[Bluenrose]

http://www.copblock.org/82020/couple-jailed-for-raising-chickens/http://www.copblock.org/82020/couple-jailed-for-raising-chickens/

 

[mrchicks]

The biggest question is if there are legally allowed to have livestock where they live. The article was extremely short on facts.

 

[Blooie]

http://www.copblock.org/82020/couple-jailed-for-raising-chickens/http://www.copblock.org/82020/couple-jailed-for-raising-chickens/

Well, being a cynic the first thing I'd do is look carefully at the internet address...."copblock". What does that tell you about the motive of the story?

 

[mrchicks]

I agree Blooie.

 

[sourland]

The biggest question is if there are legally allowed to have livestock where they live. The article was extremely short on facts.

Well, being a cynic the first thing I'd do is look carefully at the internet address...."copblock". What does that tell you about the motive of the story?

Amen and Amen.

 

[HighStreetCoop]

If you search, there are more legitimate sources:

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2014/10/19/tawas-city-chickens/17591439/

Chickens are not legal where they live. They were told to get rid of them. They didn't. They appealed the order. The city's response was to issue a warrant for the violation. Totally cluster-you know what. The family is challenging the local ordinance under a Right to Farm law, but it's not clear that they qualify as a farm (production for sale) and if they meet all the rules about distance from neighbors, etc.

 

[mrchicks]

Thanks for the link. So not researching whether or not chickens were legal in their residential neighborhood they bought them anyway. Then started a nightmare over it. Michigan right to farm didn't cover residential lots in city neighborhoods, and has been supposedly repealed.

As much as I love having chickens, I wouldn't go against the law to have them. The city was right, chicken owners were wrong. That should have been the end of it.