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i'm Neenah, west of neenah on II, lots and lots of birds here
i'm Neenah, west of neenah on II, lots and lots of birds here
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chickengrandma...
That's a great idea for folks that live close enough together to be able to make it work out for both familes. Having animals of any kind keeps one close to home... responsibility for the ones in our care becomes number one. They are totally depending on us, making your idea a win, win, situation for the flock and the vacation'ers piece of mind. (is that a new word
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Talk Later, Maybe.
~ bigzio
Talk Later, Maybe.
~ bigzio
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Welcome
I live near Freedom north of Appleton. Mike
Welcome
Buck Creek Chickens: I PMed you yesterday. Did you get the email?
Wanna share contact info, off this thread, so we can visit each other and have a local resource?
email me!
Wanna share contact info, off this thread, so we can visit each other and have a local resource?
email me!
Welcome chickengrandma! Happy to have ya.
I seem to have become the Red Alert member here, sorry about that. But if you live in or near Brown County, this is important.
We moved to Greenleaf from Appleton last spring, and have just found out about the proposed Ledge Wind Farm project. The company Invenergy is planning to build the state's largest wind turbine farm in Brown Co, starting this fall. The turbines, about 100 of them, will be located the towns of Holland, Morrison, Wrightstown, and Glendale. We live in the town of Morrison.
Currently, the setbacks for these 400+ foot turbines is 1000 feet from residences. New research is proving this number to be completely inadequate. The turbines produce audible noise, low-frequency noise, and shadow flicker. All these can cause adverse health effects in humans, such as migraines, sleep disturbance, nausea, motion sickness, and vomiting. Turbines can throw ice, break, and malfunction. I watched a video clip of a turbine literally blow to pieces when it's brake stopped working. They can interfere with TV, cellphone, and radio signals as well.
Animals are affected too, having much more acute senses than people; decreased production in livestock, reproductive abnormalities, stress on the fight/flight response, and even death have been recorded in animals near wind farms. Wildlife often leave the areas.
One of the most distressing facts for me is that flight for life helicopters will not land in wind farms due to safety reasons. Patients must be moved outside the wind farm area by ambulance first. When every second counts in an accident, this is unacceptable. The project as proposed will cover 47,000 acres; that's a lot of area to be cut off from Eagle III.
Property values will take a hit, too. And acres of farmland will be ruined when placing the turbines, as well as the aesthetics of the countryside. Unfortunately, turbines are very inefficient, only about 30%. I just don't see how the positives can ever outweigh the negatives of this project. The state legislature recently passed a lovely little piece of law that says wind turbines cannot be banned, so the hands of the town boards are tied. (Incidentally, several town board members in 2 of the townships have already signed contracts to host turbines - conflict of interest, wouldn't you say?)
It seems we need to converge on the Public Service Commission and let them know our deep concerns about living in/near a wind farm. They are the ones who have the power to set the standards for these farms in Wisconsin. We have already left comments on the PSC site. http://psc.wi.gov/ The docket # is 9554-CE-100.
We have also joined the grassroots group Brown County Residents for Responsible Wind Energy. http://bccrwe.com/ This group has tons of good info about wind farms. My family is not against alternative energies, but they must be properly sited to not cause health or safety problems for people or animals. Placing turbines thickly in residential and agricultural areas is just plain dangerous.
This got really long, I apologize. But we just found out about this a couple weeks ago, and are trying desperately to slow down the process so good decisions can be made.
Take care, everyone, and have a good day!
I seem to have become the Red Alert member here, sorry about that. But if you live in or near Brown County, this is important.
We moved to Greenleaf from Appleton last spring, and have just found out about the proposed Ledge Wind Farm project. The company Invenergy is planning to build the state's largest wind turbine farm in Brown Co, starting this fall. The turbines, about 100 of them, will be located the towns of Holland, Morrison, Wrightstown, and Glendale. We live in the town of Morrison.
Currently, the setbacks for these 400+ foot turbines is 1000 feet from residences. New research is proving this number to be completely inadequate. The turbines produce audible noise, low-frequency noise, and shadow flicker. All these can cause adverse health effects in humans, such as migraines, sleep disturbance, nausea, motion sickness, and vomiting. Turbines can throw ice, break, and malfunction. I watched a video clip of a turbine literally blow to pieces when it's brake stopped working. They can interfere with TV, cellphone, and radio signals as well.
Animals are affected too, having much more acute senses than people; decreased production in livestock, reproductive abnormalities, stress on the fight/flight response, and even death have been recorded in animals near wind farms. Wildlife often leave the areas.
One of the most distressing facts for me is that flight for life helicopters will not land in wind farms due to safety reasons. Patients must be moved outside the wind farm area by ambulance first. When every second counts in an accident, this is unacceptable. The project as proposed will cover 47,000 acres; that's a lot of area to be cut off from Eagle III.
Property values will take a hit, too. And acres of farmland will be ruined when placing the turbines, as well as the aesthetics of the countryside. Unfortunately, turbines are very inefficient, only about 30%. I just don't see how the positives can ever outweigh the negatives of this project. The state legislature recently passed a lovely little piece of law that says wind turbines cannot be banned, so the hands of the town boards are tied. (Incidentally, several town board members in 2 of the townships have already signed contracts to host turbines - conflict of interest, wouldn't you say?)
It seems we need to converge on the Public Service Commission and let them know our deep concerns about living in/near a wind farm. They are the ones who have the power to set the standards for these farms in Wisconsin. We have already left comments on the PSC site. http://psc.wi.gov/ The docket # is 9554-CE-100.
We have also joined the grassroots group Brown County Residents for Responsible Wind Energy. http://bccrwe.com/ This group has tons of good info about wind farms. My family is not against alternative energies, but they must be properly sited to not cause health or safety problems for people or animals. Placing turbines thickly in residential and agricultural areas is just plain dangerous.
This got really long, I apologize. But we just found out about this a couple weeks ago, and are trying desperately to slow down the process so good decisions can be made.
Take care, everyone, and have a good day!
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Hello and
, yup, I saw your email just didn't have time to reply, I was at the library, when there I am careful what i do
Hello and
I got some really bad news. I had to calm down before I could post this. I had a massacre today. A nieghbor from about a mile away had a loose dog. The dog got into my coop and run. I only have 8 chickens left. He killed my oldest son's favorite chicken. Biddy was an EE. And also MY favorite chicken, Honey. I'm still very upset. The dog even killed the guinea hen. When I found the dog in the coop, he grwled and barked and charged me, too. I was able to get him in my "dog room" until they picked him up.
The guy will be getting a ticket for his dog at large and restitution to me for the deaths. The officer and the animal control lady both said, if we see that dog loose, call every time, keep a record, and every time they catch the dog, he will be fined. Bigzio said he'd look into some county laws for me. The officer said that if the dog comes and does it again, I can't shoot it. It's a Federal offence. But we would be protecting our livestock. So.....
I want to thank Bigzio for letting me vent. I really appreciate it.
So glad you were home.
Sorry if this sounds all jumbled and whatever. I'm still shaking and this all happened around 11am.
10 dead and one has to be put down, broke leg.
This is Honey. Not sure of her breed. We think buttercup mix maybe.
And this is Biddy. EE with pretty green eggs.
The guy will be getting a ticket for his dog at large and restitution to me for the deaths. The officer and the animal control lady both said, if we see that dog loose, call every time, keep a record, and every time they catch the dog, he will be fined. Bigzio said he'd look into some county laws for me. The officer said that if the dog comes and does it again, I can't shoot it. It's a Federal offence. But we would be protecting our livestock. So.....
I want to thank Bigzio for letting me vent. I really appreciate it.
Sorry if this sounds all jumbled and whatever. I'm still shaking and this all happened around 11am.
10 dead and one has to be put down, broke leg.
This is Honey. Not sure of her breed. We think buttercup mix maybe.
And this is Biddy. EE with pretty green eggs.
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sorry for you loss.
irresponsible people and their dogs
, sock it to him if you can, to bad you can't SSS.
Fordmommy, that cop is lying to you. I went and found the Waupaca County Ordinance for you. Since the dog was threatening to you, you can shoot it.
Lawful Killing of a Dog: A person may intentionally kill a dog only if a person is threatened with serious bodily harm by the dog and other restraining actions were tried and failed; or, immediate action is necessary. A person may intentionally kill a dog if a domestic animal that is owned or in the custody of the person is threatened with serious bodily harm by the dog and the dog is on property owned or controlled by the person and other restraining actions were tried and failed; or, immediate action is necessary.
I am so sorry about your birds! If you want, I could hatch out some of your eggs for you.....
Lawful Killing of a Dog: A person may intentionally kill a dog only if a person is threatened with serious bodily harm by the dog and other restraining actions were tried and failed; or, immediate action is necessary. A person may intentionally kill a dog if a domestic animal that is owned or in the custody of the person is threatened with serious bodily harm by the dog and the dog is on property owned or controlled by the person and other restraining actions were tried and failed; or, immediate action is necessary.
I am so sorry about your birds! If you want, I could hatch out some of your eggs for you.....
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