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well I will continue to sell..

Me, too.

That is just eating eggs but not hatching right?
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Me, too.

That is just eating eggs but not hatching right?
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I don't know. I have not asked that from the powers that be. I will look into it.
 
This is important legislation to to be watching. It deals with the right to farm on any private property:

** Call your state representative and the Governor and tell them to sign it into law **

House Bill 12

By: Representative Franklin of the 43rd
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

SECTION 1.
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Food Freedom Act."

SECTION 2.
Chapter 1 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to agriculture, is amended by revising Code Section 2-1-6, relating to preemption of local ordinances relating to production of agricultural farm products, as follows:
"2-1-6.
(a)(1) No county, municipality, consolidated government, or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt or enforce any ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution regulating crop management or animal husbandry practices involved in the production of agricultural or farm products on any private property.

(2)(A) As used in this paragraph, the term 'unprocessed' means agricultural or farm products that have not been shelled, canned, cooked, fermented, distilled, preserved, ground, crushed, or slaughtered.

(B) No county, municipality, consolidated government, or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt or enforce any ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution that prohibits or regulates the retail sale or distribution of unprocessed agricultural or farm products grown or raised in this state directly from the producer to the consumer as food for human consumption.

(b) Subsection (a) of this Code section shall not prohibit or impair the power of any local government to adopt or enforce any zoning ordinance or make any other zoning decision. As used in this subsection, the terms 'local government', 'zoning decision', and 'zoning ordinance' have the same meanings provided by Code Section 36-66-3.

(c) Subsection (a) of this Code section shall not prohibit or impair any existing power of a county, municipality, consolidated government, or other political subdivision of this state to adopt or enforce any ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution regulating land application of human waste."

SECTION 3.
Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
general provisions relative to standards, adulteration, and misbranding of food, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:

"26-2-5.
(a) As used in this Code section, the term 'unprocessed' means agricultural or farm products that have not been shelled, canned, cooked, fermented, distilled, preserved, ground, crushed, or slaughtered.

(b) Except for Title 16, nothing in this Code or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto shall prohibit or regulate the retail sale or distribution of unprocessed agricultural
or farm products grown or raised in this state directly from the producer to the consumer as food for human consumption."

SECTION 4.
This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

SECTION 5.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
 
This is another that deals with the same issue. It is the Right To Grow Act. It says that no government can say no to your growing chickens, rabbits, or milk goats.

House Bill 2
By: Representative Franklin of the 43rd

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Chapter 1 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to agriculture, so as to provide a short title; to preempt certain local ordinances relating to production of agricultural or farm products; to protect the right to grow food crops and raise small animals on private property so long as such crops and animals are used for human consumption by the occupants, gardeners, or raisers and their households and not for commercial purposes; to define a term; to provide for effect on certain private agreements and causes of action; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Right to Grow Act."

SECTION 2.
Chapter 1 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to agriculture, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:

"2-1-7.
(a) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) 'Crops' means fruits and products of all annual or perennial plants, trees, and shrubs.

(2) 'Milk goat' means a doe kept for the purpose of producing milk and any unweaned kid goats.

(b) No county, municipality, consolidated government, or local government authority shall prohibit or require any permit for the growing or raising of food crops or chickens, rabbits, or milk goats in home gardens, coops, or pens on private residential property so long as such food crops or animals or the products thereof are used for human consumption by the occupant of such property and members of his or her household and not for commercial purposes.

(c) This Code section shall not prohibit or impair:

(1) The authority of a local governmental entity to abate a public nuisance;

(2) The authority of a local governmental entity to regulate or restrict the slaughter of
goats;

(3) Any cause of action brought by a private citizen to abate a private nuisance under
Code Section 41-2-4; or

(4) Any private covenant or other private agreement restricting the use of real property."

SECTION 3.

This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

SECTION 4.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
 
I agree with both of these and as a Georgia voter I will do my part to enact them; however, I do think it appropriate for there to be restrictions as to how many animals/how they are kept, etc... keeping 100 chickens on your 1 acre property in suburban Atlanta is not respectful to your neighbors. You may have as many as you want in Decatur (within reason), but not a rooster because there is no way to keep the noise from the neighbors half a mile away regardless of your property size. Regulation is reasonable; prohibition is not.
 
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That is why there is a section in the law that gives the local govts power to give restrictions. They can control how it looks and nuisance issues. They cannot say you cannot have them at all.
 

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