This past week was highlighted by the meeting at the Zoning Commission on my petition to legalize chickens in town. The Commission has agreed with me unanimously that chickens ought to be permitted as a matter of right in residential neighborhoods! They are setting up a committee, which will include farming, agriculture and poultry experts, to craft language to amend the zoning regulations. BIG win for backyard chickens!! My argument to the Zoning Commission was taped live and can be viewed here.
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In other big news this week: Iris (an Olive Egger pullet) went broody for the first time and accepted 10 chicks as her own, which I hatched in an incubator.
Buff Orpington pullet, inspecting the day’s haul. As everyone eases out of their molt, I’m finally getting blue Ameraucana eggs again. I can’t even remember the last time I saw a blue egg in the nest boxes!
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This past week was highlighted by the meeting at the Zoning Commission on my petition to legalize chickens in town. The Commission has agreed with me unanimously that chickens ought to be permitted as a matter of right in residential neighborhoods! They are setting up a committee, which will include farming, agriculture and poultry experts, to craft language to amend the zoning regulations. BIG win for backyard chickens!! My argument to the Zoning Commission was taped live and can be viewed here.
In other big news this week: Iris (an Olive Egger pullet) went broody for the first time and accepted 10 chicks as her own, which I hatched in an incubator.
Buff Orpington pullet, inspecting the day’s haul. As everyone eases out of their molt, I’m finally getting blue Ameraucana eggs again. I can’t even remember the last time I saw a blue egg in the nest boxes!
My girls love your site and the things that it helps me do to make their life better.
After seeing your article awhile back about having a chicken first aid kit, I immediately went out and put one together to keep inside my back door. In addition to the Vetericyn, antibiotic cream, dressings, gloves, light, scissors, etc., I added a variety of colors of Vetwrap, syringes, biopsy punches, Qtips, iodine and some other stuff. The kit came in handy right away as we discovered bumble foot in several of the kids and had to treat it. My babies were quite the sight with their pink, purple, blue, yellow and green bandaged feet. They healed quickly and soon had… Read more »
I love your FB page and your blog! As a fairly new chicken keeper your information in welcome and needed.
She looks like a Gertrude or a Sylvia to me!!
I would love the first aid spray but I'm sure my girl would want the treats