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!
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Great Blog and photos! New to the chicken life since this fall. Got into it as a de-stresser, reading 6 books. Wow they have personalities! Now I have a family of 40+ tween-age ladies and 5 roos that ask "How was your day? Well. leave it at the door…", each and every day I return home. Thanks!
Love your blog! It's a highlight to my morning of course with my cup of coffee to get me going. You have the cutest chicks such as th e Frizzled Polish Crested, hopping to add some of these to my flock next year.
Congrats on the commission win!! Big precedent for all those wanting chickens in their area! AND I'm thinking that Polish should be named Phyllis as in Phyllis Diller – just my first thought! Plus my girls would love to win the Vetericyn prize package! It would be a great addition to my first aid kit. Thanks for all you do.