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 crew would luv to win the meal worms and my emergency kit can always use the Vetericyn.
great giveaway, I already subscribe to your blog. great work!
Oh, how we need to win the Vetericyn this week! We have been meaning to finish creating our emergency kit, after reading your article, and haven't been able to get the Vetericyn for it yet! Our girls are just four months old this week and we have used your blog constantly in preparing for and taking care of them! Our coop has sand thanks to your recommendation, the coop and run are predator proof so far thanks to your recommendations, and our girls enjoyed some pumpkin pie recently thanks to your recipe! Your site has proven to be our number… Read more »
So happy to hear that elected officials are agreeing that chicken-keeping should be a matter of right. We have already strayed to far from our agricultural origins as it is.
I love your blog & give-a-ways and here is why:And my friends call me the crazy chicken lady… I started this little hobby this past spring with 1 coop & 21 – 1 day old chicks. I have learned so much and met so many different chicken lovin people. I have bartered, traded, hatched & raised these feathered friends & became addicted very quickly. A short seven months later I have 2 coops, 30 chickens, a beautiful array of colored eggs. I am now thinking that I should add a 3rd coop… Oh, Did I mention that I have 13… Read more »