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!
Your Frizzle Polish Crested chick looks so much like an eagle, how about "Frizzle Eagle"? I should already be entered in the latest greatest giveaway…….Thank you. What's the latest on the soil samples, etc?
I would love to win this one. Great products!
So glad to hear you won the chicken fight for your area. I owned a house in a neighborhood like yours that allowed no animals except cats and dogs. I have since moved. The people in that neighborhood were lawn obsessed-the noise from their constant mowing was so bad I couldn't hear someone talking, or hear the tv, all during the spring, summer or fall if I had my windows open! It was like they were crating this artificial green carpeted world that no one sat outside and enjoyed anyway. Weird! My chickens make life so much more real where… Read more »
I learn so much from you! My girls would love to win any of the prizes. Thanks for great competitions!
Thanks for all the great info here and awesome pics.