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- April 2007 in Redwood City, California, USA
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OPC (Other People's Chickens)Created on November 17, 2007 at 12:01pm
Melissa Anyone in Minnesota (near the Twin Cities) who wants to get together and fight local governments to keep chickens, let me know. Just had to move 5 laying hens out to my in-laws farm as it turned out to be illegal in my rural small town.
Merry Ann Peters There is a group forming in Billings, Montana interested in backyard chickens. First meeting planned for this coming Thursday. Love some advice on first steps and beyond. thanks!
Kay Kulbeck Kelly How can we get a city to allow chickens? How do we start the process? specifically in Beaverton OR
Madelyn Moyle Corey
Here's what's happenin' with Chickens in Salt Lake City!!
http://www.fox13now.com/video/?autoStart
Potter Dee This coming Tuesday, in Buffalo NY, 2pm 13th floor of City Hall, the common council will be discussing chicken legislation.
Jeffrey L. Nolen
Habitat Tractor. Forget the "IKEA" shelters.
Cont'd - Our local Habitat for Humanity Store had some plywood furring strips 3/4"x 1-1/2" x 8'-0 for $1.00 a piece. As far as plans not needed (can't believe people are selling plans, share them), with a power miter saw, brad nailer and some basic geometry. Using a 3'-0" module for the section of tractor first building 2 each 3'-0" x 8'-0" panels with intermediate supports at 32". Cover with 36" wide chicken wire. Then form a triangle with the panels and a 36" cross braces across the bottom. Cover the ends with chicken wire. Now used your preference to locate the opening. For the 1'-0" elevated roost use the drops from the 36" cuts of the 8'-0" cut the 24" pieces install and then cover with 3/8 x 3/8 wire fabric makes a good roost. do forget to glue all your wood to wood connections.
You do not need a lot of fancy tools and can make the cuts with a hand miter box and use screws on the connections and a hand stapler for the wire, harder
Jeffrey L. Nolen For all the posts on building habitats for your chickens, here is a resource that not only saves you money but gives back to the community. In most areas, for me it's Birmingham AL, and LaGrange GA, Habitat for Humanity has "Outlet Stores" for building materials. I have materials to build several "habitats". When the Chicks were small and out of the brooder, I fashioned a very simple unit by assembling used Window Screens for $1.00 a piece, plus a roll of Duct Tape and some self drilling sheet metal screws. Before the anal retentives get excited with the size of the screen wire, this is more of a transition habitat until the Habitat Tractor. Our local Habitat, had some plywood furring strips 3/4"x 1-1/2" x 8'-0 for $1.00 a piece. As far as plans not needed, with a power miter saw, brad nailer and some basic geometry. Using a 3'-0" module for the section of tractor first building 2 each 3'-0" x 8'-0" panels with intermediate supports at 32". Plus a 1'-0" elevated roost.
Julia Wolley My little girls DOB 6/20/09 just learned how to scratch and perch!
Miranda Bucklin McCarvel Hi - is there anyone in Missoula MT that would be interested in setting up a chicken babysitting exchange? I am going out of town for a few days and need someone to watch the girls. I would be willing to do the same for someone else.
Bannatyne Bachman Matson
So this group has over 1800 fans and the Philadelphia chicken petition only needs 181 more signatures to be presented to the city!! Pretty please? You don't have to live in Philly. Please help make my girls legal :o)
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/phila
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Tiffany H Cox Iowa Public Television is running "The Natural History of the Chicken" on Wednesday, July 22nd, at 8pm. It's a terrific show! If you're out of range, check your local PBS station to see if they might be showing it, too.