All kinds of exciting materials going on this summer! I was featured inward an episode of the novel reality show, Coop Dreams, which received rave reviews from viewers too sponsors! I was skeptical most the whole "reality show" genre, only tin compass notice tell yous that in that place was no scripting, cipher set-up, no funny editing. What yous consider is what went on inward Brad's backyard. We had a boom filming what amounts to the same affair I produce every day: chat amongst folks most keeping chickens!
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While on opor-garai inward North Carolina this summer, Mr. Chicken Chick too I had the pleasance of coming together to a greater extent than or less of my peeps at a local bar for Happy Hour! SO FUN! (yes, I'll hollo upwards to set sunscreen on side past times side time)
This was what my Mille fleur d'Uccle chick looked similar on June 26- the side past times side photograph is what she looks similar today! Unbelievable increment rate, isn't it?
The Polish teenagers are getting big too, only it's much to a greater extent than hard to figure out their genders than the d'Uccles'.
You're witnessing the amount total rainfall we've seen hither lately too I had to become chase teenagers into the coop then they didn't teach blown away past times the high winds!
July showers convey August flowers?
The struggle to legalize backyard chicken keeping inward my town continues. To say that the Zoning Commission has come upwards a LONG agency inward their thinking most chickens would travel the understatement of the century! There was a minute populace hearing held on the town's proposed backyard keeping chicken rule earlier the Zoning Commission inward July too patch the crowd was much smaller than the first hearing inward June, they were no less song inward back upwards of chicken keeping.
The overwhelming persuasion at both hearings was that the Commission should come about the to the lowest degree restrictive rule necessary to protect the interests of residents on all sides of the issue. I continued to press the Commission non to regulate issues that select never been a employment inward town too instead, to rely on laws too regulations that are already inward house to enforce issues such equally unreasonable noise, wellness or populace security concerns too roaming animate existence concerns. Much to my shock: the committee GUTTED the First Selectman's proposed regulation, paring it downwards to the bare bones necessary to permit chicken keeping on properties of whatever size, inward whatever number! The Zoning Commission's revised proposal volition travel heard over again on 8/17/15 too hopefully, voted on. The exclusively outstanding consequence for the Commission to hammer out is how many acres they volition necessitate for the keeping of roosters! #winning Stay tuned for the
This is the Zoning Commission's draft chicken keeping regulation, which volition travel voted on side past times side month. This version far exceeds whatever expectation I always had of the type of rule that mightiness come upwards from this Commission, but...it ain't over until the fatty lady sings. Stay tuned!
Petey,(Araucana) me & Rachel (bantam frizzled Cochin).
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