[Vision2020] are you interested in having backyard chickens?

[Bill London]

Sam-
Quit grumbling and get with it....
Now, the search for locally grown food really means local...including backyard eggs.
Yes, it is legal (6 hens, no roosters, if the neighbors don't complain).  
We raised about 4 hens for a total of about 12 years here in Moscow...ate all our compost and gave us plenty of eggs.
Get with the times, Sam, it's back to the future
BL
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sam Scripter 
  To: vision2020 at secure.fsr.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:08 PM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] are you interested in having backyard chickens?


  Really!  I didn't know the City Laws/Ordinances permitted 
  keeping chickens in residential zones in Moscow.  Maybe it
  is in small numbers?

  Does this mean that I could be treated to the olfactory
  essence of chickens if a breeze blew my direction from
  a neighbor's property, in a Moscow R-1 Zone?  And it
  would be LEGAL?

  My, oh my, what is this world coming to?  Talk to owners
  about how to "gather eggs"!  Wow.  I guess I'm just much
  too old.

  Hey, if somebody wants to offer me a mocha downtown,
  I'll give them my personal stories about cleaning the
  chicken roost, emptying the "chicken bucket" and watching
  the chickens scurrying to get the best morsels, and,
  actually gathering the eggs. I can add some zest by
  telling tales of fowl slaughtering, dipping carcasses
  in boiling water, plucking feathers, and singeing the
  pin feathers with a burning newspaper.

  Now if doing the above suddenly became "way cool" in
  our culture, that would be really interesting, for sure!

  Just grousing around, because the weather is getting cold . . .
  MoscowSam I am 

  Bill London wrote: 
    The Moscow Food Co-op is sponsoring the first annual "Co-op Coop Cruise" 
    from 4pm to 6pm on Sunday, October 11 to visit 4 backyard chicken coops 
    in Moscow.
     
    The cruise participants will tour the backyard chicken coops, talk with 
    the owners to learn about the realities of raising chickens and 
    gathering eggs, and have the opportunity to ask questions about starting 
    their own home poultry programs. Snacks and beverages will be provided 
    by the Co-op along the tour.
     
    The cost of the Co-op Coop Cruise is $12 for adults, $5 for children 
    (children under 3 are free). Tickets can be purchased from any cashier 
    at the Moscow Food Co-op. Enrollment is limited.
     
    The 4 chicken coops on the tour are all located at homes within 
    residential neighborhoods in the city of Moscow. The tour does not 
    include transportation. Participants must provide their own 
    transportation between coops.
     
    The Co-op is located at 121 East Fifth Street in downtown Moscow.

     

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