[Vision2020] are you interested in having backyard chickens?

[Sam Scripter]

Bill, your numbers seem not to be congruent
with Kit Craine's quote.

Where do you get your data?

Sam

Bill London wrote:
> 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 <mailto:moscowsam at verizon.net>
>     *To:* vision2020 at secure.fsr.com <mailto: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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