[Vision2020] are you interested in having backyard chickens?
Sam Scripter
moscowsam at verizon.net
Wed Sep 30 13:12:32 PDT 2009
Ah, ha, Bill! So, you are 'fessing up! You remember, like I did,
how it used to be, the permitted numbers for residential
chickens, in Moscow's past!!! ; )
If "they" make it legal here, and if my wife and I cut down on our
traveling, we'd both enjoy having some egg-layers to play with.
Not sure I'm up to slaughtering them, though. I remember
my HUGE Black Jersey Giant rooster in Los Angeles. I had
to put him down because he was wearing out the hens; they
didn't have many feathers left on their backs. But he didn't
go down easy. I had a stump and a hefty hatchet, but it took
more than one blow. What a tough neck he had. Too bad. He
was a gorgeous bird. [I have lots of roosters in my kitchen
and living room.]
But my wife has done the plucking and singeing as a kid,
which I always hated, so I guess I'd be the non-laying hen
slayer and she the chicken plucker!!!
So much for musing.
Have to be "legal", first!
Sam I am in Moscow
Bill London wrote:
> I was relying on information I got from the city about 20 years ago
> when we were raising chickens in our backyard on Polk Street
> The situation is murky.
> Randy Fife (I just called him about this) is now working on an
> ordinance that would allow chickens/ducks
> Stay tuned. Randy says it will go through the public hearing process.
> BL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Sam Scripter <mailto:moscowsam at verizon.net>
> *To:* Bill London <mailto:london at moscow.com>
> *Cc:* vision2020 at secure.fsr.com <mailto:vision2020 at secure.fsr.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:23 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] are you interested in having backyard
> chickens?
>
> 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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