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<font size="+1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Ah, ha, Bill! So, you are
'fessing up! You remember, like I did,<br>
how it used to be, the permitted numbers for residential <br>
chickens, in Moscow's past!!! ; )<br>
<br>
If "they" make it legal here, and if my wife and I cut down on our<br>
traveling, we'd both enjoy having some egg-layers to play with.<br>
<br>
Not sure I'm up to slaughtering them, though. I remember<br>
my HUGE Black Jersey Giant rooster in Los Angeles. I had<br>
to put him down because he was wearing out the hens; they<br>
didn't have many feathers left on their backs. But he didn't<br>
go down easy. I had a stump and a hefty hatchet, but it took<br>
more than one blow. What a tough neck he had. Too bad. He<br>
was a gorgeous bird. [I have lots of roosters in my kitchen<br>
and living room.]<br>
<br>
But my wife has done the plucking and singeing as a kid, <br>
which I always hated, so I guess I'd be the non-laying hen<br>
slayer and she the chicken plucker!!!<br>
<br>
So much for musing.<br>
<br>
Have to be "legal", first!<br>
<br>
Sam I am in Moscow<br>
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Bill London wrote:
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">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</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">The situation is murky.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Randy Fife (I just called him about
this) is now working on an ordinance that would allow chickens/ducks</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Stay tuned. Randy says it will go
through the public hearing process.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">BL</font></div>
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:23 AM</div>
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<font size="+1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Bill, your numbers seem
not to be congruent<br>
with Kit Craine's quote.<br>
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Where do you get your data?<br>
<br>
Sam<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Sam-</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Quit grumbling and get with
it....</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Now, the search for locally
grown food really means local...including backyard eggs.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Yes, it is legal (6 hens, no
roosters, if the neighbors don't complain). </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Get with the times, Sam, it's
back to the future</font></div>
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<font size="+1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Really! I didn't
know the City Laws/Ordinances permitted <br>
keeping chickens in residential zones in Moscow. Maybe it<br>
is in small numbers?<br>
<br>
Does this mean that I could be treated to the olfactory<br>
essence of chickens if a breeze blew my direction from<br>
a neighbor's property, in a Moscow R-1 Zone? And it<br>
would be LEGAL?<br>
<br>
My, oh my, what is this world coming to? Talk to owners<br>
about how to "gather eggs"! Wow. I guess I'm just much<br>
too old.<br>
<br>
Hey, if somebody wants to offer me a mocha downtown,<br>
I'll give them my personal stories about cleaning the<br>
chicken roost, emptying the "chicken bucket" and watching<br>
the chickens scurrying to get the best morsels, and,<br>
actually gathering the eggs. I can add some zest by<br>
telling tales of fowl slaughtering, dipping carcasses<br>
in boiling water, plucking feathers, and singeing the<br>
pin feathers with a burning newspaper.<br>
<br>
Now if doing the above suddenly became "way cool" in<br>
our culture, that would be really interesting, for sure!<br>
<br>
Just grousing around, because the weather is getting cold . . .<br>
MoscowSam I am <br>
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size="3">The Moscow Food Co-op is sponsoring the first annual "Co-op
Coop Cruise" <br>
from 4pm to 6pm on Sunday, October 11 to visit 4 backyard chicken coops
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in Moscow.<br>
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The cruise participants will tour the backyard chicken coops, talk with
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the owners to learn about the realities of raising chickens and <br>
gathering eggs, and have the opportunity to ask questions about
starting <br>
their own home poultry programs. Snacks and beverages will be provided <br>
by the Co-op along the tour.<br>
<br>
The cost of the Co-op Coop Cruise is $12 for adults, $5 for children <br>
(children under 3 are free). Tickets can be purchased from any cashier <br>
at the Moscow Food Co-op. Enrollment is limited.<br>
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The 4 chicken coops on the tour are all located at homes within <br>
residential neighborhoods in the city of Moscow. The tour does not <br>
include transportation. Participants must provide their own <br>
transportation between coops.<br>
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The Co-op is located at 121 East Fifth Street in downtown Moscow.<br>
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