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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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BL</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=moscowsam@verizon.net href="mailto:moscowsam@verizon.net">Sam
Scripter</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@secure.fsr.com
href="mailto:vision2020@secure.fsr.com">vision2020@secure.fsr.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:08
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] are you
interested in having backyard chickens?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><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></FONT></FONT><BR>Bill London wrote:
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" 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 <BR>in
Moscow.<BR> <BR>The cruise participants will tour the backyard chicken
coops, talk with <BR>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> <BR>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> <BR>The
Co-op is located at 121 East Fifth Street in downtown
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