Speaking of eggs, tell me about raising chickens.

[steve...]

Thanks for the information - I now know more about raising chickens.

I have decided that buying eggs at the store is not so bad.

Maybe sometime in the future but not today.

[Z]

Having a coop and eight birds in the back yard, I an say that it's not that hard to raise birds. We get 5-7 eggs per day, average. A quick check to pull eggs, top up water and food, and let them out / coop them up is easy enough. As noted above, they'll gladly eat tasty stuff out your garden.

[Robert M]

Steve,

Something not mentioned in the thread is local law. In the event you change your mind and decide to raise chickens (ducks or any farm animal), make sure it is legal for you to do so in your area. Rural or not, many places don't allow it.

Robert

[Rick-o]

Robert M wrote:
Steve,

Something not mentioned in the thread is local law. In the event you change your mind and decide to raise chickens (ducks or any farm animal), make sure it is legal for you to do so in your area. Rural or not, many places don't allow it.

Robert

It wasn't mentioned?!? :biggrin:

[freeradical]

An 8-0 vote for more revenue...:RollingEyesSmiley5:

The City Council passed the backyard hen-keeping ordinance after nearly two years of discussion in an 8-0 vote Tuesday night.

The ordinance, set to take effect November 1, will allow people within city limits to keep up to three hens in their backyard as long as the enclosure is 20 feet away from the nearest neighboring residence, and a license fee of $10 per household and permit fee of $15 per chicken is paid annually.

http://sacramentopress.com/2011/08/31/ci...y-council/