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backyard chickens and UN "Right to Food"

nsullivan@... — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:12:35 GMT

From the Winnepeg Free Press Suburban henhouses may prove hard to block By: Laura Rance / Rural Revival 2/01/2010 1:00 AM | Comments: 6 It is widely accepted

Who's looking for some new chickens?

Heather — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:03:02 GMT

Hello and Happy New Year! My husband and I own Nature's Harbor Farm in Pendleton County, KY. We are a sustainable farm and are getting ready to add to our

Re: neighbor update

Mary Hufford — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:50:53 GMT

I agree completely. If I'd known about this law before we moved here, we would have thought twice about it ourselves. A law forbidding vegetable gardens

Re: neighbor update

listval — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:35:54 GMT

I think the argument could be made that such a law hurts property values as least as much as it protects them. I would never under any circumstances move to a

Re: buckeye chickens (info on processing)

Mary Hufford — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:35:05 GMT

Julie, I'm an English teacher. I can't help it! Expired is as good as any euphemism I can think of. Overdue? Outdated? Nope. Menopausal? Ain't

Re: buckeye chickens (info on processing)

yolatangerine — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:30:13 GMT

Mary, that's hilarious. Right after I hit send, I proofed my own post again and thought, "I probably shouldn't have used the word 'expired' lest anyone thinks

Re: neighbor update

Mary Hufford — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:36:56 GMT

Grab the smelling salts, Mati, because you read it right. The only way you could legally have a vegetable garden in Pierce Twp is if you are on unplatted (ie,

Re: info on processing

Mary Hufford — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:20:58 GMT

Clermont. Other townships or villages in Clermont might have their own ordinances governing those kinds of things. I don't think you can own chickens at all

Re: neighbor update

Mati Senerchia — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:23:18 GMT

Vegetable garden illegal on a quarter acre? Oh, I feel faint. Is that really the law? Needs to be changed. ... From: Mary Hufford

Re: info on processing

listval — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:39:51 GMT

Mary, which county is Pierce Township in? Val

neighbor update

Mary Hufford — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:12:03 GMT

Thanks everyone for your advice regarding our free ranging chickens and neighbor issues. I wanted to give an update on the situation. Our zoning officer called

info on processing

Mary Hufford — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:49:38 GMT

We live in Pierce Township, which is governed by the Ohio Revised Code. I did a quick ORC search to see if I could find any law that prohibits processing our

Re: buckeye chickens (info on processing)

Mary Hufford — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:42:39 GMT

Expired layers? Expired means already dead -- you took dead birds for processing, or am I misreading? ~Mary ... From: yolatangerine

Re: buckeye chickens (info on processing)

yolatangerine — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:36:08 GMT

I also have taken my expired layers to Tewes's for processing. When I last took them in, they charged $2.50 per bird and they only process on Thursday morning.

Re: Buckeye Chickens

listval — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:33:24 GMT

Debi, it would only be illegal to process on-site for your own use if you're in an area that bans slaughter. This would be a local ordinance or zoning code --