I liked my Mille Fleur BBD'uccles, but they never were very friendly. I had a "reverse" trio, two roos and one hen. They were Milli, Vanilli, and Flower....:)
Does Anyone Have These Guys?
great names Cat
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MELVA!
Hope you got some chicken scratch for your BD! LOL
Came across this today and thought of you.
http://home.centurytel.net/thecitychicken/tractors.html
Thanks no scratch yet and I ordered some roses! uh oh!
Happy Happy Melva!!! I raise cochins and Seramas love em both! ....and after my trip to TSC this week , it looks as if Im also going to raise Sultan and Polish banties! and the jury is still out on a couple of them....hoping for D'uccles.
Hit a snag, chickens are not allowed in Denton! Bummer!
Thanks for the birthday wishes.
I occurs to me that it may seem I am enouraging Melva to flount The Law. That, of course, would NEVER be the case. And Melva would NEVER consider doing so. Please take this as a simply amusing, ridiculous suggestion...
Melva, you just need to work outside the box:). You're not alone, and people have addressed the issues. Two parts to this. First, the coop...
http://www.mypetchicken.com/catalog/Chicken-Coops/The-Stealth-Coop-p493.aspx
Or,
http://www.ubuilderplans.com/node/59
Then you need to find hens that are les recognizable. And you need to rename them as an exotic species, maybe just use their scientific names, to avoid lying....
There are always Silkies
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Silkies/BRKSilkies.html
Or Polish
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Silkies/BRKSilkies.html
or even Showgirls
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/ShowGirls/BRKShowGirl.html
Or even some that can be kept n the house, like a parrot (or, sizewise, a cockatiel)
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Sri/BRKSri.html
Where there's a will....
*G*.
I knew you were'nt alone,
http://www.meetup.com/The-Denton-Movement-for-Urban-Chickens-Meetup-Group/
I joined the 'meet up group' yesterday. Hopefully the codes will change.
How big is Denton?
Codes can be really really really stupid. We used to live where, if you interpreted the zoning codes very conservatively, you had to have 10 acres in order to have a chicken. No, really. But you could have only 5 acres and keep a horse.
Go figure.
Best wishes for getting the zoning changed! There are certainly enough precedents out there that it should be possible.
Sorry, the link I posted is for the entire County
try this one
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denton,_Texas
Oh no, Melva. I feared that. It seems when the faming communities around Dallas tired to grow and become more like the big city, they outlawed livestock. Which is goofy considering its always been allowed in DFW.
Best of luck to your movement. I bet you'll get it passed, there is a real back to the land movement. Power to the people, power to the land, power to the chicken!!!
Perhaps the anti-chicken sentiment is a Texas peculiarity. There are a number of "acreage communities" around here that permit horses but not chickens.(!)
Good point, Porkpal. Of course, horses meant you had money. No community would turn 'those' people away.lol It seems in the last 50 years, to have chickens in your backyard, put you with the likes of poor and or immigrants.
They were met with such distain, you got to wonder if they are scratching their heads and chuckling at all the cute coops going up in affluent neighborhoods.lol
Cocoa lulu, I just love your attitude, and your humor. P. S. The little gal in the picture of City Chicken link is a friend of ours from Battleground Wa. She has a great website and is well liked...Hay
Where is a good place to buy chicks? I want some that are good for eating, good for eggs...no solid white ones (don't laugh!! When I get my chickens, I want "pretty" ones as well!! ) Then there is the matter of Cornish hens that we really like in the freezer! I have read you need a Cornish Rock rooster and a game hen for those???
How about ducks? A breed that is good for eggs, meat...and also not just white??? In your garden? How much will they tear up in there??
Deb
my yard ducks go through all the bushes and plants but haven't messed anything up. Hubbie hasn't tilled my wildflower bed yet but we are going to put a short fence around it. They love to root through dirt and to have a huge fresh bed of tilled dirt they would be in hog heaven lol