[Vision2020] are you interested in having backyard chickens?

[Bill London]

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
The situation is murky.
Randy Fife (I just called him about this) is now working on an ordinance that would allow chickens/ducks
Stay tuned.  Randy says it will go through the public hearing process.
BL
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sam Scripter 
  To: Bill London 
  Cc: vision2020 at secure.fsr.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:23 AM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] are you interested in having backyard chickens?


  Bill, your numbers seem not to be congruent
  with Kit Craine's quote.

  Where do you get your data?

  Sam

  Bill London wrote: 
    Sam-
    Quit grumbling and get with it....
    Now, the search for locally grown food really means local...including backyard eggs.
    Yes, it is legal (6 hens, no roosters, if the neighbors don't complain).  
    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.
    Get with the times, Sam, it's back to the future
    BL
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Sam Scripter 
      To: vision2020 at secure.fsr.com 
      Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:08 PM
      Subject: Re: [Vision2020] are you interested in having backyard chickens?


      Really!  I didn't know the City Laws/Ordinances permitted 
      keeping chickens in residential zones in Moscow.  Maybe it
      is in small numbers?

      Does this mean that I could be treated to the olfactory
      essence of chickens if a breeze blew my direction from
      a neighbor's property, in a Moscow R-1 Zone?  And it
      would be LEGAL?

      My, oh my, what is this world coming to?  Talk to owners
      about how to "gather eggs"!  Wow.  I guess I'm just much
      too old.

      Hey, if somebody wants to offer me a mocha downtown,
      I'll give them my personal stories about cleaning the
      chicken roost, emptying the "chicken bucket" and watching
      the chickens scurrying to get the best morsels, and,
      actually gathering the eggs. I can add some zest by
      telling tales of fowl slaughtering, dipping carcasses
      in boiling water, plucking feathers, and singeing the
      pin feathers with a burning newspaper.

      Now if doing the above suddenly became "way cool" in
      our culture, that would be really interesting, for sure!

      Just grousing around, because the weather is getting cold . . .
      MoscowSam I am 

      Bill London wrote: 
        The Moscow Food Co-op is sponsoring the first annual "Co-op Coop Cruise" 
        from 4pm to 6pm on Sunday, October 11 to visit 4 backyard chicken coops 
        in Moscow.
         
        The cruise participants will tour the backyard chicken coops, talk with 
        the owners to learn about the realities of raising chickens and 
        gathering eggs, and have the opportunity to ask questions about starting 
        their own home poultry programs. Snacks and beverages will be provided 
        by the Co-op along the tour.
         
        The cost of the Co-op Coop Cruise is $12 for adults, $5 for children 
        (children under 3 are free). Tickets can be purchased from any cashier 
        at the Moscow Food Co-op. Enrollment is limited.
         
        The 4 chicken coops on the tour are all located at homes within 
        residential neighborhoods in the city of Moscow. The tour does not 
        include transportation. Participants must provide their own 
        transportation between coops.
         
        The Co-op is located at 121 East Fifth Street in downtown Moscow.

         

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