Motivation. Everyone needs a little every now and then – even chickens. We’ve recently experienced a significant drop in egg production; like to zero eggs per day. When you are feeding 5 hens and you are getting, maybe two eggs per week, you begin to think “chicken dinner” vs fresh eggs. I tried my usual form of motivation — a daily rant…
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It appears that Urban Chicken Farmers in Coeur d’Alene may have a feathered friend in City Councilman, Mike Kennedy. While I was unable to attend the City Council’s General Services committee meeting on Monday, I was contacted by Mr. Kennedy to share my thoughts on the three chicken limit. I believe 6 to 8 hens is a fair limit; but I have read that…
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The city of Coeur d’Alene recently overhauled its animal ordinances and included a pretty big change to its chicken laws. Previously one could keep an unlimited number of fowl within city limits – as long as there was no rooster in residence; however the new law limits that number to three. The Second Street Chicken Ranch is currently two over limit. If you have chickens…
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Last weekend, just as I was waking up I heard a very strange sound coming from the backyard. It sounded like a rooster crowing. But wait – we don’t have a rooster! I thought, no – must be the ravens cawing and I’m just not awake yet. But then there it was again – a sort of cackling, crowing, cockadoodling. …
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