Petee Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Summerville is going exactly the wrong direction with this. They should be organizing a good program that allows a controlled chicken habitat. They are working on having a food desert. Bon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFG Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 Summerville is going exactly the wrong direction with this. They should be organizing a good program that allows a controlled chicken habitat. They are working on having a food desert.Killing my business, too. How are you going to be my spokesperson when no one can buy aigs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFG Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 Now you see why we miss Bon when she's not around.I'm the new guy. I didn't even know she was missing until she told me WMJ77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Well, hasn't she already raised the fun quotient today! By the way, if you know where the container was, then why didn't you go let her out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 State College allows chickens. If they can write a ordinance allowing them then a rural area should be able to. Penn State is an agricultural college. How could State College possibly ban chickens? You hit it at the right time of the year when the college spreads its manure the whole town smells like down on the farm. Dobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFG Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 Penn State is an agricultural college. How could State College possibly ban chickens? You hit it at the right time of the year when the college spreads its manure the whole town smells like down on the farm.I could see hundreds or thousands of chickens making a smell. I used to live near a turkey farm, and it was horrendous. Small scale flocks can be almost odor free by composting. All lawn clippings and leaves go directly into my pens. Even with as many birds as I have, customers always comment on the lack of odor Dobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaman Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Penn State is an agricultural college. How could State College possibly ban chickens? You hit it at the right time of the year when the college spreads its manure the whole town smells like down on the farm. Just like the old Game School that moved from Brockway to Camp Hill. Elite (liberal)educators and politicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Unless you stick your head right into the chicken coop, you will never smell anything. If I smell ant hint of henhouse then the coop gets cleaned immediately. Takes 5 minutes because of how I designed it and the compost bin is right behind the coop so everything goes in there and gets covered with shredded paper. Presto, good planning equals no smell. Communities can have chickens in every yard but there has to be guidance on how and when to care for them. The days of letting them perch on the clothes line are gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 We raised Rhode Island Reds when I was in my teens. I think we had around 50 of them. The only time I can ever remember the coop/shed stinking is when the temperature rose into the high 80's & above, plus the added humidity made us kids clean it out faster. The only thing I didn't like about chickens were the furry critters that thought they were invited to come on in!! Rats mostly...I always took the 410 with me. I knew I wasn't going to miss either. My brothers took care of the other type of critters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 You would! How many accidental chicken dinners did you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I could see hundreds or thousands of chickens making a smell. I used to live near a turkey farm, and it was horrendous. Small scale flocks can be almost odor free by composting. All lawn clippings and leaves go directly into my pens. Even with as many birds as I have, customers always comment on the lack of odor No, no! The chickens don't smell or at least I have no idea either way. Penn State fertilizes its planting areas, which are just about everywhere in State College, with manure which apparently isn't thoroughly composted. I guess it comes from cows because that is what it smells like. It's been awhile since I smelled it so maybe they have stopped using the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFG Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 We raised Rhode Island Reds when I was in my teens. I think we had around 50 of them. The only time I can ever remember the coop/shed stinking is when the temperature rose into the high 80's & above, plus the added humidity made us kids clean it out faster. The only thing I didn't like about chickens were the furry critters that thought they were invited to come on in!! Rats mostly...I always took the 410 with me. I knew I wasn't going to miss either. My brothers took care of the other type of critters. I dispatched a furry critter last week. After the first couple of years losing chickens, my pens are like Fort Knox now. They still try and find a way in, though. I trap, but I'm not real big on relocation. The best part of a Have-a-Heart trap is it eliminates the need for a scope... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobby Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 My mom said that whenever she was a little that at Easter they received colored(dyed) chicks for Easter gifts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFG Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 My mom said that whenever she was a little that at Easter they received colored(dyed) chicks for Easter gifts.You don't see that much any more, guess it may be kind of inhumane. What that was was ink injected into the egg right before hatch, usually with silkies because their feathers are so soft. When they shed their downy fluff, the color went away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 You would! How many accidental chicken dinners did you have? None!!the chickens knew enough to get out of my way when I had the 410. If I had my 22, they knew they were safe, took to long to get the rat lined up. When it was time to get rid of the chickens all together, I wouldn't eat them at all. They were old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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