Comments on: Decatur's "Chicks In the City" Tour Next Saturday

By: Third Generation Decaturite

Third Generation Decaturite — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:58:57 +0000

Fortunately, Decatur’s municipal code has long been very supportive of backyard poultry (it just sets out some reasonable specifications on the number of birds you can have per square foot in your enclosure and where the coop can be placed on the lot. Roswell? Let’s just say the chicken enthusiasts have some educating to do at city hall out there. Keeping chickens is more than wacky fun; it’s about living sustainably, eating locally (you can’t get more local than a backyard coop), delicious food (compare the flavor of any commercial egg to one from your own hen and you’ll see what I mean), and self-sufficiency (I am also a gardener and I can’t remember the last time I bought commercial fertilizer, organic or otherwise). And as this tour demonstrates, these backyard coops and the chickens themselves can be little works of art!

By: SAACJack

SAACJack — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:44:28 +0000

You would think they would like chickens, being “yolk-els”.

By: GAK

GAK — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:35:35 +0000

Welcome to the no pun zone:
I don’t have the details, but I remember reading something recently about a serious dust-up in Roswell in which the city was trying to crack down on folks raising chickens in their back yards (correct me if I’ve got this wrong). Interesting municipal comparison – we are embracing this “crazy” concept and they are fighting it like the plague. Chalk up another reason to live here. Love it. It’d be great to see this comparison get a highlight in the metro-wide media.

By: AMB

AMB — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:56:08 +0000

$20?
that’s chickenfeed!

By: SAACJack

SAACJack — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:30:33 +0000

Should be fun!

It’s the coopiest thing going.

If you don’t go you are just a dumb cluck.

Come and see the homes of those who are both right and left wing.

Not sponsored by Chik-fil-A.

Hosted by FogHorn Leghorn

Somebody stop me….