The city of anderson...

The city still has yet to respond......

A Link to making Anderson, South Carolina a better place

Shattering common misconceptions about chickens and laying hens with pure facts. :)

http://m.plymouth-review.com/node/119509

Where Do I start!???!

Which are better chickens for me?
Bantam breeds
or standard and large fowl breeds?

I dont necessarily like eggs all that much, but I might eventually when I get my hens. I want a docile breed that can become tame, and that I could take to school, and other places. I just dont know where to start! Any ideas anyone??

Patience young grasshopper....

       Okay, so the door on my coop is finally finished after having to constanly bugg the crap out of the guy who buit our coop! I was so excited; but then come to find out, my coop isn't completely predator proof!!

       You've got to be kidding me right?? Well not really! So I am going outside to work on it right now. I have to nail wooden boards to the gaps on the sides of the door and dig a little and place some chicken wire underground to prevent digging predators.

      Just another step on the LONG, LONG road to

 finally getting my laying hens! I just keep telling myself "Just a few more weeks!"

Pray for patience.

Chicken groups, blogs, sites, businesses, hacteries, products, and retailers

Chicken groups

SoPO Chickens South Portland, Maine
Just Food New York City, NY
 Mad City Chickens Madison, Wisconsin
A2 City Chickens Ann Arbor, Michigan
Key West Chickens Key West, Florida
ABQ Urban Chickens Albuquerque, NM
Portland Chickens Portland, Oregon
Atlanta Pet Chickens Atlanta, GA
Pioneer Valley Backyard Chicken Association Northampton, MA
COOP Chicken owners outside Philadelphia
Society for the Preservation of Poultry Antiquities

Chicken related blogs

UrbanChickens.org Blog Albuquerque, NM
Urban Chicken Blog Redwood City, CA
The Daily Rasorial Why the chicken really crossed the road
Success with Poultry
Hippy Chicks Garden
PoultryBookstore.com Blog

Chicken related sites

The City Chicken Oregon/Washington Area
Backyard Chickens
All About Chickens
Sanford Cochins
Path to Freedom Urban homesteading- and chickens too!
Mad City Chickens Film A film about backyard chicken keeping
Mad City Chickens You-Tube chicken group with over 600 chicken related videos
The Modern Homestead has a lot of information about homesteading, along with a large poultry section.
The Easy Chicken
The Poultry Connection
Acorn Hollow Bantams

Chicken products, businesses, hatcheries, and retailers

Urban Farm Store, great resource for those in Portland, OR
City Biddy Hen House Building Plans, from UBuilder Plans
Eggcarton.com
The Garden Coop, DIY Chicken Coop Plans
Classroom Chickens, Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Pet Chickens
PoultryBookstore.com
PurelyPoultry.com Over 200 breeds available



This is not my list, I have borrowed it from Urbanchickens.org (http://urbanchickens.org/resources-and-products/).

Progress?

Here is a copy of the email that I recived today from Mr. McKenzie. Looks like we're making some progress! :)

Maurice McKenzie MMcKenzie@cityofandersonsc.com

10:26 AM (9 hours ago)

to me:

Thanks for the information.
I want to give you an update on where we are with things relating to chickens.  On Thursday, our Planning and Development Council committee will meet to go over some initial information regarding the keeping of chickens.  The staff will be presenting to them information regarding regulations in other communities, sample language used in cities that allow chickens, and some other pros and cons that have been researched.  This meeting is geared for the committee to communicate with the staff so that they will be better informed as we move forward with the process.  This is normal procedure as we introduce new regulatory items.  Since this is not a public hearing, there will be no voting on the matter.
I will let you know when we begin the public process on this, so you and others can voice your opinion to the Planning Commission and the City Council.  I expect that this opportunity will be soon--however, I will know more after the meeting on Thursday.  I will be back in touch with you on Thursday or Friday to let you know how we plan to proceed with the public process.

About Electric city chickens

My name is Chase Culpepper and I am a fourteen year old at the Montessori school of Anderson. Last Month on march 8th I was doing research on chickens and I was very disappointed to discover that chickens weren't allowed in the city limits of Anderson! My mom had a wonderful chicken coop built for me by a couple of guys who were doing our roof a few weeks before,and I was VERY excited to find out that i was finally able to get chickens. So I called a few of my council members and I went to a council meeting, where I presented a 19-page essay by KT Labadie (the founder of Urbanchickens.org), and a letter of recommendation from her as well. The process is still ongoing and the meeting will be this month, but in the mean-time, I have had a newspaper article and an on-line article about my efforts published. I want chickens for a variety of reasons; pest-control, lessening food waste, fertilizer, companionship, and most importantly FRESH EGGS!!! I also want to start programs for local food cabinets, soup kitchens, and lower income areas, that will allow them to keep laying hens to provide them with a steady supply of eggs, and a cheaper source of food. In my proposal for the council members, I am stating that only Laying hens should be allowed, NO ROOSTERS, a limit on the number of hens, and upkeep requirements. I want my girls as soon as I can get them, and I will not give up on this law!

http://www.cityofandersonsc.com/council/contact-list.pdf <---- The link for the city council members contact info, please support by emailing or sending letters that you are in support and why, try to keep them positive!

http://66.147.242.185/~urbanch5/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Ordinance-research-paper.pdf <-----19 page essay

http://www.independentmail.com/news/2012/mar/16/student-heads-to-council-for-chickens/ <---- Internet version of article on legalizing laying hens in Anderson.