Peavey Mart is selling small attractive chicken coops for 300 bucks. Ideal for backyard farmers.
True, you could make your own from scratch and save money, but would you??
on second thought ... maybe not... I read some bad reviews on it. Plus, it looks like it will only hold a couple of chickens. There's better options I'm sure
and it's illegal in Calgary to have backyard chickens...
Ah, another forward looking community. 🙄
might change sooner then later, red deer just made it legal for backyard chicken in the past while.. 🙂
That price is quite high for a small place for just a few hens.
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The Red Deer story is a little more complicated than the previous poster suggested. The city has no bylaw presently that specifically bans or permits chickens, as a result some people simply started rearing chickens. There has been some dialogue regarding whether chickens should be allowed. The CLUCK Red Deer folks have self-policed to limit chicken flocks to 6 birds and avoid roosters. The city is now entering an official pilot project with many people voluntarily registering their coops with CLUCK Red Deer. Some time next year, the city will make an official ruling on backyard chickens based on the outcome of the pilot project.
The CLUCKers are being very proactive to self-educate, work together, and present a united voice to city council. The word in the hen-house is that there was only 1 formal complaint to bylaw enforcement this past year, a rooster ended up in the flock, and soon found other accommodations. Myself, and others, in neighbouring towns/cities are closely monitoring the outcome as I presently live in a smaller town that specifically bans all livestock from city limits. If Red Deer approves urban chickens through an official bylaw and production of guidelines, it is possible that other towns will follow their lead and overturn present bylaws. Maybe, and here is to positive thoughts.
If my information is incorrect in regards to Red Deer, I apologize. This past weekend I participated in the Coop tours hosted by CLUCK Red Deer and this was the information shared with me.
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When I lived in Vancouver city 30 some years ago some of the immigrant families had stealthily stowed hens in their backyard gardens , many backyards were fully in food production . It was not legal but to my recollection I never hear anyone complain about hens . If enough people do it , really will the bylaws be enforceable ? I advised a friend who wanted a few egg laying hens to get them. She countered she was dependant on her boyfriend building a shelter for them and I told her it was easy to work with chicken wire to make a yard and you could pick up some dresser drawers free off of Craigslist and wire up and accommodation for a few hens for under $20 . In third wold countries I am sure you just make due with what resources you have , so why don't we ?
I am going to look into my 'town bylaws' as there are some horses penned and grazing on a small acreage within the town borders.
I would suggest a YouTube search of " chicken tractor " for those with limited space who want really nutritious free range eggs. I would incorporate parts of several designs if I built a tractor.
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