Comments on: Escambia Once Again Looking At Chicken Ordinance

By: carroll leis

carroll leis — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 20:10:36 +0000

Really need information regarding keeping 3-4 hens in my Nokomis, FL (Sarasota County) backyard. Have sent emails to county officials but no response. Strange, if I lived in a city I could have chickens but living in the county is a no-no! I’m trying to understand the logic, but geeze…..just can’t!

By: Beverly Macauley

Beverly Macauley — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 17:11:13 +0000

This is just one more waste of taxpayers money. Personally, I grew up on a small farm and hearing a rooster crow brings back a lot of memories. How many people who complain about chickens have gone to Key West to see them roaming free…such colorful creatures! There are plenty of ordinances in effect that “govern” the people who keep animals, but a chicken ordinance? Poppy-Cock! Pun intended.

By: ABC

ABC — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 03:58:21 +0000

It seems there is being an awful lot of time used as well as county payroll on this Chicken issue…………… Seems to me there can be an ordinance limiting a few chickens per household in the city as long as they are penned and comfortable, As for the county, we live in the county to have room and the freedom to enjoy our land, If they are allowed tocontrol what animals we own and how many, before you know it they will be creating laws to control how many croops we grow and what kind….. this is America folks, wake up and smell the honey, before it is all taken away from you……………………..just like your money…….in taxes and hours and hours of wasted payroll ………

By: CD

CD — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:01:54 +0000

We live on 7 acres and the next door neighbor does too. Most folks around here live on 1 to 30 acres. Think I’ll build a chicken yard of about 1/4 acre and get a dozen hens…………maybe a rooster too. We are too old to fool with the horses any more! It’s much ado about nothing! Might get a few goats also.

By: CD

CD — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:10:35 +0000

Oh. My neighbor has about a dozen hens and a rooster. He is kind enough to give me a few fresh yard eggs from time to time!

By: Concerned

Concerned — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:37:53 +0000

Come on though. If a chicken owner has egg laying chickens but no roosters, and their kept within the backyard of the chicken owner, whats wrong with having fresh farm eggs? And if someone puts in a complaint about the owner of the chickens having any roosters, then all the chickens should be removed and that person is no longer aloud to have chickens of any kind. If a chicken owner lives in a agricultral or rural zones, then they are alowed to have roosters. But has anyone seen the price of eggs the stores lately? Come on. Plus whats wrong with having a few fresh chickens? All im saying is no roosters unless you live in a rural or agricultural zones, or if you are apart of a club such as 4H or Boy Scouts.

By: xpeecee

xpeecee — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:26:52 +0000

Tell um Huie!!!!!!!!!!

By: liberty

liberty — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:17:57 +0000

more rules ,,,…….more regulations,…………….another reason for the gov’t to get into your house or onto your property,……………” to see if your chickens are under the current guidelines of the state”…………..ankle bone connected to the knee bone , knee bone to the thigh bone , thighbone to the hip bone ,……….you get the picture ,……………at least i used to think that we would get it…where is the end to this soft tyranny?????

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:22:27 +0000

CONSIDERING:
“COME ON PEOPLE…have some respect for your neighbors rights too…”

They give you free chicken to eat, even deliver it to your door and you complain.

Just eat those who come into your yard and be thankful

David for chicken and rice

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:20:07 +0000

regulate chickens when you’ve eliminated all other crime

Then you’ll have something to crow about.