egg prices are out of control..local govt needs to reduce urban chicken coop restrictions

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:no they most definitely do not need to do this.

I'll pay 2x the current price of eggs to make sure my neighbor doesn't have a chicken coop.

People have the right to farm and feed their family

not according to your local government!

no one is stopping you from moving 30 miles west or east to your own little farm.

Almost every local jurisdiction allows poultry as pets

You will need a permit. Unless you have more than two acres. If you have more than two acres, you already sold to a developer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:no they most definitely do not need to do this.

I'll pay 2x the current price of eggs to make sure my neighbor doesn't have a chicken coop.

People have the right to farm and feed their family

not according to your local government!

no one is stopping you from moving 30 miles west or east to your own little farm.

Almost every local jurisdiction allows poultry as pets

You will need a permit. Unless you have more than two acres. If you have more than two acres, you already sold to a developer.

Depends on the locality

[Anonymous]

Why is anybody responding when you can get a 30 ct of eggs for $6.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:no they most definitely do not need to do this.

I'll pay 2x the current price of eggs to make sure my neighbor doesn't have a chicken coop.

People have the right to farm and feed their family

not according to your local government!

no one is stopping you from moving 30 miles west or east to your own little farm.

Almost every local jurisdiction allows poultry as pets

You will need a permit. Unless you have more than two acres. If you have more than two acres, you already sold to a developer.

Not where I live. Farming in residential zones is allowed on all agricultural and single-family zoned properties. Urban Farming is allowed in the residential zones for townhomes and multifamily communities as well other non-residential zones.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DPS/Process/zspe/Chickens.html

Where do you live?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:no they most definitely do not need to do this.

I'll pay 2x the current price of eggs to make sure my neighbor doesn't have a chicken coop.

People have the right to farm and feed their family

not according to your local government!

no one is stopping you from moving 30 miles west or east to your own little farm.

Almost every local jurisdiction allows poultry as pets

You will need a permit. Unless you have more than two acres. If you have more than two acres, you already sold to a developer.

Not where I live. Farming in residential zones is allowed on all agricultural and single-family zoned properties. Urban Farming is allowed in the residential zones for townhomes and multifamily communities as well other non-residential zones.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DPS/Process/zspe/Chickens.html

Where do you live?

That is a really stupid policy. Allowing people in apartments to have chickens? Where are they even going to put them in their bedroom?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:no they most definitely do not need to do this.

I'll pay 2x the current price of eggs to make sure my neighbor doesn't have a chicken coop.

People have the right to farm and feed their family

*when sufficient acres available to do so without becoming a nuisance that impacts others from enjoying their own property.

Which is why you can't necessarily do this in an urban environment.

You can (legally) if the zoning code says you can. And the zoning code can be changed.

I don't keep chickens on my property, but my neighbors do keep chickens on their property. I find it's helpful to distinguish between the property you own (where it's your decision whether or not to keep chickens) and the property you don't own (where it's not your decision).

It’s true, if the zoning code says that you can, it can be changed to say that you can’t. You should also keep in the mind you live in a society that involves other people and that your decisions affect them, too. Things that you do don’t end at your property line. I’m sorry the world doesn’t revolve around you.

[Anonymous]

Guy that died of bird flu had backyard flock. Why the obsession with eggs anyway? We eat one or two a week in baking or matzo balls. Nobody's kid needs eggs every breakfast. More kids are getting high cholesterol gee wonder why.
Keep you flu ridden birds far from me, and you stay away too. Maybe you will be known as patient zero for the mutation that makes P2P transmission virulent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:no they most definitely do not need to do this.

I'll pay 2x the current price of eggs to make sure my neighbor doesn't have a chicken coop.

People have the right to farm and feed their family

not according to your local government!

no one is stopping you from moving 30 miles west or east to your own little farm.

Almost every local jurisdiction allows poultry as pets

You will need a permit. Unless you have more than two acres. If you have more than two acres, you already sold to a developer.

Not where I live. Farming in residential zones is allowed on all agricultural and single-family zoned properties. Urban Farming is allowed in the residential zones for townhomes and multifamily communities as well other non-residential zones.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DPS/Process/zspe/Chickens.html

Where do you live?

Except where HOAs ban it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guy that died of bird flu had backyard flock. Why the obsession with eggs anyway? We eat one or two a week in baking or matzo balls. Nobody's kid needs eggs every breakfast. More kids are getting high cholesterol gee wonder why.
Keep you flu ridden birds far from me, and you stay away too. Maybe you will be known as patient zero for the mutation that makes P2P transmission virulent.

High cholesterol is caused by not exercising and being fat, not eating eggs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:no they most definitely do not need to do this.

I'll pay 2x the current price of eggs to make sure my neighbor doesn't have a chicken coop.

People have the right to farm and feed their family

not according to your local government!

no one is stopping you from moving 30 miles west or east to your own little farm.

Almost every local jurisdiction allows poultry as pets

You will need a permit. Unless you have more than two acres. If you have more than two acres, you already sold to a developer.

Not where I live. Farming in residential zones is allowed on all agricultural and single-family zoned properties. Urban Farming is allowed in the residential zones for townhomes and multifamily communities as well other non-residential zones.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DPS/Process/zspe/Chickens.html

Where do you live?

People's Republic of Fairfax County.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:no they most definitely do not need to do this.

I'll pay 2x the current price of eggs to make sure my neighbor doesn't have a chicken coop.

People have the right to farm and feed their family

not according to your local government!

no one is stopping you from moving 30 miles west or east to your own little farm.

Almost every local jurisdiction allows poultry as pets

You will need a permit. Unless you have more than two acres. If you have more than two acres, you already sold to a developer.

Not where I live. Farming in residential zones is allowed on all agricultural and single-family zoned properties. Urban Farming is allowed in the residential zones for townhomes and multifamily communities as well other non-residential zones.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DPS/Process/zspe/Chickens.html

Where do you live?

People's Republic of Fairfax County.

You mean the reasonable side of the Potomac that actually attempts to protect public health and the environment.

[Anonymous]

Egg prices are fine in DC and eggs are available. Who is trying to start some sort of a misinformation campaign?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:no they most definitely do not need to do this.

I'll pay 2x the current price of eggs to make sure my neighbor doesn't have a chicken coop.

People have the right to farm and feed their family

not according to your local government!

no one is stopping you from moving 30 miles west or east to your own little farm.

Almost every local jurisdiction allows poultry as pets

You will need a permit. Unless you have more than two acres. If you have more than two acres, you already sold to a developer.

Not where I live. Farming in residential zones is allowed on all agricultural and single-family zoned properties. Urban Farming is allowed in the residential zones for townhomes and multifamily communities as well other non-residential zones.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DPS/Process/zspe/Chickens.html

Where do you live?

People's Republic of Fairfax County.

You mean the reasonable side of the Potomac that actually attempts to protect public health and the environment.

No. I mean the busybodies who worry about the color of the bike shed next to the nuclear reactor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guy that died of bird flu had backyard flock. Why the obsession with eggs anyway? We eat one or two a week in baking or matzo balls. Nobody's kid needs eggs every breakfast. More kids are getting high cholesterol gee wonder why.
Keep you flu ridden birds far from me, and you stay away too. Maybe you will be known as patient zero for the mutation that makes P2P transmission virulent.

Because they’re a good source of protein and iron and keep my non meat eating child full until lunch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Egg prices are fine in DC and eggs are available. Who is trying to start some sort of a misinformation campaign?

I live in DC and eggs are definitely in short supply. This is resulting in the less expensive eggs being sold out at a lot of stores so the only ones available are the ones that are $8-12 per dozen. It's obviously the result of the bird flu epidemic (and is not solvable with urban farming) but it is unfortunate.

There have been no eggs available at all the last three times I've been to the store. I tend to go late in the day so I think their shipments are just smaller than usual due to the shortage and by the time I'm getting there, they are sold out. I'm going to swing by the store on my way to work this morning to see if I can grab a dozen because we're down to our last egg!