December 29, 2011 at 7:38 am
· Filed under Chickens and the Law
Metro Council will vote Tuesday evening — for or against allowing backyard hens in Davidson County. This is the most important vote in the process of legalizing backyard chickens in Nashville!
Davidson County residents: please send a short email to all Council members by using this email address: councilmembers @ nashville.gov. Include name and address, and in the subject line, state “please vote yes for backyard hen ordinance!” Send emails ASAP!
You can see the bill here: ORDINANCE NO. BL2011-47
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December 27, 2011 at 7:32 am
· Filed under Chickens and the Law, Chickens in Film
The raging debate over the excruciatingly controversial chicken law heats up. Fox News covers the story again….
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December 22, 2011 at 2:24 pm
· Filed under Chicken Photos
I was checking into a flight at the Nashville airport when I saw an amazing photography exhibit.
Artist Sharon Lee Hart’s “Sanctuary” exhibition features residents of farm animal sanctuaries, including some cool roosters. I’m not usually impressed by animal portraits, they can be cheesy. Hart captures the personalities of these animals in interesting, beautiful photographs. I wish she would photograph my flock!
The exhibit will be on view through March 4, 2012. You can see her photos at farmanimalsanctuaryproject.com.
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December 11, 2011 at 7:43 am
· Filed under Health and Safety, My Chicken Flock
I have a sixth sense about my chickens. I knew I had trouble when Josie didn’t come running when I called her. After tromping through the honeysuckle, I found her hiding in the underbrush, a newly-minted cyclops. It’s morbidly interesting, I’ve never had this problem with a chicken. Her eyeball seems to be completely gone, just a bloody lump. There are no other apparent injuries, so my best guess is that she got extremely unlucky and was pecked. The area of injury does not have any suspicious items, like barbed wire. If it was a raptor, I’d expect to see talon injuries. A mammal would have just ripped her apart. So, we’ll blame her sisters (aren’t you glad your sisters don’t play so rough?)
Josie is sitting in a large tupperware box at my feet. I am going to flush her socket with saline and hope for the best. She seems a bit perkier this am, so I’m hoping she’ll recover soon. Photos seems a little much a this point. Ironically, our daughter suffered an eye injury in the corresponding eye, but a day before. Fortunately her eyeball is still intact, but it’s quite a a shiner.
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