Friday, Cobb County Code Enforcement told the Pond family that they have five business days to remove the hens off their property. The Ponds' will ask Commissioners for inclusion on the January docket at Tuesday's Board of Commissioners meeting.
All is not well in the chicken coop.
Despite repeated attempts, Joseph Pond has not been able to get a county variance change so that his family can keep their backyard chickens.
Last week Judge Juanita Stedman dismissed Pond's civil suit against Cobb County government because he failed to serve the offices within five days, per the law.
On Friday, Cobb County Code Enforcement visited Pond's home before he received the Court Order and told him that he has five business days to remove the hens.
"I have found a beginner backyard chicken guy in East Point that is going to re-home most of my hens. While I had many generous offers to take in my girls, it makes me feel good to help out a fellow backyard chicken supporter. Since East Point is more progressive than Cobb County, the girls will be safe and legal there," Pond told Northeast Cobb Patch in a statement.
At Tuesday's Cobb County Board of Commissioners meeting, The Cobb County Board of Community Development is set to discuss with Commissioners a proposal by Pond and The Backyard Chickens Alliance of Cobb County for inclusion on the January docket. Commissioners will vote on the inclusion.
Pond will find a foster home for his Silkie and Polish chickens until he can get the law changed, he said.
If Pond does not remove the chickens from his property he faces a $1,000 fine.
2011年11月22日星期二
2011年10月26日星期三
Highway improvements in Blyn quashed
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is tossing out plans for improvements along U.S. Highway 101 in Blyn and starting all over.
Chief Operations Officer Annette Nesse said based on revised analysis and public comment received after the proposal was released in October 2010, the tribe, county and Washington State Department of Transportation decided to put the project as proposed on hold.
The $30 million project proposed several big changes, including creating median openings allowing U-turn movements and bidirectional travel along Highway 101 through indirect left turns, realigning East Sequim Bay Road more directly to Highway 101 and combining access to Chicken Coop Road and Zaccardo Road into one 90-degree intersection.
The plan was not popular among local residents, who didn’t like the indirect left turns and realignment of East Sequim Bay Road in particular.
“The majority of responses were against the project as originally proposed,” Nesse said.
Traffic counts conducted this year showed less traffic than projected in 2007 when the last counts were conducted, calling into question the necessity of the project as a whole.
Instead of moving forward with the project, several smaller projects are under consideration, Nesse said.
“We’re hoping to accomplish the same thing, which is a safer pedestrian and vehicle access situation for both the north campus and the south campus,” she said. “We think that by addressing these county road issues we’ll be able to effect that safety improvement.”
Calming measures, including speed tables, rumble strips, landscape enhancements, speed limit warning signs and pedestrian activated signs and lights, are under serious consideration to address the speed and volume of traffic, especially along Old Blyn Highway, she said.
There also is support from the county to re-work the Chicken Coop Road and Zaccardo Road intersections, which are an “awkward situation,” she said.
That project will be brought before the public once a proposal is finished.
“We basically want to invite anyone who is interested back in to hear a presentation about how we’ve revised the project and give them an opportunity to provide input,” Nesse said.
Chief Operations Officer Annette Nesse said based on revised analysis and public comment received after the proposal was released in October 2010, the tribe, county and Washington State Department of Transportation decided to put the project as proposed on hold.
The $30 million project proposed several big changes, including creating median openings allowing U-turn movements and bidirectional travel along Highway 101 through indirect left turns, realigning East Sequim Bay Road more directly to Highway 101 and combining access to Chicken Coop Road and Zaccardo Road into one 90-degree intersection.
The plan was not popular among local residents, who didn’t like the indirect left turns and realignment of East Sequim Bay Road in particular.
“The majority of responses were against the project as originally proposed,” Nesse said.
Traffic counts conducted this year showed less traffic than projected in 2007 when the last counts were conducted, calling into question the necessity of the project as a whole.
Instead of moving forward with the project, several smaller projects are under consideration, Nesse said.
“We’re hoping to accomplish the same thing, which is a safer pedestrian and vehicle access situation for both the north campus and the south campus,” she said. “We think that by addressing these county road issues we’ll be able to effect that safety improvement.”
Calming measures, including speed tables, rumble strips, landscape enhancements, speed limit warning signs and pedestrian activated signs and lights, are under serious consideration to address the speed and volume of traffic, especially along Old Blyn Highway, she said.
There also is support from the county to re-work the Chicken Coop Road and Zaccardo Road intersections, which are an “awkward situation,” she said.
That project will be brought before the public once a proposal is finished.
“We basically want to invite anyone who is interested back in to hear a presentation about how we’ve revised the project and give them an opportunity to provide input,” Nesse said.
2011年3月31日星期四
Coop building first of a few classes on raising
Drills were buzzing and hammers were swinging as three teams of participants built their own chicken coop March 26-27 at Tillers International in Scotts.
This was the first of a few classes Tillers International will offer to teach area residents about raising, processing and cooking chickens.
"This is so awesome," said Barbara Jenness as her husband, Jim Hott, finished nailing on the steel roof of her coop. "I just love it."
Jenness and Hott own a goat dairy farm in Byron Center and want to add chickens so they can have their own farm fresh eggs.
"It would take a long time for me to learn this many things (about construction) if I were just to read about it," said Betty Hawkins of Kalamazoo.
The chicken coop they built is a two-story 68-inch by 42-inch by 64-inch "mansion" with an enclosed grazing area beneath the living space and a ramp for chickens to enter at night and keep them safe from predators. It also has a nesting box where the chickens lay eggs and an opening to retrieve them. The coop can hold up to six chickens.
"The design is a work in progress," said Dick Roosenberg, executive director of Tillers.
Roosenberg worked with Jack Gesmundo, president of the Tillers Board; Robert Burdick, Tillers construction coordinator; and volunteer Bill Brislen to build a test coop with a rounded roofline. They decided later to show participants how to build a coop with a gambrel roof that provides more space at the top instead. All four were at the workshop to assist participants at each step.
Students learned how to assemble the many parts for the coop, which had been pre-cut for time, space constraints in the woodshop and skill level of participants.
"There is an interest by urban, suburban and rural people in knowing where their food comes from," said Lori Evesque, education coordinator at Tillers. "We have learned that growing our own fruits and vegetables is one way to know this. The next logical step is to find a local farmer who raises chickens for meat or eggs and treats the birds in an ethical manner. For some people, the best way to do this is to raise them themselves."
In June, two other chicken classes will be offered at Tillers. One will focus on how to butcher chickens in a humane way.
It is not only for people who want to know how to do it, but it is also for people who want to have a better understanding of what goes into the process, Evesque said.
"It's all part of knowing where your food comes from."
The other class, "Everything But the Beak," will be taught by The Eclectic Kitchen's Channon Mondoux and Evesque. They will show students how to truss a chicken for roasting, properly cut it up and prepare a variety of dishes using the chicken's neck, skin, liver, kidney, heart, feet, and carcass.
"It's a shame when people don't know how to use as much of the chicken as possible. Not only does that save resources in hard economic times but it helps save some money by not relying on buying pre-cooked packaged meats," said Evesque.
A future chicken coop building class may be held this summer depending on how much interest there is.
Several municipalities have already cleared the way for keeping chickens in residential areas, said local attorney Suzanne Klein. These include Kalamazoo, Portage, Parchment, Oshtemo Township and Texas Township. Residents should check with their municipality for specific guidelines before deciding to raise their own chickens.
This was the first of a few classes Tillers International will offer to teach area residents about raising, processing and cooking chickens.
"This is so awesome," said Barbara Jenness as her husband, Jim Hott, finished nailing on the steel roof of her coop. "I just love it."
Jenness and Hott own a goat dairy farm in Byron Center and want to add chickens so they can have their own farm fresh eggs.
"It would take a long time for me to learn this many things (about construction) if I were just to read about it," said Betty Hawkins of Kalamazoo.
The chicken coop they built is a two-story 68-inch by 42-inch by 64-inch "mansion" with an enclosed grazing area beneath the living space and a ramp for chickens to enter at night and keep them safe from predators. It also has a nesting box where the chickens lay eggs and an opening to retrieve them. The coop can hold up to six chickens.
"The design is a work in progress," said Dick Roosenberg, executive director of Tillers.
Roosenberg worked with Jack Gesmundo, president of the Tillers Board; Robert Burdick, Tillers construction coordinator; and volunteer Bill Brislen to build a test coop with a rounded roofline. They decided later to show participants how to build a coop with a gambrel roof that provides more space at the top instead. All four were at the workshop to assist participants at each step.
Students learned how to assemble the many parts for the coop, which had been pre-cut for time, space constraints in the woodshop and skill level of participants.
"There is an interest by urban, suburban and rural people in knowing where their food comes from," said Lori Evesque, education coordinator at Tillers. "We have learned that growing our own fruits and vegetables is one way to know this. The next logical step is to find a local farmer who raises chickens for meat or eggs and treats the birds in an ethical manner. For some people, the best way to do this is to raise them themselves."
In June, two other chicken classes will be offered at Tillers. One will focus on how to butcher chickens in a humane way.
It is not only for people who want to know how to do it, but it is also for people who want to have a better understanding of what goes into the process, Evesque said.
"It's all part of knowing where your food comes from."
The other class, "Everything But the Beak," will be taught by The Eclectic Kitchen's Channon Mondoux and Evesque. They will show students how to truss a chicken for roasting, properly cut it up and prepare a variety of dishes using the chicken's neck, skin, liver, kidney, heart, feet, and carcass.
"It's a shame when people don't know how to use as much of the chicken as possible. Not only does that save resources in hard economic times but it helps save some money by not relying on buying pre-cooked packaged meats," said Evesque.
A future chicken coop building class may be held this summer depending on how much interest there is.
Several municipalities have already cleared the way for keeping chickens in residential areas, said local attorney Suzanne Klein. These include Kalamazoo, Portage, Parchment, Oshtemo Township and Texas Township. Residents should check with their municipality for specific guidelines before deciding to raise their own chickens.
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