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Yep and no pigs :) There is a clause stating you can appeal the rooster law - you have to bring a bunch of supportive neighbors and state your case - I know one person who did it successfully.

Yep - sounds like no one knows what they are doing - haha. The man I spoke with was the head of the Board of Health and he just said each city/town has it's own poultry regulations - never mentioned anything else, so as far as I know - no one other than my friends and neighbors know I have...

Hmmm - I never heard of this? I'm in Hudson - I called the Town Hall and asked the appropriate person who emailed me the town animal ordinances - he didn't even ask who I was or how many chickens I had or anything.

I"m in Hudson - here we can have as many chickens as we want, but no roosters. No other rules. I've seen people with chickens in Marlborough, but don't know anyone specifically - Just give a call to city hall and ask what the chicken laws are - For me I think it was the Dept. of Health - good...

The coop is DONE - I just posted MANY pictures in the coop section - went a little overboard since I'm so excited :) https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/and-its-done They should move out in another week of 2, so in the meantime, I built this little portable run - works great!

I'm so sorry!

Hi Chikit - I'm in Hudson - also have 7 chicks who are 2 weeks old. They have spent the whole day outside today in this beautiful weather and are having a blast! Have dug a little dust bath hole, running around catching little bugs and eating chickweed - life is good :) How old are your chicks...

Ketaped - I get everything in Acton at Erikson's Grain Mill I bet it's less than 15 miles from you - and they have everything!

swschick - I used pine tongue and groove then put sealant on the outside (did this yesterday!) - I think it should hold up pretty well - at least I hope so! All I have left to do is put up some perches and do a little chicken coop landscaping - then DONE :)))

I had thought of solar power Arielle - will look into that! My current plan is no lighting in the winter, but who knows what I'll actually do - maybe a compromise...no lighting in fall/early winter - then gradual increase starting in January? I'll just wait and see how it goes.

Looks like a nice set up Scrambled Chick!

Thank you Kannna - I envy you living on Martha's Vinyard! Is yours a "Garden Coop"? Right now I'm trying to figure out a roost plan for 7 chickens - where did you put the roosts in your coop? I'm so close to done....

Thank you Danib :) The biggest thing I've ever built prior to this is a small bookcase, so a coop was a real stretch! I just focused on one little part at a time which kept me from freaking out! No - not planning on electricity - all my chickens are cold tolerant so won't need heat and at this...

Quote: Not quite yet - my coop is almost done. Just putting on the finishing touches then will take some pix for that thread that has been so inspiring for me! Here it is so far.... I built it totally by myself (58 year old NON carpenter woman) - Has been an amazing learning experience...

I just went to Erickson's Grain Mill in Acton today to get feed and they had a variety of chicks - didn't ask what breeds, but you could call - they were ALL adorable of course :)