Recent content by MD MPH

That door is huge! I would put a brace across the door just above chicken height. Install hwc from the brace upward. Then build a sturdy door to cover the remaining open passage. This would provide a whole lot of air circulation instead of a door far taller than necessary.

I live in Fairfax County, Virginia. If you live on <2 ac, permission to keep fowl requires a process that involves hearings, public input, and hundreds of dollars in fees & expenses. If more than two acres, you can keep a pretty darn big flock with no approval needed. Notice, if you go from...

As chicken people, foxes are the last thing we want to see near the coop. Last Saturday, I had an unsettling encounter with a red fox. Around 10 am, I had let my dog out to pee, and I heard him rapidly thumping against the sliding glass door while giving his “intruder alert” bark. I went...

They come from the chickens' butts. ;)

I saw a sad state of affairs this weekend that I assume must be at least partly due to the ban--there was no chicken competition at the Fairfax County 4-H Fair. They had cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses, rabbits, and cavies, but no poultry. We moved here from Alameda County California...

I went to the Planning Commission Agenda website--this topic is NOT on the agenda. I couldn't even find it on the agenda for the cancelled March 6 meeting. Does anyone know about this and what is going on?