Search results for query: *

well, Easthampton is apparently more backward than even I had supposed after living here 8 years because my problem is that the town zoning map clearly shows my house is zoned residential, but all of the town computers say that I'm zoned industrial. My response was, "fix the computers" but...

hi everybody, I posted a new topic because I couldn't find this thread earlier, but here you are. Had a visit from my town building comissioner yesterday and there is something going on in Easthampton. I was told I can't keep my chickens (fighting that) and then was told by the town clerk that...

We also went to the show, and I'm so glad I didn't bring much money or I would have come home with another whole flock. The birds were beautiful and I kept trying to convince my husband that we need a new rooster, but he didnt fall for it. I did manage to get some hatching eggs, just barnyard...

The poulty congress at the Big E is this Saturday and Sunday, I'll definitely be going. Looks to be a place where I can learn a lot and maybe meet some other BYC'ers. Hope to see some of you there. There's a link to the info page that someone else provided a couple previous to this, check it out.

Excellent, thanks for the link. Just woke up dh to tell him we're going to the Big E in January. This is my first year with chickens and I have no idea what I'm doing, so to be able to go where people really know what they're talking about and ask questions will be just great. I ask plenty of...

what exactly goes on at a Poultry Congress? I was just talking to DH about seeing if anyone in Western Mass has fertile eggs for sale, but if that's the kind of thing that will go on at the Big E, I'll definitely go over there. I'm hatching some of my eggs now, and hatched some 3 weeks ago, but...

We have a freeze warning for tonight here, wonder if you all have done any upgrades for the weather yet? I put the shutters over the windows in the coop and added some more hay for insulation, but haven't done anything else. Will see if they're all right in the morning, or if they're mad about...

well, the first one he built for me that my birds are in now, dh put windows in it and then added shutters. So if I shut the shutters it's airtight, but if I leave them cracked, it's ventilated. And the windows are at the very top of the house (it's barn-shaped, so high at the top) and wire...

Hi again, Anybody in this area who had chickens through winter before? My dh is outside building me another coop for the babies that I was so sure would not hatch (but 7 out of 8 did) and I need to know if I should have him insulate the new coop or just make it air tight like the one my big...

far west central gets the same weather I get here. Let me know how yours do for the winter. Im trying to convince my dh that his truck will be safe outside for the winter if I move the chickens inside the garage. He's not going for it so far.

I looked through 12 pages to find a Western Mass thread, and here you are! I'm in Easthampton, which is not all that far from most of you, and am happy to have found you. First three Mass threads I found were all out by Boston, and I was starting to think I was the only one out this way. This...