Comments on: Good cluck so far: Longmont’s backyard chickens thriving http://longmontledger.com/news/good-cluck-so-far-longmonts-backyard-chickens-thriving/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:27:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc longmontledger.comhttp://longmontledger.com/wp-content/themes/lifestyle_30/images/button.gifhttp://longmontledger.com8831Description of your blog. By: Longmonter http://longmontledger.com/news/good-cluck-so-far-longmonts-backyard-chickens-thriving/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Longmonter Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:11:28 +0000 http://longmontledger.com/?p=2256#comment-277 Maxine Mager, owner of Creative Acres, a no-kill animal sanctuary in Brighton that houses 400 animals of 100 different species, says She understands the appeal of urban chicken raising, but says it can be problematic. “That’s the irresponsiblity of the city. If they’re not going to allow people to keep roosters, don’t keep anything,” she says. “No one is getting (roosters) like we are. Other groups don’t have the room.” Doesn't sound like they're thriving to me - sounds like they're being dumped off anywhere that will take them (or if they can't be dumped then maybe they're being eaten?). I find it interesting that the owner of a no-kill shelter calls the city irresponsible for allowing only hens - of course any city would be insane to allow roosters (with the density of a city, who would want to be awakened everyday by the rooster 8 doors down) and if we can't have roosters, we shouldn't allow anything. It's the only humane way to go. Maxine Mager, owner of Creative Acres, a no-kill animal sanctuary in Brighton that houses 400 animals of 100 different species, says She understands the appeal of urban chicken raising, but says it can be problematic. “That’s the irresponsiblity of the city. If they’re not going to allow people to keep roosters, don’t keep anything,” she says. “No one is getting (roosters) like we are. Other groups don’t have the room.”

Doesn't sound like they're thriving to me – sounds like they're being dumped off anywhere that will take them (or if they can't be dumped then maybe they're being eaten?). I find it interesting that the owner of a no-kill shelter calls the city irresponsible for allowing only hens – of course any city would be insane to allow roosters (with the density of a city, who would want to be awakened everyday by the rooster 8 doors down) and if we can't have roosters, we shouldn't allow anything. It's the only humane way to go.

]]> By: Longmonter http://longmontledger.com/news/good-cluck-so-far-longmonts-backyard-chickens-thriving/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Longmonter Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:11:17 +0000 http://longmontledger.com/?p=2256#comment-278 Am I the only one who thinks the headline doesn't fit the story? The title would have you believe that this program is going great, but if you read the story, you read things like: “We’ve had a few people call, and usually roosters is what they’re trying to get rid of,” says Mark Guttridge of Ollin Farms in Longmont. ” We have decided not to accept any more roosters. Sometimes I wonder what happened to the ones we turned down.” Devra Maxwell, animal care supervisor at the Longmont Humane Society, says “They’re hard to deal with,” she says . “We don’t have the space, the food or the resources to properly take care of them.” While local blogs say donating unwanted chicken and roosters to raptor rehabilitation facilities is also an option, Heidi Bucknam, animal care director of Birds of Prey in Broomfield, says the facility rarely accepts chickens. Am I the only one who thinks the headline doesn't fit the story? The title would have you believe that this program is going great, but if you read the story, you read things like: “We’ve had a few people call, and usually roosters is what they’re trying to get rid of,” says Mark Guttridge of Ollin Farms in Longmont. ” We have decided not to accept any more roosters. Sometimes I wonder what happened to the ones we turned down.” Devra Maxwell, animal care supervisor at the Longmont Humane Society, says “They’re hard to deal with,” she says . “We don’t have the space, the food or the resources to properly take care of them.” While local blogs say donating unwanted chicken and roosters to raptor rehabilitation facilities is also an option, Heidi Bucknam, animal care director of Birds of Prey in Broomfield, says the facility rarely accepts chickens.

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