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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Let the poultry in Willards stay! - PetitionBuzz

Let the poultry in Willards stay!

Let the poultry in Willards stay!
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Opened on August 18, 2016

I wish to have the town of Willards to allow their citizens to house their own flock of poultry. Willards was built up over a hundred years ago and has always been around agriculture. Forbidding chickens to be kept in the borders of the town is almost like forbidding a piece of the towns heritage. I have my own flock of 5 chickens that I keep for eggs, entertainment, as pets, and for show and now I'm being forced to get rid of them within 30 days and if I don't I could be fined up to a 1000 dollars. I believe that there should not be a law stating that the citizens of Willards cannot keep their own poultry. If you wish to help please fill out the information below to show your support in personal small backyard flocks of poultry.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Salisbury's ordinance to allow backyard chickens (up to five birds with no roosters) was enacted a year ago and so far, no complaints. None.

Anonymous said...

I know several people who have a few chickens there, and have for years. My guess it that you have a busy body neighbor. Best of luck to you!

Anonymous said...

So far, Salisbury doesn't have any of the problems that backyard chicken opponents pushed in everyone's faces.

Anonymous said...

I would much rather see and hear a flock of chickens next door than hear the nasty audio coming from a culture of vehicle drivers. A flock of chickens would look better on the ground than the trash thrown on my lawn from KFC.

Anonymous said...

Chickens run wild all over Key West and there are no problems other than the crowing at 5 am when you just got to bed at 3 am.

Anonymous said...

As long as they are fenced in, and there are no roosters to crow each morning, neighbors won't even know the chickens are there. A family member lives in a town where they are surrounded by chickens! And no complaints!

Anonymous said...

We have a criminal for president, the country is bankrupt, we are being flooded with illegals, states, counties, and towns are broke and all the elected officials have to do is worry about a few chickens. It's really pathetic, how much more are people going to take before they say enough is enough?

Anonymous said...

No roosters no complaints.

Anonymous said...

We have chickens in Our neighbour hood and the smell when it rains is terrible.the water runs in others yards. It should be that they have to be so far away from property line. Its been much better now you can't have roosters. The county should check all septic systems in the beaver run area. Don't go there with it started as farmland. Its residental now.I'm for no chickens there always those nasty
neighbour.

Anonymous said...

Willards citizens, you MUST fight this. There may come a day when you MUST have eggs from your chickens just to survive. GET IT?

Anonymous said...

8:29 AM - What you have is a place where the chickens aren't managed properly, with litter being raked up and disposed of when it becomes dirty. A clean, small flock of ladies with responsible maintenance doesn't smell, even after a rain. It's all about the owners, not the birds.

Anonymous said...

Maybe Joe should have a survey on SBYNews.

Anonymous said...

It is the very citizens of Willards that don't want the chickens in town. You lose. Move out in the county (like farmers) if you want to raise and keep chickens.

Anonymous said...

10:05 Hysterical, and Willards ISN'T the country? Really? Big City for you? You need to get out more.

Anonymous said...

10:35 We are getting a royal farms so we are a real town. Now their!

Anonymous said...

10:35: Hysterical, yeah, its a TOWN law that prohibits poultry, not the county. Duh, can't YOU tell the difference?