I’ve got a pet chicken who is very special. She is about 5 months old, she’s black, and so so sweet. And since she was born one of her legs didn’t work, we think someone dropped her. Her other leg is having trouble supporting her because shes getting big. Pretty much she just flops around and gets momentum with her wings. Recently we’ve had to move her inside away from the rest of the chicken herd and she stays in my brothers room in a big plastic container.

I worry that she’s going to get depressed because she can’t be with her chicken friends and all she does is sit there all day by herself, i don’t want her to get depressed. And i know the container isn’t very comftorable for her and its hard for her to move. I tried to give her food today but she didn’t really want it and i noticed that she had green poop. I’m so worried shes sick! i love her so much she’s so sweet! If anybody knows anything i can do to help her PLEASE let me know!

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Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK. Also wondering if its even permitted. Contact me if you’ve experiance with acquiring a pet chicken too. Most appreciated.

I live in Hamburg Township, MI. We were really excited to be planning to get chickens this coming May, and we even bought some lumber to make a coop last night. I told my husband to call up to the township just to double check that we’d be allowed to, so he called them up about an hour ago.

What we got was some very depressing news. Apparently, you have to own at least 2 acres of land to be allowed to get chickens. Sadly, we only have 1/2 an acre. We had a great spot picked out to put a coop and everything, and it was big enough that they could live comfortably and healthily.

I asked this question on a different forum, and all I got was a bunch of people telling me to “go ahead and get them anyway”, but I have HORRIBLE neighbors who would surely report me and fight to have me fined if I was indeed violating any law.

Anyway, our kids are absolutely crushed. My nine year old stepdaughter locked herself in her room and won’t stop crying. I decided to go online, do some research, and see if I could somehow find a loophole through this upsetting ordinance. I found this thread:

http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=1051799

And that inspired me to do some searching about the Michigan Right to Farm act.

http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1566_2311_2313-13052–,00.html

My question is whether or not the Michigan Right To Farm Act overrides the township zoning ordinances, or vice versa. Who can I get into contact with that could give me more information?

Thanks so much to anyone who takes the time to answer this; it means a lot to my family and I.
I just emailed them using the contact page on their site, just asking a few questions and hoping they’ll reply ASAP.
editor@bcdisabilities.com:
While I appreciate the time you took to copy and paste that information from other websites, it is not animal diseases that I inferred about. We understand the dangers, yet we planned to have our pets vaccinated and we know how to keep their habitat clean and disease-free. Thank you for your time, but again, this was not what I was looking for.

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i know some things about chickens but im always open to new tips and ideas! and interesting facts!