Has Sarasota CLUCK been kicking back and relaxing since the initial unanimous vote in favor of backyard chickens on January 18th? No way! Here are a dozen noteworthy accomplishments that have been logged since then:
• We've unveiled an online self-scoring quiz to help people decide if they are ready to raise chickens.
• We've been contacted for assistance by citizens in a city in Pinellas County, a rural county out east, and a city in Northeastern Florida.
• We've logged our ten thousandth pageview (and two thousand additional since Jan. 18th ) as well as adding 30 more Facebook Group (Sarasota C.L.U.C.K.) members (up to 585).
• We've ordered an initial shipment of an intriguing product, Kemira Klasp, for small scale trials. This iron-based product binds nitrogen and keeps it from escaping in the form of gaseous ammonia. The idea is this product may prove useful in emergency situations -- such as wet chicken litter after a drenching tropical depression.
• We're in preliminary dicussions for CLUCK to play a role in the Sarasota County Fair poultry exhibit, March 18th- 27th.
• We've used the blog to publicly challenge chicken critics to provide any evidence that allowing legal hens leads to feral chickens.
• We've published testimony that suggests there may well be a link between young people's interest in living in Sarasota and the ability to keep chickens.
• We've produced an annotated guide the the ordinance (which we made available within hours of final passage).
• We've drafted a guest column that ran the day after adoption. The purpose of the column is to get people started on the right foot when it comes to considering backyard hens.
• We've collaborated with city staff on how to provide information about the new rules to interested citizens.
• We've supported the UF IFAS/Sarasota County Extension Office's effort to offer another "Chickens 101" class (now scheduled for April 2nd). We've also heard about a privately offered introduction to chickens workshop February 25th.
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