CLUCK NEWS: National, Regional, and Local

NATIONAL NEWS

What are chickens doing inside WIRED magazine? Here's their lead paragraph:

"In the past months, there have been several troubling research reports, from different parts of the world, exploring aspects of the same problem: Multi-drug resistant bacteria are present in chicken, apparently because of the use of antibiotics in poultry production, and are passing to people who work with, prepare or eat chicken, at some risk to their health."

The article goes on cite five different sources. Read the article here.

More evidence that crowded factory conditions are dangerous and inferior to backyard hens.

REGIONAL NEWS

As reported earlier, the Hernando County Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend allowing chickens in residential areas. The final public hearing will be February 26th.

It's not too late to catch the chickens at the Florida State Fair. Fast forward to the end to see some chick pics from this year's fair. 

Tampa is rumored to have considered chickens on February 7th, but we've seen no press on the matter. if you have, please let us know. 

LOCAL NEWS

Manatee CLUCK is reporting that Manatee County is scheduling public meeting and work session regarding chickens on March 19th with a tentative starting time of 1:30 pm.

CLUCK is looking for a volunteer to update and organize our email contact list. Please write to sarasotacluck@gmail.com if you might be interested.

Five more locales approve backyard hens

What do Rockford MI, Canon City CO, South Bend IN, San Marino CA, and Upper Dublin PA all have in common? 

They are all places that approved the keeping of backyard hens in January of 2013.

Another CHICKENS '101' Workshop

Success with chickens starts with a realistic understanding of what is involved. If you didn't grow up with chickens, one of the best ways to get started is a workshop that covers the basics.

CLUCK's "Fried Egg" Tee-Shirt Now Available

Responding to pent-up demand, and just in time for the two-year anniversary of the City's revised chicken ordinance, Sarasota CLUCK announces the "Fried Egg" Sarasota CLUCK Tee-Shirt from Zazzle. 

This is the back of the shirt.

North Port to Consider Chicken Ordinance

Today a North Port Commission workshop inched the City one baby-step closer to considering a change that would allow backyard hens in single family areas.



Commissioner Jones has been hospitalized, so only four commissioners were present to discuss the staff presentation.

The discussion started with public testimony that included a young home-schooled girl that corrected a number of common misconceptions about chickens. Another speaker wanted to correct some statements that had appeared in print. If there was to be a fee, she favored a one-time fee, not an annual expense. She also thought chicken tractors were a good idea. Another speaker talked about the need to limit the idea specifically to chickens and not poultry in general. Finally, CLUCK advocate Jono Miller offered the assistance of the organization that led the 18 month campaign to revise the City of Sarasota's chicken rules.

North Port Chicken Alert: Monday Jan.14, 2013

Sometime on Monday morning January 14, 2013, the North Port City Commission will have a discussion regarding raising chickens in North Port. That discussion will start with a staff presentation and the City Planning Staff has assembled some interesting information (which you can access by clicking here).

Here are some noteworthy facts the staff prepared for the Commissioner's consideration:

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