Comments on: Quack! http://savetheducks.org Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:20:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: KP http://savetheducks.org?cpage=1#comment-131 KP Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:19:47 +0000 http://savetheducks.org/?page_id=201#comment-131 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8539877.stm Check this out! Pretty forward thinking...hope Cambridge gets on board! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8539877.stm

Check this out! Pretty forward thinking…hope Cambridge gets on board!

]]> By: Juliet http://savetheducks.org?cpage=1#comment-96 Juliet Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:00:12 +0000 http://savetheducks.org/?page_id=201#comment-96 Save the ducks!!!!! =) Save the ducks!!!!! =)

]]> By: H. Houlahan http://savetheducks.org?cpage=1#comment-91 H. Houlahan Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:26:18 +0000 http://savetheducks.org/?page_id=201#comment-91 Best of luck. When I lived in Cambridge, the city had no interest in mitigating the issues from our neighbor's habit of feeding, but not caring for, legions of street pigeons and diseased feral cats. Now THERE was a smell, and some amazing noise, and plenty of ROUS's due to the habit of "feeding" by spreading garbage on the roof and in the yard. I currently keep 27 chickens, 12 turkeys, and 7 ducks. (No longer a city dweller.) There is no smell. Really, NO SMELL. Even though they are cooped up excessively because of the deep snow this winter. And no rodents. I'm pretty sure the hens or the turkeys catch and eat any rodentia that blunder by. Best of luck. When I lived in Cambridge, the city had no interest in mitigating the issues from our neighbor’s habit of feeding, but not caring for, legions of street pigeons and diseased feral cats. Now THERE was a smell, and some amazing noise, and plenty of ROUS’s due to the habit of “feeding” by spreading garbage on the roof and in the yard.

I currently keep 27 chickens, 12 turkeys, and 7 ducks. (No longer a city dweller.) There is no smell. Really, NO SMELL. Even though they are cooped up excessively because of the deep snow this winter. And no rodents. I’m pretty sure the hens or the turkeys catch and eat any rodentia that blunder by.

]]> By: blake http://savetheducks.org?cpage=1#comment-89 blake Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:25:48 +0000 http://savetheducks.org/?page_id=201#comment-89 The neighbors initially only complained about the increased risk of avian flu and the rats they thought the birds would attract. We went to great lengths to calm their fears about avian flu, and invited a city rat inspector to our yard to search for signs of rats so that if there were any the inspector could help us figure out how to keep them away. The inspector found no evidence of rats. I do not believe our birds create a smell that is even noticeable from our neighbors yards. It is true that we tried a few things in the beginning that didn't work out very well such as composting the used bedding in bins with poor drainage, but we addressed those issues as they came up. If our neighbor had asked us to move the pool away from her fence because the smell bothered her we would have done so right away, but instead she yelled at us about rats and threatened to sue us. The pool in question has been removed completely and has been for months now. As for noise, there are no roosters. The birds mostly make quiet clucking and quacking sounds. They do tend to get a bit excited when people are out in the yard with them, but it's no different than a dog and usually they are not any louder than the people. They go into their coop as soon as it gets dark and don't get let out until 9am at the earliest. We feel that this is about our neighbor's right to police what goes on in our back yard. We agree that if we were really causing a bad smell and loud noises and there were no other way to stop them we should have to get rid of our birds. If you're in the area and would like to come and see/smell/hear the birds email us at cambridgebirds@gmail.com and we'd be happy to have you over. The neighbors initially only complained about the increased risk of avian flu and the rats they thought the birds would attract. We went to great lengths to calm their fears about avian flu, and invited a city rat inspector to our yard to search for signs of rats so that if there were any the inspector could help us figure out how to keep them away. The inspector found no evidence of rats.

I do not believe our birds create a smell that is even noticeable from our neighbors yards. It is true that we tried a few things in the beginning that didn’t work out very well such as composting the used bedding in bins with poor drainage, but we addressed those issues as they came up. If our neighbor had asked us to move the pool away from her fence because the smell bothered her we would have done so right away, but instead she yelled at us about rats and threatened to sue us. The pool in question has been removed completely and has been for months now.

As for noise, there are no roosters. The birds mostly make quiet clucking and quacking sounds. They do tend to get a bit excited when people are out in the yard with them, but it’s no different than a dog and usually they are not any louder than the people. They go into their coop as soon as it gets dark and don’t get let out until 9am at the earliest.

We feel that this is about our neighbor’s right to police what goes on in our back yard. We agree that if we were really causing a bad smell and loud noises and there were no other way to stop them we should have to get rid of our birds. If you’re in the area and would like to come and see/smell/hear the birds email us at cambridgebirds@gmail.com and we’d be happy to have you over.

]]> By: RW http://savetheducks.org?cpage=1#comment-87 RW Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:33:45 +0000 http://savetheducks.org/?page_id=201#comment-87 As long as the smell and noise dont bother anyone, oh wait, they already have. So this is about your rights to torment the neighborhood for you personal pleasure. Good luck with that As long as the smell and noise dont bother anyone, oh wait, they already have. So this is about your rights to torment the neighborhood for you personal pleasure.

Good luck with that

]]> By: fred smith http://savetheducks.org?cpage=1#comment-83 fred smith Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:50:16 +0000 http://savetheducks.org/?page_id=201#comment-83 Move to the country if you want to keep ducks. Move to the country if you want to keep ducks.

]]> By: Amber Victor http://savetheducks.org?cpage=1#comment-82 Amber Victor Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:48:13 +0000 http://savetheducks.org/?page_id=201#comment-82 I feel no one has the right to prevent anyone from small backyard chicken keeping and the self sufficiency that comes with. No doubt Tyson who has the monopoly of chicken farming would love that. Chickens who are free-range and forage produce eggs with 1/3 the cholesterol and twice as many vitamins, such as B and the Omega group. (Cage free is not the same thing and the eggs labeled as so at the market come from chickens who sit on a warehouse floor so crowded they can’t walk around) Really the bird flu card, this neighbor is an idiot of the grandest kind. If she wants her eggs to come from chickens cramped shoulder to shoulder, fed antibiotics their whole lives because otherwise their disgusting living conditions would kill them that is her right but she needs to butt out of the business of others! The chicken industry both meat and egg is disgusting and I will not feed my family any eggs that comes from it. Our food industry is broken and producing ones own eggs are the best consumer vote we have. http://www.victordev.com/chicks/ I feel no one has the right to prevent anyone from small backyard chicken keeping and the self sufficiency that comes with.
No doubt Tyson who has the monopoly of chicken farming would love that.

Chickens who are free-range and forage produce eggs with 1/3 the cholesterol and twice as many vitamins, such as B and the Omega group.
(Cage free is not the same thing and the eggs labeled as so at the market come from chickens who sit on a warehouse floor so crowded they can’t walk around)

Really the bird flu card, this neighbor is an idiot of the grandest kind.

If she wants her eggs to come from chickens cramped shoulder to shoulder, fed antibiotics their whole lives because otherwise their disgusting living conditions would kill them that is her right but she needs to butt out of the business of others!

The chicken industry both meat and egg is disgusting and I will not feed my family any eggs that comes from it.

Our food industry is broken and producing ones own eggs are the best consumer vote we have.

http://www.victordev.com/chicks/

]]> By: J Lowe The Chicken Painter http://savetheducks.org?cpage=1#comment-73 J Lowe The Chicken Painter Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:03:34 +0000 http://savetheducks.org/?page_id=201#comment-73 Fight the Fight! I grew up in Dover MA and Cape Cod. My family has always had chickens. There are more and more laws to stop people from having chickens in their backyards. We all have a right to grow our own food and enjoy the experience of having chickens. I paint roosters to help educate people about the history of people with their chickens as backyard pets. I hope Ms Hamilton and the CIty of Cambridge lose this case. Does Ms. Hamilton eat eggs or chicken meat? If so, where does she think it comes from? THE MOON???? xoxoxoxo JLowe, The Chicken Painter. PS My late grandparentes Sadie and Percy Lowe would be very proud of what you are doing. Fight the Fight! I grew up in Dover MA and Cape Cod. My family has always had chickens. There are more and more laws to stop people from having chickens in their backyards. We all have a right to grow our own food and enjoy the experience of having chickens. I paint roosters to help educate people about the history of people with their chickens as backyard pets. I hope Ms Hamilton and the CIty of Cambridge lose this case. Does Ms. Hamilton eat eggs or chicken meat? If so, where does she think it comes from? THE MOON???? xoxoxoxo JLowe, The Chicken Painter. PS My late grandparentes Sadie and Percy Lowe would be very proud of what you are doing.

]]> By: jobu http://savetheducks.org?cpage=1#comment-72 jobu Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:57:19 +0000 http://savetheducks.org/?page_id=201#comment-72 You should move to Chinatown. They would welcome the ducks there. You should move to Chinatown. They would welcome the ducks there.

]]> By: Vicka http://savetheducks.org?cpage=1#comment-62 Vicka Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:51:45 +0000 http://savetheducks.org/?page_id=201#comment-62 i volunteer in the poultry barn at nevins farm -- a branch of the mspca. the chickens and ducks are delightful animals. they are less work to keep clean and odorless than dogs and cats (which the mspca also keeps, as i assume do many cantabrigians). one of my favorite tasks is "socializing the chickens", which means i get to cuddle and scritch them, so that they will make better and more adoptable pets. and yum, fresh eggs! your poultry will get to know you. your zucchini never will. support backyard agriculture, and support chickens and ducks as wonderful, rewarding pets. (many fine candidates are waiting to meet their forever homes at the mspca! :) i volunteer in the poultry barn at nevins farm — a branch of the mspca. the chickens and ducks are delightful animals. they are less work to keep clean and odorless than dogs and cats (which the mspca also keeps, as i assume do many cantabrigians). one of my favorite tasks is “socializing the chickens”, which means i get to cuddle and scritch them, so that they will make better and more adoptable pets.

and yum, fresh eggs!

your poultry will get to know you. your zucchini never will. support backyard agriculture, and support chickens and ducks as wonderful, rewarding pets. (many fine candidates are waiting to meet their forever homes at the mspca! :)

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