[Newsbot]

Title: Vancouver OK's more chicken coops
Category: Misc CDN
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2010-06-08 21:54:16
Canadian

[Khar]

Er, if this becomes a wide spread thing, I think a lot of people are going to begin finding the smell unbearable, and the tasks somewhat alarming. Also, I hope these people don't want lawns...


More often than not, the truly atrocious smelling stuff you smell in the countryside is actually coming from hens, or pigs -- both of those anmimals are probably the stinkiest you can have once you have enough of 'em together out of all the popular forms of lifestock in Canada.

[BartSimpson]

I have chickens and they don't smell so long as you keep after them. The worst smelling thing in my yard is when a neighbors' cat comes through and sprays the place.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

It's a start I guess, but the homeless might appreciate something a little bigger

[martin14]

summer's coming...

enjoy

[andyt]

I like a lot of what Mayor Robertson has been doing. This isn't particularly one of them, especially the housing for homeless chickens.

[BartSimpson]

martin14 martin14:

summer's coming...

enjoy

Summer in Vancouver is what passes for winter in Sacramento so I don't think they have much to worry about.

[Khar]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

I have chickens and they don't smell so long as you keep after them. The worst smelling thing in my yard is when a neighbors' cat comes through and sprays the place.

Yeah, but you take effort to handle the manure and cleaning and likely gave them space. From experience in Vancouver, a lot of people like the au naturel factor.

I cede to your wisdom, since mine comes from the world of big hen barns which have a few thousand in 'em and not the tinier ones which hopefully are a little better on the neighbourhood than the big barns were.