[linicx]

If you have chickens you have to have a coop. Most people in town do not want a copp next to their house because it devalues it. Never mind that chickens lay eggs and eat bugs. Coops smell. All burds are dirty birds. and ocassionally they carry disease. Some towns like Carthage, MO are tolerant of chickens, but some are not. Most, I think are not due to health laws.

[StillwaterTownie]

Originally Posted by whip

Does it really have that many people? I thought it was around 2K. If it's 10K then it's time to move to the country...lol

Yes. You gotta go mighty far back into time when Cushing only had around 2000 people, probably to the time before the 19 teens when Cushing boomed big with oil.

[EarthBound?]

Originally Posted by linicx

If you have chickens you have to have a coop. Most people in town do not want a copp next to their house because it devalues it. Never mind that chickens lay eggs and eat bugs. Coops smell. All burds are dirty birds. and ocassionally they carry disease. Some towns like Carthage, MO are tolerant of chickens, but some are not. Most, I think are not due to health laws.

Ya know, the sad part about it is, I rather live next to a bunch of animals more that some humans. Animals can't help for the way they live, do to nature and thier owners, but humans have no excuse for living like animals. Were Bjb123 and I use to live, it was like living in between "Sanford & Son's", a bunch of curb shopping, dumpster diving rednecks on both sides of us and they were father and son.

Being that I was born and raised on a small farm, I'd rather listen to chickens, ducks, pigs, cows, horses and sheep anyday, than to hear this garbage these kids call music today. Only as long as the critters are well taken care of and they don't mind me given them a treat from time to time.

[linicx]

Thanks for the laugh. I used to live in atown where dumpster diving was an art form. It was amazing the amount of new stuff that was tossed because it was the wrong color, wrong shape, or the owner got up on the worng side of the bed. If you be living in the country with chickens, you have to have a sense of humor.

[karibear]

One of the best dogs we ever had came out of a dumpster. Someone had thrown away a 2 week old litter of border collie mixes, and DH climbed in and got them out. We kept the smallest, sickliest one, and one of the vets got the rest and they all ended up in good homes.

[EarthBound?]

Originally Posted by karibear

One of the best dogs we ever had came out of a dumpster. Someone had thrown away a 2 week old litter of border collie mixes, and DH climbed in and got them out. We kept the smallest, sickliest one, and one of the vets got the rest and they all ended up in good homes.

So did you name it, BFI or Waste Management or how about Allied Waste?

[karibear]

Originally Posted by SeabeeBolt

So did you name it, BFI or Waste Management or how about Allied Waste?

Mostly Shorts, for short-changed [bad start in life], once in awhile Dumpster Dawg. We had her for 12 years.

[UrbanFarmgirl]

I came across this thread using Google, because I am a Cushing Resident with the exact same questions! I would be interested in taking action to get back-yard chickens off the no-no list in our city. It's not just in Cushing, but all over the nation, that people are taking back ownership of their food and their right to grow it. Contrary to popular belief, it is not necessary to live "in the country" or have land to grow a lot of what your family eats! Doing so is the birthright of all human beings. The idea that we are not ALLOWED to have a few egg-laying hens that are well cared-for and not a nuisance to anyone is absurd. Here are a couple of links:

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If you are still around and still interested in the chicken issue, we should talk!

[Annemieke Roell]

Originally Posted by linicx

If you have chickens you have to have a coop. Most people in town do not want a copp next to their house because it devalues it. Never mind that chickens lay eggs and eat bugs. Coops smell. All burds are dirty birds. and ocassionally they carry disease. Some towns like Carthage, MO are tolerant of chickens, but some are not. Most, I think are not due to health laws.

What??

A coop devalues the neighbor's house? Nonsense.

Coops smell? Not if you keep them clean.

Chickens, if bought from a reputable dealer, have been inoculated against disease.

Good Gawd.

[Carlos Ray]

Originally Posted by CushingResident

I didn't know where to put something like this to try to find other people in Cushing, if there is any, who would like to have a few chickens in their backyard or some who already do.

If there are some who already have chickens in Cushing I'd like to talk to you.

I'd like to keep 3 hens in a pen in my yard but according to the code which was read to me over the phone (I have not got to read it myself yet) I can't.
This makes no sense to me, Cushing is a small "rural" town (to me anyway). Tulsa & OKC both allow backyard chickens as well as many other surrounding communities.
I was wondering if there were any other residents interested in this, maybe we could work together to see if we could get the code changed or give me ideas on how to do it.
I've never done anything like this but I do have ideas .... just not how to approach council.
I think a limited number of hens, say 3, would be fine ... no free roaming must be penned (clean), no roosters, & the rest would be covered by codes already in place, Noise & cleanliness & such. Same as any other pet in town ... just with added benefits of eggs & in my case fertilizer for our small veggie & flower gardens.
I apparently live a block within the city limits.

Thanks.

Link to city of Cushing Fees, Permits, Codes and Zoning page. There is a "Contact Us" link on this page. Going straight to the source can't hurt.

City of Cushing - Fees, Permits, Code & Zoning