Comments on: A chicken coop at every house? http://ellensmith.org/blog/2010/02/22/a-chicken-coop-at-every-house/ I'm Ellen Smith, member of the Oak Ridge City Council. Thank you for visiting my blog and reading my views on public and private life in and around Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This website is my own; content here does not represent the official policies or views of the City of Oak Ridge. To add your own comments, click on the topic title to open a comment box. To read posts about a particular topic, scroll down to "Categories" (in the sidebar) or use the "Search" box in the sidebar. Look under "Archives" to see collections of past posts organized by date. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:38:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rob Gunter http://ellensmith.org/blog/2010/02/22/a-chicken-coop-at-every-house/comment-page-1/#comment-40131 Rob Gunter Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:24:00 +0000 http://ellensmith.org/blog/?p=378#comment-40131 Here is hoping we can get the chickens legal. I think the problem has been the apparent interest in creating a bureaucracy to manage it. I think a set of rules is more than sufficient. Any complaints can be sent to animal control for processing relative to the "rules". Here is hoping we can get the chickens legal. I think the problem has been the apparent interest in creating a bureaucracy to manage it. I think a set of rules is more than sufficient. Any complaints can be sent to animal control for processing relative to the “rules”.

]]> By: stan http://ellensmith.org/blog/2010/02/22/a-chicken-coop-at-every-house/comment-page-1/#comment-40116 stan Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:18:26 +0000 http://ellensmith.org/blog/?p=378#comment-40116 "I guess guys named “Stan” are less unique than you might think." no doubt “I guess guys named “Stan” are less unique than you might think.”

no doubt

]]> By: Ellen Smith http://ellensmith.org/blog/2010/02/22/a-chicken-coop-at-every-house/comment-page-1/#comment-40114 Ellen Smith Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:11:02 +0000 http://ellensmith.org/blog/?p=378#comment-40114 I knew the difference, Stan Mitchell. I guess guys named "Stan" are less unique than you might think. There were several comments at Facebook, too: Nancy wrote: How about a free house with every chicken coop sold? Trina wrote: I could be wrong, but I thought that her intent was to send a message to council. Michael Minor wrote: I'll sign up for a free house with a chicken coup! Nancy wrote (to Trina): Of course you're not wrong - she wants to send a message to council. We understand that. Diane wrote: I could go for a free house with a purchase of a chicken coop as well! Wait - has inflation hit chicken coops, too? James wrote: Since the bottom dropped out of the market, houses and chicken coups cost about the same. Ellen says: I don't know what message Peggy was trying to send, but she's succeeded in getting some public attention. Can't blame her for that. All this talk of the relationship between houses and chicken coops is reminding me of the 1973 comic movie "Bread and Chocolate' (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_Chocolate" target="blank" rel="nofollow">here's the Wikipedia article about it</a>) in which there are scenes of Italian "guest workers" in Switzerland who resort to living in a chicken coop. I knew the difference, Stan Mitchell. I guess guys named “Stan” are less unique than you might think.

There were several comments at Facebook, too:

Nancy wrote:
How about a free house with every chicken coop sold?

Trina wrote:
I could be wrong, but I thought that her intent was to send a message to council.

Michael Minor wrote:
I’ll sign up for a free house with a chicken coup!

Nancy wrote (to Trina):
Of course you’re not wrong – she wants to send a message to council. We understand that.

Diane wrote:
I could go for a free house with a purchase of a chicken coop as well! Wait – has inflation hit chicken coops, too?

James wrote:
Since the bottom dropped out of the market, houses and chicken coups cost about the same.

Ellen says:
I don’t know what message Peggy was trying to send, but she’s succeeded in getting some public attention. Can’t blame her for that.

All this talk of the relationship between houses and chicken coops is reminding me of the 1973 comic movie “Bread and Chocolate’ (here’s the Wikipedia article about it) in which there are scenes of Italian “guest workers” in Switzerland who resort to living in a chicken coop.

]]> By: Stan Mitchell http://ellensmith.org/blog/2010/02/22/a-chicken-coop-at-every-house/comment-page-1/#comment-40113 Stan Mitchell Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:02:58 +0000 http://ellensmith.org/blog/?p=378#comment-40113 Just noticed this post. Let the record show that I'm not the Stan who wrote the above comment. Stan Mitchell Oak Ridge Just noticed this post. Let the record show that I’m not the Stan who wrote the above comment.

Stan Mitchell
Oak Ridge

]]> By: stan http://ellensmith.org/blog/2010/02/22/a-chicken-coop-at-every-house/comment-page-1/#comment-40112 stan Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:19:05 +0000 http://ellensmith.org/blog/?p=378#comment-40112 Peggy sells Chicken Coops. Awesome. Peggy sells Chicken Coops. Awesome.

]]> By: Angi Agle http://ellensmith.org/blog/2010/02/22/a-chicken-coop-at-every-house/comment-page-1/#comment-40111 Angi Agle Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:25:35 +0000 http://ellensmith.org/blog/?p=378#comment-40111 The sign is tacky, and needs to come down. Although I support making it legal to keep a few hens under controlled conditions, this is not the kind of advertising we need in the middle of town. The sign is tacky, and needs to come down. Although I support making it legal to keep a few hens under controlled conditions, this is not the kind of advertising we need in the middle of town.

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