Comments for Ferndale Chickens http://ferndalechickens.com Goal: a Hen in Every Yard Tue, 07 May 2013 16:29:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Garden City, MI: Man sentenced to jail time on the CRIMINAL charge of keeping chickens! by C K Niemi http://ferndalechickens.com/2013/05/02/garden-city-mi-man-sentenced-to-jail-time-on-the-criminal-charge-of-keeping-chickens/#comment-1069 Tue, 07 May 2013 16:29:21 +0000 http://ferndalechickens.com/?p=464#comment-1069 The tree Randy planted is three feet on his neighbor’s property. Violation of property rights is on Randy. They made copies of all the comments he made about his neighbor, including a picture of a pet skunk in his house. They went to an arbitrator over the case and Randy is not to talk about his neighbor or mention their name again. He can have another law suit against him if he dose. They moved to get away from all of this. The only truth in Randy’s stories is he has chickens and it violates city Laws. Try to change that but leave the pepole that moved away out of the battle.

]]> Comment on Garden City, MI: Man sentenced to jail time on the CRIMINAL charge of keeping chickens! by ferndalechickens http://ferndalechickens.com/2013/05/02/garden-city-mi-man-sentenced-to-jail-time-on-the-criminal-charge-of-keeping-chickens/#comment-1065 Tue, 07 May 2013 01:17:15 +0000 http://ferndalechickens.com/?p=464#comment-1065 Hi Kerstin- I guess the neighbor decided that it was Randy’s attack skunk because his yard is a certified monarch way-station and he has a general pro-wildlife/nature stance. You know those hippie nature lovers are natural attack skunk trainers. ;)

]]> Comment on Garden City, MI: Man sentenced to jail time on the CRIMINAL charge of keeping chickens! by ferndalechickens http://ferndalechickens.com/2013/05/02/garden-city-mi-man-sentenced-to-jail-time-on-the-criminal-charge-of-keeping-chickens/#comment-1064 Tue, 07 May 2013 01:15:03 +0000 http://ferndalechickens.com/?p=464#comment-1064 Hi Julie: please do email me the lawyer’s contact info! My email is lmikulski@gmail.com

]]> Comment on Garden City, MI: Man sentenced to jail time on the CRIMINAL charge of keeping chickens! by ferndalechickens http://ferndalechickens.com/2013/05/02/garden-city-mi-man-sentenced-to-jail-time-on-the-criminal-charge-of-keeping-chickens/#comment-1063 Tue, 07 May 2013 01:14:14 +0000 http://ferndalechickens.com/?p=464#comment-1063 Thank you for cross posting!

]]> Comment on Garden City, MI: Man sentenced to jail time on the CRIMINAL charge of keeping chickens! by ferndalechickens http://ferndalechickens.com/2013/05/02/garden-city-mi-man-sentenced-to-jail-time-on-the-criminal-charge-of-keeping-chickens/#comment-1062 Tue, 07 May 2013 01:13:51 +0000 http://ferndalechickens.com/?p=464#comment-1062 You are so spot on! Being able to feed yourself is absolutely the most fundamental of rights.

]]> Comment on Garden City, MI: Man sentenced to jail time on the CRIMINAL charge of keeping chickens! by ferndalechickens http://ferndalechickens.com/2013/05/02/garden-city-mi-man-sentenced-to-jail-time-on-the-criminal-charge-of-keeping-chickens/#comment-1061 Tue, 07 May 2013 00:27:26 +0000 http://ferndalechickens.com/?p=464#comment-1061 CK Niemi: Randy has mentioned that he was on good terms with his neighbors initially, and that they knew his mother and had been very close to him- so no, I don’t think they’re terrible for that reason. Repeatedly reporting a neighbor for violations that they didn’t commit (attack skunk, rooster crowing when he owns no rooster) *is* terrible. Also terrible is demanding the city cut down his tree- that shows a complete disregard for property rights and an ignorance of city responsibility. If Randy was harassing the woman, did she report THAT to the police? Or did she only report his chickens/skunk/etc? If Randy ran over her garbage can and “talked about it on his website”, then where’s the evidence of that? That seems like a valid reason to call the police.

I think in the end, this can teach us all a very valuable lesson about neighbor relations and trying to be good to one another- I don’t know where it started, but it shouldn’t have ended with Randy in court trying to fight for his right to keep hens that state law says he can have.

]]> Comment on Garden City, MI: Man sentenced to jail time on the CRIMINAL charge of keeping chickens! by GUILTY: Man Sentenced To Jail For Keeping Chickens | Emergency Survival Network http://ferndalechickens.com/2013/05/02/garden-city-mi-man-sentenced-to-jail-time-on-the-criminal-charge-of-keeping-chickens/#comment-1060 Mon, 06 May 2013 23:14:12 +0000 http://ferndalechickens.com/?p=464#comment-1060 [...] violation letters which continue to this day. Randy should have been covered by Michigan’s Right to Farm Act, but the law failed to protect him from the incessant visits by Garden City ordinance [...]

]]> Comment on Garden City, MI: Man sentenced to jail time on the CRIMINAL charge of keeping chickens! by Kerstin Kruse Liberty http://ferndalechickens.com/2013/05/02/garden-city-mi-man-sentenced-to-jail-time-on-the-criminal-charge-of-keeping-chickens/#comment-1059 Mon, 06 May 2013 19:17:11 +0000 http://ferndalechickens.com/?p=464#comment-1059 This is incredible. Absolutely incredible. HOW was he ever charged with the wild skunk incident? It’s a WILD SKUNK? Hello? Should I sue the family down the lane with letting their flies over here? NO! That neighbor should be run out of town on a rail. Randy, come on down to Georgia-we like homesteaders down here. I’m from Illinois originally and I can say I am embarrassed for the state of Michigan. You are acting like a bunch of preschoolers. *shaking head* unbelievable….

]]> Comment on Garden City, MI: Man sentenced to jail time on the CRIMINAL charge of keeping chickens! by thegardenrenegade http://ferndalechickens.com/2013/05/02/garden-city-mi-man-sentenced-to-jail-time-on-the-criminal-charge-of-keeping-chickens/#comment-1056 Sun, 05 May 2013 19:14:40 +0000 http://ferndalechickens.com/?p=464#comment-1056 the ACLU will only deal with constitutional issues, not neighborhood disputes, so i think this will be a no-starter for them… do you have a way to get in touch with randy? i’d like him to get in touch with the lawyer i used when oak park was threatening me with jail time over my garden (we won, right?)- if you want me to email the contact info to you, i can. also, is there any other way i could help? i will contact the garden city officials, but is there anything else you can think of? if you don’t mind, just let me know on my blog what you think i should/could do next… thanks! -julie

]]> Comment on Garden City, MI: Man sentenced to jail time on the CRIMINAL charge of keeping chickens! by truthfarmer http://ferndalechickens.com/2013/05/02/garden-city-mi-man-sentenced-to-jail-time-on-the-criminal-charge-of-keeping-chickens/#comment-1055 Sun, 05 May 2013 13:30:39 +0000 http://ferndalechickens.com/?p=464#comment-1055 Sorry, I wanted to thank you for the coverage of this and let you know that I cross posted it.

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