Not even with 1/2 an acre would they allow us to own chickens
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20091125/NEWS02/911250345/Delaware-Backyard-chickens-still-a-no-no-in-New-Castle-County
11/25/09
Backyard chickens are still illegal in New Castle County -- for now.
County Council voted...
Backyard chickens are still illegal in New Castle County -- for now.
County Council voted 10-3 on Tuesday against a law that would allow keeping as many as six chickens on residential lots of a half-acre to one acre. Council wants to keep intact the county's property maintenance code which...
Please read and help change the ordinance of the 1 acre rule for chickens
http://delawaregardener.delawareonline.com/article/20090518/ GARDENER/90518020