Did you approach it from a raising birds for meat angle? Because it's impossible to raise anything but Cornish X with that kind of limitation. The average American family eats 20+ chickens a year. Most heritage breeds are processed between 16-20 weeks. So going off that, one would need to be...
Oh I see. I wasn't trying to fight the rooster battle with my comment, I was just trying to give you something to say if someone said that cockerels can crow before 16-20weeks (which they can). I would think general nuisance laws could come into effect at that point, if the cockerels were...
That's a pretty solid response. However, I'm confused about the idea of including chicks in the total # of chickens. Most people raise chicks in a brooder, which is usually entirely separate from the coop/run structure, if not inside their house. Perhaps language should be suggested that has a...
I support your attempt to try to get roosters in. In truth, they are no noisier than dogs, maxing out at the same level (~90db) and at least where I am, the roosters crow a lot less than dogs bark. That's a point you can bring up if you want to try, as well as suggesting stipulations such as an...