Maricopa, AZ chicken laws

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I'm glad to hear this. But 40 chickens?! Wow. The most I ever had was 25 and I lived on half an acre in the NE. Do you have a coop for them or just let them roam in your yard? I'm thinking, great bug conteol!
 
I live in maricopa meadows. I was told by one of the old hoa members that as long as ur not "eating" the eggs then there considered pets and not livestock. So if they ask just say there to old to lay. And their for pest control. I also have 2 roos. With no crow collars on and my neighbors dont mind it at all. Hes no louder than the ducks. I got 5 of those too.
None of my neighbors mind. And i just told them if they are ever to loud to let me know and ill do something about it. But they say they never hear them...:cd
 
Bareftnfr33 said:
I found some interesting information for those of you that do not have any answers on this topic by now.


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Thanks for posting this. I am sure that it might help those who either live in the city of Maricopa, or in one of those HOA's in Maricopa. Where I live at out here, everyone lives on 3 to 3 1/2 acres, and no one out here wants us to be annexed so we are fighting it to keep that from happening.
 
Thank you for the posts. I live in the Villages and am not sure of the HOA guidelines for chickens but I know of others in the neighborhood that have them, so hopefully I won't have any complaints about my new, little chicks. 😊
 
fonatu said:
Thank you for the posts. I live in the Villages and am not sure of the HOA guidelines for chickens but I know of others in the neighborhood that have them, so hopefully I won't have any complaints about my new, little chicks. 😊
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I too live in the Villages! I've just started my flock, 3 Easter Eggers and 3 Speckled Sussex that are still in a brooder box as they're only about 3 weeks old. I have 4 French Pearl Guineas in a coop out back. I talked to one neighbor about them and he doesn't care at all, the other adjoining neighbors I'm not sure about, fingers crossed.

Our HOA states, "No animal or fowl, other than a reasonable number of generally recognized house or yard pets, shall be (i) maintained on any Lot covered by this Declaration and then only if they are kept, bred or raised thereon solely as domestic pets and not for commercial purposes; or (ii) be permitted to make an unreasonable amount of noise, or create a nuisance. No structure for the care, housing or confinement of any animal or fowl, shall be maintained so as to be visible from Neighboring Property, or the Common Area. All animals shall be kept under reasonable control at all times and in accordance with applicable laws and any rules and regulations adopted by the Association, and shall be restrained by fence or leash from roaming in or through the Common Area."

What I take from that is we are good so long as they don't make a ton of noise. My guineas make less noise than the birds chirping all over the neighborhood and certainly less noise than the barking dogs during the day! They don't make a sound at night. Chickens are a commonly accepted backyard pet. If the HOA asks, you have them as pets. The only issue I have is Pinal County limits to 5 fowl for residential lots.
 
Grrunt11B said:
I too live in the Villages! I've just started my flock, 3 Easter Eggers and 3 Speckled Sussex that are still in a brooder box as they're only about 3 weeks old. I have 4 French Pearl Guineas in a coop out back. I talked to one neighbor about them and he doesn't care at all, the other adjoining neighbors I'm not sure about, fingers crossed.

Our HOA states, "No animal or fowl, other than a reasonable number of generally recognized house or yard pets, shall be (i) maintained on any Lot covered by this Declaration and then only if they are kept, bred or raised thereon solely as domestic pets and not for commercial purposes; or (ii) be permitted to make an unreasonable amount of noise, or create a nuisance. No structure for the care, housing or confinement of any animal or fowl, shall be maintained so as to be visible from Neighboring Property, or the Common Area. All animals shall be kept under reasonable control at all times and in accordance with applicable laws and any rules and regulations adopted by the Association, and shall be restrained by fence or leash from roaming in or through the Common Area."

What I take from that is we are good so long as they don't make a ton of noise. My guineas make less noise than the birds chirping all over the neighborhood and certainly less noise than the barking dogs during the day! They don't make a sound at night. Chickens are a commonly accepted backyard pet. If the HOA asks, you have them as pets. The only issue I have is Pinal County limits to 5 fowl for residential lots.
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I hope that you have a plan for if some of those chick's grow up to be boy's. Rooster's crow. Hens can get noisy when it's time to lay egg's, and some will fight over the nesting box trying to be first to lay that egg.
 
BlueBaby said:
I hope that you have a plan for if some of those chick's grow up to be boy's. Rooster's crow. Hens can get noisy when it's time to lay egg's, and some will fight over the nesting box trying to be first to lay that egg.
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I only buy sexxed chicks and if mine is one of the 1 in 10 chance then yes, I have a plan in place and home lined up where he can be happy and healthy. I'm not worried about the hens noise, there are others in the neighborhood with chickens and other assortment of animals.
 

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