Check with your local 4H chapter. They'll have the laws translated from legalese into real English.I just read that if you want to have chickens in Chesapeake, VA, you are required to buy a permit. This came from a site that claimed to have a boatload of laws on backyard chickens throughout the country, but I haven't actually seen it verified anywhere. Does anyone know for certain of this is true? The city's chicken laws are in legalese, and not easily understandable. Also, we were told that a coop must be movable/a chicken tractor, or we were required to get a completely different permit for that, as well. Does anyone know if the run is Also required to be mobile, or can we have a mobile coop within a 'dog pen', covered with a roof and protection on three sides (with ventilation up above where the roots & nesting boxes will be)?