It's funny, living in Allendale on a 1/4 acre lot we are allowed to have our chickens in our subdivision, its our 59 acres in Baldwin that is telling us we cannot have them. I do greatly appreciate the work you did to find that information though!go here and click on Article 23: http://www.allendale-twp.org/dpcd/act_zoning_ord.html Good Luck, Helen