Official BYC Poll: Is chicken keeping legal in your town?

[no fly zone]

We live outside city limits on land zoned agricultural. Sadly, far too many places are anti-chicken.

 

[Artichoke Lover]

I live in a small county and outside of town limits. We have almost no laws regarding animals around here. Even exotics are allowed if you have the proper paperwork. A guy down the road used to have zebras!

 

[tripletfeb]

Legal for me too. There are restrictions though. No roosters, only six hens allowed, no free ranging(in a fenced backyard is ok) and we can't sell the meat

 

[little blue coop]

The township I live in allows chickens. But you're supposed to get a permit, which I did. Besides the fee, I had to submit a site plan for the chicken coop. And less than 5 acres, I can keep up to 12 chickens, no roosters. (I have 5 hens.) Not allowed to let them loose, but that's ok. There are predators. The next door neighbor also has chickens, and there's no way he got a permit. He doesn't have enough room on his property to keep the coop the required 15 feet from house & property line. He lets his loose, which none of the neighbors care about, but is now down to 3 chickens, I think because of predators.

 

[Geckolady]

The nearest town is a long way away, and I'm zoned agricultural. It's perfectly legal.

 

[Iluveggers]

In my backyard I can keep 6 hens. The family farm a few miles down the road is next town and zoned agricultural so on the 150 acres there we can have all the chickens and roosters we want! I’ll have hens in my yard next year but for now my son and I are two of the three family members delegated to taking care of the chickens which suits me just fine! (There’s about 30 of us in the vicinity but just a few more than a handful taking care of the farm duties).

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Legal here. Roosters aren't allowed but we hear them from time to time anyway.

 

[Shezadandy]

I live in a small county and outside of town limits. We have almost no laws regarding animals around here. Even exotics are allowed if you have the proper paperwork. A guy down the road used to have zebras!

LOL So literally when you hear hoof beats, you think ... zerbras!!!

 

[Jory]

Here, inside city limits, you can have 6 chickens on lots 1/2 acre or less and 12 chickens on lots more than 1/2 acre. You are also allowed ducks. No roosters, of course. No nuisance from smells and covered pens because of the osprey.
I'm outside of town on 6 acres.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

No nuisance from smells and covered pens because of the osprey.

An osprey cleans your pens for you? How much does he charge?