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

[Bella Dominique]

Live outside town boundaries, but there is a limit in my HOA of 6 chickens,

 

[Meema Hen]

We can have up to 4 hens in our suburban backyard. No roosters.

 

[Chickie Girls]

We currently live in a city and are allowed 4 chickens (no roosters) as long as the coop is 50 feet away from neighbors homes. Maybe a little shy of that but no neighbors have complained. We will be moving to a rural area on 2 acres in a few months so will be able to have more chicken then. YAY!

 

[ChickenMathLady]

3 hens allowed in our suburb. We might have 2 extra "class pets" that stay at our house and provide us with more eggs.

 

[Silkie Princess]

Random question but can you have a rooster that doesn't crow ( there is a breed that hisses instead of crows) in an area where roosters are not allowed?

 

[Iluveggers]

Since I can have 6, I am getting 5 for the backyard next year, and assuming they all make it, I’ll add 2 more the following year (my neighbors are cool so we can squeeze in an extra, Ill share eggs!). I know I’m going to want to add more so I’m refraining from getting them all next year, and will have the time to integrate (maybe even put the 2 of them under a broody if the timing works out!) The coop we are building will be 4x8 so plenty of space for 5 (and the expansion that will no doubt happen)!

At the farm we have no limit, so we have 24 pullets this year, and next year will add 10, and the following year will add 13. (Any accidental Roos will go there instead of my backyard.) This way I am only brooding groups of 15 max each year which is about how many my brooder holds up to 4 weeks when they can go outside!

 

[Aunt Angus]

Since I can have 6, I am getting 5 for the backyard next year, and assuming they all make it, I’ll add 2 more the following year (my neighbors are cool so we can squeeze in an extra, Ill share eggs!). I know I’m going to want to add more so I’m refraining from getting them all next year, and will have the time to integrate (maybe even put the 2 of them under a broody if the timing works out!) The coop we are building will be 4x8 so plenty of space for 5 (and the expansion that will no doubt happen)!

At the farm we have no limit, so we have 24 pullets this year, and next year will add 10, and the following year will add 13. (Any accidental Roos will go there instead of my backyard.) This way I am only brooding groups of 15 max each year which is about how many my brooder holds up to 4 weeks when they can go outside!

That's awesome that you have a place for those inevitable roosters! Smart!

 

[-Flash-]

Apparently you can only have 10 chickens in NSW..... but I've never heard of it. No onw that in of any importance that I know have way over 10. But, I live in the middle of nowhere so....

 

[dave705]

Our town allows keeping chickens on properties of 1 or more hectares. Ours is only about 1/2 hectare so technically our girls aren't allowed, but none of our neighbours care and are glad of the occasional gift of fresh eggs.

 

[Dinogrrl]

Yup, only so many chickens per acre, you have to have an enclosure that's so big per chicken (not sure if that's the coop or pen area, it's unclear), and the enclosure should be 20 feet away from either the property line or your residence (again, it's unclear). Also no roosters within city limits. And you need a license to own poultry.