I always wonder if the folks that think chickens are diseases and nasty have other pets? (I have all of them....)
Dogs can bring you infections from hookworms...just walking barefoot where they've pooped in the past few years.
Cats all carry the parasites that cause toxoplasmosis...it might...
Sadly this country is all fowled up...sorry couldn't resist!!
But really, 50 or 60 yrs ago it was common to have a few chickens, even if you lived in a town/city, now people are so separated from reality they think chickens are bad/dirty/evil! I've had more problems with domestic animals...
I had to call the codes enforcement office for my county...under an alias (of course!). If you live in a city or town ,imits you may want to check both the county and the city ordinances as they can differ greatly. (If I lived in the town limits chickens would be okie dokie, but outside in a...
HUGE sigh of relief!
I thought hubby and I were the only chickenals (chicken criminals)!
I don't even live in a city limits...if I did chickens would be legal...go figure.
Nice quiet girls is all I hope for and you're darned right they'll be lots quieter than the neighbors with barking...