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    Hello From Crawfordsville Indiana!

    Here's the gist: Must have at least 10,000 sqft (96.01.B.13.c) Can not have coop within 100ft of property line (which actually means it would have to be *at minimum* more than 40,000sqft since you need it to be more than 200' wide and 200' deep) (96.01.B.14) 1 acre == 43000sqft, so, need 1...
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    cities of Brownsburg and Carmel, Indiana

    In Brownsburg, you need a minimum of 1/2 an acre to keep chickens. You can have 1 chicken per 1/4 acre, but no more than 10 chickens no matter how much land you have (although elsewhere (90.04) it states you can't have more than 8). You may not have roosters, you can only have hens (what about...
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    Hi from Homeplace Indiana

    Thanks everyone! Glad to meet all of you! My chickens have started putting themselves into their coop at night already (so, no more chasing/catching!).
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    Hi from Homeplace Indiana

    Hey everyone. Before yesterday I had never touched a chicken in my life. I've wanted chickens for about 6 years now and I finally got some on Sunday. I have been trolling the forums here and looking at coop designs for a few weeks now and finally settled on one from Purina because it had...
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    How close to your house can a coop be?

    How many feet from your house should a chicken coop generally be? I'm thinking about getting some chickens, and am trying to decide where to build the coop. Never had chickens before and am only going to be getting 3 to 5 egg layers. Is there any reason not to put it right up against your house...
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