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    Dog pen runs

    If you have the "separate panel" style pens then two 10x10 runs will actually create a 20x20 or 30x10 pen, so it can grow when you open up the middle. That works out to 20 to 28 sqft per bird in the run, which seems to meet the commonly expressed minimum of 10sqft per bird in the run. I don't...
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    Hi! My search-fu is failing me (quoted phrases don't seem to work?) so I'll just post my question here... Do any of you guys let your chickens free-range full time? And by that I mean they have a secure coop that they can return to at night, but are left free to forage all day (no pen or...
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    Free Range Fayoumi?

    I've been wanting chickens for years now, and we're finally in the process of purchasing our own home... a little house on 3 acres with a barn and horse pasture. Is a 2-acre pasture (front acre has the house and the yard where the dogs will be) enough for a small flock of fayoumis to...
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    Need help? in Lehigh Acres, FL (unincorporated Lee County, Florida)

    It looks like the code people are dealing with 3+ chicken violations a week... if you go to their site (http://www3.leegov.com/dcd3/Reports/CurrentMonthViolations.htm) you can see what all the violations are, maybe you could get together with all the other chicken people and try to change the...
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    Is this the Variance application I need to fill out?

    Wow, $100 fee just to apply for a variance? The Zoning change form described in your text does NOT appear to be the correct form to fill out, however the form you linked to looks to me like the right thing! We've decided to stay put for the time being, but submitting a variance request was...
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    How to Change Laws & Ordinances (Pointe-Claire, Qc, Canada)

    It looks like 5.18 might be your kicker? Quote: While that doesn't necesarily rule out a chicken, it does appear (to me) to rule out a chicken coop... -GB
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    How to Change Laws & Ordinances (Pointe-Claire, Qc, Canada)

    Quote: I don't believe that 6.10 prohibits chickens. They are certainly domestic animals. The question then is how does your livestock ordinance read? Is livestock defined in the code somewhere? Here in alabama, some codes refer to the Alabama State Code for some definitions (such as...
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    Confused...what does this law mean? How would you interpert this?

    What town is this? I'm not sure you quoted the entire chicken code section, it doesn't seem to actually say anything to me (unlike the cow section, that said "shall be permited")... -GB
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    A Few Silly Questions About Goats And Zoning.

    It can't hurt! I looked into a variance in Hartselle, AL (which specifically outlaws chickens in the city limits except for Ag zoned property), and it's only a $15 fee to apply. We're thinking of buying a house in the Hartselle area (awesome schools, which will trump my chicken desires), and...
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    How to sell small farm eggs

    Do you have any feed stores near you? I know our feed mill sells fresh eggs from local farmers at $2 a dozen. I also noticed a sign just last week about a mile from our house, "Eggs : $1.50", so I stopped in to get 2 dozen straight from the source . Need to cook up a quiche tonight! -GB (who...
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    municipal code vs. Zoning code?

    The State of Alabama defines livestock in a manner such that chickens are NOT livestock. YMMV, however, and sometimes municipalities redefine such things . -GB
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    A Few Silly Questions About Goats And Zoning.

    I believe that's ~4.5 acres? -GB
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    Silence in the Zoning laws?

    The areas we're looking at are zoned R-1A, R-1B, and R-2. The permitted uses for R-2 are : "Any use allowed as a Permitted Use in the R-1B District". And the R-1B permitted uses are "Any use allowed as a Permitted Use in the R-1A District". The R-1A District says the following : "4‐1‐1...
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    Vero Beach, Florida- Am I ok doing this?

    Quote: From Municode : "It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, raise and/or maintain within the city, chickens, ducks, geese or other fowl, horses, mules, cows, swine, including potbellied pigs, goats, sheep or other livestock and grazing animals, except that cows and other grazing...
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    Silence in the Zoning laws?

    Quote: I'm pretty sure that's the case here, but since there is no mention of things that are often associated with residential living (like sheds, or shrubberies, or any mention of pets) I was wondering if that was all part of "accessory use and buildings"... and whether that might be...
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