We came a long way here in Denver.
From my initial posting on this forum on February 22, 2009 when I announced a campaign to change the laws, we finally did it. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=136428
Denver now allows up to 8 chickens and/or ducks and 2 goats per lot...
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Anyone in or around Denver can take a class on raising chicks, and hens, and everything else that is needed for urban farmers.
There will be a class on raising backyard chickens this Saturday, August 29, 2009, along with a class on raising backyard goats.
www.denverurbanhomesteading.com
We at www.denverbackyardfarms.org are running a campaign to change the chicken laws here in Denver, Colorado. Currently chickens are allowed, but the permitting process is difficult, time-consuming and expensive. (Must go through two agencies, takes about 4 months and costs $150...for a one...
Our Denver campaign to liberalize the cumbersome and expensive permitting laws for chickens, goats, etc. is picking up steam.
And we have completed a census of existing farm animals in Denver that I made after getting data from Animal Control via an open records request. I was surprised at the...
I had read here and elsewhere that one could own chickens in Denver for a $50 fee. I decided to research this and found out that this is only a small part of the story. In fact, the procedure for getting legal permission to own a chicken in Denver is so cumbersome, time consuming and expensive...