The City of Hillsboro, Oregon is currently considering a chicken ordinance. Public comment will be heard Feb. 8, 11 & 25. This is your chance to convince City Hall to adopt an ordinance!
Gresham, OR now allows 3 chickens with $50 permit good for two years.
Beaverton, OR is currently...
Check out this new website dedicated to helping people learn how to change city ordinances:
www.Chicken-Revolution.com
It's full of information, statistics, research, news articles, everything you need to get started, and it mentions Backyardchickens.com too.
Please tell your brother thank you for coming to the meeting last night. It was a terrible blow, but not a surprise. I am continuing to help people in NC, NJ, KS, MN, and OR with their chicken battles and some have already succeeded. The chicken revolution will continue here in Salem. The...
In Oregon, the following cities have added a chicken ordinance in recent months: Forest Grove, Cannon Beach. The following Oregon cities are currently working on chicken ordinances: Salem, Phoenix, and Cave Junction.
I know that Ashville, NC just passed an ordinance a couple of months ago.
Here's the link to an article on the front page of today's Wall Street Journal about our efforts to legalize backyard chickens in Salem, Oregon. You can read the article and watch the video at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124761681413642361.html
Chickens are now permitted in the following Oregon cities: Astoria, Cannon Beach, Forest Grove, Lake Oswego, Portland, Corvallis, Eugene, and Klamath Falls. I spoke with Code Enforcement in Beaverton and was told you can keep your chickens if you can prove they are your pets (has a name, can be...
We have been working on this in Salem, Oregon since last February. I think in a couple of months we will be successful. Before we presented our proposal to the Mayor we did 6 months of research which you might find helpful. Our research packet is available online at www.salemchickens.com. We...
Our group, C.I.T.Y. (Chickens in the Yard) will be making a formal presentation at City Hall on the evening of February 23rd. The meeting begins at 6:30 pm, but we will not begin our presentation until around 8:00. If you live in or near Salem, Oregon please come to show your support. Our...
If anyone out there lives in Salem, Oregon and wants to help legalize chickens here, please contact [email protected]. We have a group of folks (C.I.T.Y. - Chickens In The Yard), working on this issue and will be giving a formal presentation at City Hall in the next month or two.
I have researched chicken laws in Salem Oregon and gotten copies of previous council meeting minutes and court rulings on this issue. I fully intend to change the ordinance to allow the keeping of a few backyard hens in the city and have already spoken to my city councilman about it. The way...
Do you by chance live in Salem, OR? I live in west Salem and keep 4 hens illegally. One neighbor complained and I was told by the city to get rid of them or I would be cited. I waited for the citation to come in the mail so I could fight it and try to get the ordinance changed, but the...