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I posted last year about our town ordinance prohibiting chickens. Haven't been able to decide if I should just ignore the law and get a few birds anyway. One reason I was hesitant is that our town manager is our neighbor (he lives a couple of houses down from us) and I was afraid he might...

Quote: Yes, there is a door that provides access to the area so that's not a problem. The space is also high enough for us to stand up in so that makes it very easy to work in. The birds are standards (Rhode Island Reds) so a dog house wouldn't be big enough. We would probably run a...

Some friends of ours have offered their six chickens to us as they will be going on a month long mission trip and can't find anyone that lives close enough to their home to care for their birds while they are gone. They're leaving on April 4th so we would need to put something together fairly...

I'm interested too in hearing from those who are keeping chickens illegally. This is what I plan on doing. We live on a little over a half an acre and our back yard is rather wooded. I think I can easily put a coop and small run amongst the trees and hide it fairly well. I've spoken with the...

Well there is a separate section that defines fowl as any bird that is raised for the production of meat, eggs, feathers, ect.....so I guess in their minds it would and should clearly mean chickens. Now whether or not I could convince the town council that my birds (when I get them) are pets...

Under "dogs and other animals" in our town code it says this: Section 66-3 MAINTENANCE OF PENS AND KENNELS. A. Pens, stables, coops, kennels and yards for any animals or fowl located in the town shall be kept in a sanitary condition at all times by the owner or person in charge thereof and...

Hey y'all, I just registered today but have been lurking here for a while. My name is Deb and I live in the northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I'm married to a great guy and have four beautiful children. I don't have any chickens yet (and unfortunately our little town doesn't allow them...