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  1. LuvHens

    Looking for success stories and advice- changing laws

    Thank you! This is helpful. I'll update my profile, but in the meantime I did post in the New Jersey thread and also on an ongoing thread under Chicken Laws for NJ. That is a very good point about dogs! I don't think most people realize that chickens are less risky/smelly of an animal than dogs are.
  2. LuvHens

    Looking for success stories and advice- changing laws

    I live at the Jersey shore. Not exactly known as a farming or rural area, but my town in particular has a number of farms.
  3. LuvHens

    Looking for success stories and advice- changing laws

    Thanks for replying! I actually thought about that too, how it is worded... it says "no raising of swine or fowl" so I was wondering if we could get away with saying that they are pets! But I guess if you have an animal, you are technically raising it...not sure if that would fly.
  4. LuvHens

    Looking for success stories and advice- changing laws

    So I live in a town that prohibits "raising of swine or fowl" in its land use ordinances. We've been wanting to have our own small backyard flock for years. While my husband has suggested that we just get a small flock anyway, I'm really worried that the neighbors will hear them and rat us out...
  5. LuvHens

    New Jersey

    Hi, Wall twp here. Which doesn't allow "raising of swine or fowl." Anyone else from this area and have chickens anyway? :) Or have tried to change the laws? I'm starting my research on what I need to do to try to persuade the town to change the law.
  6. LuvHens

    Chicken laws in NJ

    Sorry to resurrect this old thread...but I was wondering if you pursued this any further? We just moved to Wall (Allenwood to be exact) this past June, and we've always wanted a small backyard flock. I'm well aware of the current ordinance, and it makes me sad. :( I know we could have moved to a...
  7. LuvHens

    New gal introduction.

    Hi all, here’s my introduction! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? New to chickens, and actually (sadly) may never own them unless we move due to where I live and the town’s ordinances. That’s actually why I’m here, looking for info on how to try to persuade the...
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