I am now slightly less of an outlaw... I am only over my legal limit by 12 now. And I don't plan to keep 9 of them, so really that brings me down to 3 over the limit. Not bad considering I had 50 more than I was allowed for a while this spring and summer!
I am moving farther into the outlaw camp...
Legal poultry limit: 24
Current Chicken total: 61
Chickens I plan to keep: 30
Though with some chicken math I could justify that down to 26... which is just barely over my legal limit...
Untill I start hatching next spring!
But truly, on 1.2 acres...
I am legal as far as I know.
Some of my neighbors have chickens and sheep and llamas and horses and cattle and goats, so I think I am ok. I love living in the country!
Landlady had chickens when she lived here, says she misses them and offered to buy a few of our hens (for which we have NO pet...