Advice Please! Might be moving into CITY LIMITS!

[dlhunicorn]

If I lived in the city limits and wanted chickens (allowed or not) I would build a cellar coop for them ... I mean one like my Aunt used to have to store her homemade canned goods in...I would turf over it and over that would be an area fenced in with chain wire... roof over that with a clear plastic type roofing to let the sun in... surounding THAT would be privacy fence . No one can see nuthin that way and the birds would have the area ABOVE their coop to "free range"... being underground would mean cool in the summer and not so cold and drafty in the winter too.
Just an idea...

 

[TomOBedlam]

Thanks for the ideas, guys...

I've looked up the zoning restrictions as far as I can, but while it looks like poultry is specifically forbidden in residential zoning areas in Chickamauga, I can't figure out if my future address is included in the area, since their map on the website is too small and I'm not familiar enough with the area to tell by glancing at it!

I think my next step is probably to call the local animal control.

I think I might just try to risk it, at this point, at least until I figure out for sure one way or another. I only want to keep three or four, anyway...how much noise can they make back there???

And I can't imagine I'd get more than a warning to get rid of them, even if it DID turn out to be against zoning...

Fugitive Hens Anonymous, here I come...

 

[elliemae]

hi ! i too am almost in the same situation !
didn't know anything about keeping chickens in the city but have had them several months now ! when suddenly a neighbor of mine decided that we didn't need them , now i am fighting city hall! ,the county commissioner, and trying to get state agriculture people to help ! this is just breaking my heart !
i had a small incubator that i just recently purchased ,just successfully hatched my first batch of eggs , now i am afraid i will never see my "babies" grown ! hang in there~ maybe we can keep our chicks !