HI!!
I wish we lived a little farther out, needing a permit for chickens is stupid!
We moved from Rogers & people in our neighborhood had chickens (at least we know of a rooster that made noise).... So pending how nosey your neighbors are perhaps a chick or two wouldn't require the necessity of all the permits? But I'm thinking being "legal" is the best route (eye rolling)!!! Do you already have a flock?