VeggieGoneEggie
Songster
I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this thread, but it seemed like the closest.
Right now my partner and I are renting a home (in a fairly urban setting) from family where there were historically chickens and goats - so it was no big deal to renovate the old chicken coop and bring home baby chicks last year. Now I'm the proud mama of 9 hens, and lord knows the chicken fever makes me want to get more...
(FYI: there are zero chicken restrictions in our city ordinances)
Now we are looking to buy our first home. I'd love to find a place a little outside of town with a couple of acres, but for affordability and other reasons, we're staying open to buying a place in-town too. I'm feeling a little apprehensive about moving with chickens. Logistically, it may be difficult trying to quickly build a new coop at the new home when we're moving. It seems most home owners associations won't allow chickens. And the new neighbors may not be thrilled with 9 (hopefully more someday, maybe as many as 15-20 is what I'd love) chickens moving in where there weren't any before.
Here's my question(s): What advice would you give to someone who has a small flock of chickens and is looking to buy a house? If you bought a new place and moved while having chickens, what do you know now that you wish you knew back then? Anything surprising? Any red flags you'd warn me about? Anything I can do to help things go smoothly?
Thanks!
Right now my partner and I are renting a home (in a fairly urban setting) from family where there were historically chickens and goats - so it was no big deal to renovate the old chicken coop and bring home baby chicks last year. Now I'm the proud mama of 9 hens, and lord knows the chicken fever makes me want to get more...
(FYI: there are zero chicken restrictions in our city ordinances)
Now we are looking to buy our first home. I'd love to find a place a little outside of town with a couple of acres, but for affordability and other reasons, we're staying open to buying a place in-town too. I'm feeling a little apprehensive about moving with chickens. Logistically, it may be difficult trying to quickly build a new coop at the new home when we're moving. It seems most home owners associations won't allow chickens. And the new neighbors may not be thrilled with 9 (hopefully more someday, maybe as many as 15-20 is what I'd love) chickens moving in where there weren't any before.
Here's my question(s): What advice would you give to someone who has a small flock of chickens and is looking to buy a house? If you bought a new place and moved while having chickens, what do you know now that you wish you knew back then? Anything surprising? Any red flags you'd warn me about? Anything I can do to help things go smoothly?
Thanks!