Colorado

[FrogEggs]

And lots have to be an acre or more for chickens. Actually, she may have told me A3 only.

But you can have a horse per quarter acre. Because this is an "equestrian community".

I could certainly see not calling, not asking, and doing whatever you want on hour own property, if you have good neighbors....... they are policies, not laws. The most they can do is fine you, I think (don't hold me to that.

Not that I am advising anyone in any direction.

 

[EHook518]

My brother is in Lakewood and he's allowed 6. I don't know if there's a permit or not.

Can't you have 8 chickens in Denver even without a permit?

In Denver you need a permit to have chickens. For a $25 one time fee you get a Food Producing Animal permit. This permit allows you to have 8 chickens or 8 ducks (or combined a total of 8 fowl) and two DWARF goats. No roosters, no drakes, no bucks. Now if you have a crappy neighbor like I do and they call the city about your goats (no complaints directly about the goats just to say we are not zoned for goats) and they discover they are not purebred Nigerian Dwarf of Pygmy goats THEN you get to apply for a Livestock permit which costs $100 annually! Yippie!

 

[coloradogal]

I far, far behind so if I've missed something, I'll try to catch up later.

I've heard from Yashar on doing an order for 30 of his South American fowl. They will be $12 each, shipped in two batched so shipping will add another 60$ish. I am not sure what he will have as I haven't heard anything back from him only that his incubators are full.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/643128/rare-central-south-american-south-pacific-breeds

I have some of his colloncas but would love to get my hands on some of the huestecs. I get sea foam and blue eggs from my colloncas.

Let me know, off list, if interested.

 

[BrotherJosh]

Can't you have 8 chickens in Denver even without a permit?

No, its just that up to 8 the permit is a simple $25 one-time thing. If you want 9+ then you have to go through the arduous full zoning/animal control/neighbor approval/$150 annual permit process. Means my current flock of 3 isn't going above 8.

 

[ruralmom]

Someone stop me!! I just got 109 chicks (all girls) from Murdocks. 50 BR, 17 Buff , 25 CW, and I do not know what else. They had these older chicks that were about 3 + weeks old and they were not selling so they made me a deal I could not refuse, obviously! They had a bunch more, like L ???? Roughe kind of a meat bird. Which no one up here does meat birds and they were only $1.00. Well needless to say, I plan to raise and sell so if anyone is interested, let me know. They are getting in over 1000 chicks tomarrow so they are desperate to move the older birds. Come on up to Craig and get a deal. Tons of Leghorn!!

 

[Chesterchook]

Someone stop me!! I just got 109 chicks (all girls) from Murdocks. 50 BR, 17 Buff , 25 CW, and I do not know what else. They had these older chicks that were about 3 + weeks old and they were not selling so they made me a deal I could not refuse, obviously! They had a bunch more, like L ???? Roughe kind of a meat bird. Which no one up here does meat birds and they were only $1.00. Well needless to say, I plan to raise and sell so if anyone is interested, let me know. They are getting in over 1000 chicks tomarrow so they are desperate to move the older birds. Come on up to Craig and get a deal. Tons of Leghorn!!

Wow, that's a lot of chicks lol. If I still worked in Vernal I'd take some off your hands.

 

[BlueJaye]

I'm a 3-day-old first timer and (of course) a little nervous. Two questions...
1. One of my blue Cochin bantams is much larger and a bit lighter colored than the other. The large one is almost as big as my LF Araucana chick. Is that normal?
2. A few of my chicks are very timid compared to the others two are D'Uccles and one is the smaller blue Cochin bantam.
3. Okay I lied, one more question. What is the best way to teach them to trust us? Nibbling yogurt off my fingers is the closest they come on their own...

Thanks everybody! It's great to have such a nice and supportive group!

 

[pichuris]

I believe Im A3 zoning but all I remember from calling years ago before purchasing our land that we could have a lot of horses and a lot of cows and a lot of chickens and lotso pigs and dogs. They said as long as it didnt turn into commercial business then I didnt need to jump through hoops.

109 chicks holy chicken! Yeah, I would of taken that deal too.

 

[pichuris]

I'm a 3-day-old first timer and (of course) a little nervous. Two questions...
1. One of my blue Cochin bantams is much larger and a bit lighter colored than the other. The large one is almost as big as my LF Araucana chick. Is that normal?
2. A few of my chicks are very timid compared to the others two are D'Uccles and one is the smaller blue Cochin bantam.
3. Okay I lied, one more question. What is the best way to teach them to trust us? Nibbling yogurt off my fingers is the closest they come on their own...

Thanks everybody! It's great to have such a nice and supportive group!

What you are doing is just fine. As chicks its in their nature to run from you. All my chickens werent very friendly until they were about three weeks then they started coming around. Someas you are experiencing come around sooner then others. Keep interacting with them and picking them up and you will forever be tripping over them... literally.

 

[ScottLovelandCO]

I far, far behind so if I've missed something, I'll try to catch up later.

I've heard from Yashar on doing an order for 30 of his South American fowl. They will be $12 each, shipped in two batched so shipping will add another 60$ish. I am not sure what he will have as I haven't heard anything back from him only that his incubators are full.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/643128/rare-central-south-american-south-pacific-breeds

I have some of his colloncas but would love to get my hands on some of the huestecs. I get sea foam and blue eggs from my colloncas.

Let me know, off list, if interested.

Are you talking chicks or fertile eggs?