For those of you with chickens in the city/town....

[Vickilynn45]

How many chicks do you have? I have just started raising chicks for the first time and I'm LOVING it! We have 6 chicks- 2 Black Australorps, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Ameraucana, 1 Barred Rock, and 1 Rhode Island Red. We're a family of five and at least my husband and I eat eggs daily, but I will use the eggs in baking for my family too. I called the City and asked what rules are and they just say no rooster, but there is no limit on chickens as long as you keep things clean. I thought maybe since it's our first time raising chickens that five would be enough, then we added one more, and now I hear our local store has chicks in. Ugh, I'm fighting temptation to add more. But I don't want to push my luck with neighbors. So I'm just curious how many chickens/chicks those of you living in town have??

 

[Imp]

I'm just outside of Seattle, and usually have 3-5 chickens, no roos. Right now 3 hens.
Legally I'm allowed 5 hens, no roos, but my non chicken neighbors keep telling me that I should get more, and some roos.

Imp

 

[liz9910]

Hi, I'm allowed to have 12 hens, but I want more too! Luckily we have a limit or my whole backyard would be filled lol.

 

[Vickilynn45]

I had never heard of chicken math until I read it here, but it's totally true. I texted my husband that the local store has in chicks now too, and all he texted back was a smiley face lol. Probably meaning "enough is enough".

 

[curiositykt]

We are allowed to have hens provided that we name them, no roosters. It's unclear how many hens we can have, we currently have 5 chicks.

 

[MoJos Flock]

In my neighborhood we are allowed up to 15 hens, no roos. And they are supposed to be pets who happen to lay eggs; we're not supposed to use any of them for meat. We could, technically, have more hens, but would need to apply for a special permit.

 

[Stuart77047]

Even if all your neighbors, except that one that walks around the neighborhood looking for stuff, want you to have more chickens, I would not. It only takes one neighbor to cause a problem.

Who am I kidding. My neighborhood only allows 2 hens. No roosters. I have 7 hens. Started with 8 and had to rehome one that ended up being a LOUD rooster.

Besides the home owners association will have to either look at your pictures or send someone out there. Just miss a few chickens in the picture or have a few visit a good neighbor when someone has an appointment to come look.

 

[bailey352]

In my neighborhood we are only supposed to have three hens and no roos... but I have five hens and they are two weeks old. They are ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love them to death!!! They are Rhode Island Reds

 

[FirewifeJess]

My city ordinance states that you have to have at least a 5,000s/f lot to have 3 chickens. Every 1,000s/f extra you can add another chicken. We have a 21,000s/f lot (0.49 acre) so we can technically have 19. I hope to have that many someday but our coop will only comfortably hold 8-10, especially since we live in the pacific northwest where it's so rainy most of the time. I don't want behavioral issues with the girls from being bored and cooped up all the time, so we're sticking with what we have (11, hoping a couple are roosters so we can have less but if not, and I can't find a home for a couple, we'll jsut see how it goes over the next few months as they grow into their coop) and can always add more later.

 

[lgelwell]

Im in a bedroom community outside of the city and our ordinance was just changed last summer. I have and am allowed 6 hens, no roosters, enclosure, and no butchering in the city limits. All easy enough. I'm sure I'll want more but I don't want to push it. My neighbors didn't even like my cat when I first moved in, so Im trying to be very quiet about my chickens, lol.