Green Bay WI chicken laws (are allowed)

[babylady4]

Has anyone checked out Madison's ord? I believe youhave to apply for a permit to keep chickens there. Oh and over here in Waupaca they are now allowing people to have chickens (since there is nothing on the books).

Just an FYI.

Good Luck!

 

[georgialee]

Yay for a city that has decent chicken laws!

It's amazing a city that size allows up to 8 birds... amazing! Love it!

 

[georgialee]

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[mac80103]

Here you go.....................................


Want to get a permit for a pet chicken in Green Bay? Good cluck
Keeping fowl legal within city limits, but not common

By Paul Srubas • [email protected] • May 17, 2009.

Backyard chickens may be the rage in some urban settings in Wisconsin, but don’t expect to see it in Green Bay or De Pere.
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The Milwaukee suburb of Shorewood is considering a law to allow residents to keep chickens.

Green Bay’s ordinances governing farm animals have been on the books for years. In general, livestock and fowl are allowed, but only with a permit issued by Animal Control Officer Sharon Hensen. When it comes to chickens, there is no charge for the permit, but Hensen said she’s unlikely to grant one.

“I just don’t do it,” she said “Here’s the problem: Last summer, I spent four months chasing two roosters that had gotten away from somebody. Have you ever tried catching a rooster that doesn’t want to be caught?”

Roosters in particular are a problem because of the noise, she said. But even if people just want to keep hens, Hensen said she’d check with neighbors and check living conditions and other factors before granting a permit.

The only permit Hensen has ever granted was issued three years ago to a person who had a rooster as a pet.

Keeping chickens without a permit could mean a $676 fine for each bird, and allowing them to run at large could mean another $361 apiece, according to the City Attorney’s Office.

De Pere’s ordinance doesn’t even allow for the issue of permits; chickens and other fowl and domesticated livestock are forbidden.

A Green Bay woman who didn’t want to be identified told the Press-Gazette she has four 3-year-old chickens she keeps in a coop in her backyard without a permit.

“I’m just a rebel at heart,” said the 59-year-old woman who said she bought them on an impulse three years ago while vacationing in Nebraska. “We were at a feed store, and there were these tiny chicks that were so cute and fluffy — it was just a complete impulse buy.”

She said she enjoys the eggs the hens lay, but the birds are mostly pets.

“I find them endlessly amusing and entertaining,” she said. “You can get them to do anything for grapes — they’ll jump up on my knee and eat grapes out of my hand.

“It’s just a hoot to have them around.”

 

[16Drevev]

Can I keep chickens in village of Luxemburg of Wisconsin? Thanks for time.