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I hope that you will be allowed to have them after the pilot part of the project is over
 
You might try one test bantam chicken as a house pet. If it doesn't work out I bet your friend would take it and you could still see it. Please check out "People with house chickens,". My friend has silkie and serama hens. Both are quiet and accept confinement.

A silkie can easily pass as some exotic cage bird. From a distance people even think they are some type of small dog breed.
 
G’Day from down under Jenn :frow Welcome!

You could probably get away with keeping Quail ;)

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.
 
:frow W E L C O M E to BYC, the friendliest forum on the net :frow
If I had a passion for something bad enough, I would try to make it happen and get involved and begin this adventure any way possible and Drumstick diva sounds like she has just the right plan. Even if it's baby steps, micro scale...something...

Some people want to play electric guitar so bad that they invest in sound deadening insulation in a room to keep the sound level down.
 
Just as follow up. It appears that as of March 15, the restrictions on obtaining permits for chickens here in Gatineau Quebec has been loosened. I submitted my application. Judging from ss. 50.1 to 50.5 of the bylaw (below) concerning farm animals, (and my French is not the greatest, so I could be wrong) the acreage requirement is waived if the owner applies for and is granted a licence. If accepted, I am allowed three hens, no roosters and have to sign a commitment to keep my birds healthy and safe and keep their environment sanitary relatively odour-free. Failure to honour that commitment will lead to seizure of the animals. The coop must provide approximately 4ft2 for each bird in the coop and 10ft2 for each bird in the run. That doesn't seem like a lot of space for them.

I'm excited about this and my neighbour is too. She may apply herself for a permit. At the very least, I've got someone to care for them during the rare times that I'm away.

I'm trying not to jump the gun by starting to build the coop and ordering some pullets. I hope that a 4x4 coop and 8x8 run with free ranging while I'm home is fair to the birds.

PS: Has anyone had experience purchasing birds from Poules-en-folie? They seem to have tonnes of variety and they're relatively local.

https://www.gatineau.ca/docs/sante_...reglement_183_2005_poules_pondeuses.fr-CA.pdf
 
legojenn said:
Just as follow up. It appears that as of March 15, the restrictions on obtaining permits for chickens here in Gatineau Quebec has been loosened. I submitted my application. Judging from ss. 50.1 to 50.5 of the bylaw (below) concerning farm animals, (and my French is not the greatest, so I could be wrong) the acreage requirement is waived if the owner applies for and is granted a licence. If accepted, I am allowed three hens, no roosters and have to sign a commitment to keep my birds healthy and safe and keep their environment sanitary relatively odour-free. Failure to honour that commitment will lead to seizure of the animals. The coop must provide approximately 4ft2 for each bird in the coop and 10ft2 for each bird in the run. That doesn't seem like a lot of space for them.

I'm excited about this and my neighbour is too. She may apply herself for a permit. At the very least, I've got someone to care for them during the rare times that I'm away.

I'm trying not to jump the gun by starting to build the coop and ordering some pullets. I hope that a 4x4 coop and 8x8 run with free ranging while I'm home is fair to the birds.

PS: Has anyone had experience purchasing birds from Poules-en-folie? They seem to have tonnes of variety and they're relatively local.

https://www.gatineau.ca/docs/sante_...reglement_183_2005_poules_pondeuses.fr-CA.pdf
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That’s great news. Best of luck with your chicken adventures!
 

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