HOA Laws!!!

[Pekin Duck Lover]

Hello everyone!
I just joined this community, and I ordered 6 Pekin Ducks eggs and I have an incubator ready. However…there is a big issue…
My neighborhood HOA prohibits poultry (so not cool). I recently moved and I’m staying at another house while my floors are being done, and after coming back from farm volunteering, I had a duck egg with me that had an early death. I was devastated, and ordered eggs that I knew were healthy and fertile after getting a new incubator because I’ve always wanted ducks. Being new to the neighborhood, I completely forgot about the poultry laws and got caught up. I’m too young to have my own house, so I live with my parents. They knew the rules, but said not to worry about it. I am very worried. I don’t want to give up these Pekin ducklings. Is there a way I can reason with the HOA? And what can they do?

 

[MarkRainbolt]

Hate to say you are screwed. HOA are about as bad as democrats.
Mark

 

[Pekin Duck Lover]

Hate to say you are screwed. HOA are about as bad as democrats.
Mark

I hope I’m not screwed. My parents know the HOA, so they might be able to reason with them. Thank you for replying!

 

[Canadian Wind]

Good luck. Problem with ducks is they are loud! Unless you go Muscovy, that is.

 

[Pekin Duck Lover]

Good luck. Problem with ducks is they are loud! Unless you go Muscovy, that is.

Luckily, I live in NC, so we already have ducks waking us up in the morning. Wish me luck!

 

[cheezenkwackers]

Make sure where you house them is as far from the neighbors as possible. When they start laying I would share the eggs with your neighbors. That way they will not be bothered by them and may even like them.

 

[Silkiesaz]

Hello everyone!
I just joined this community, and I ordered 6 Pekin Ducks eggs and I have an incubator ready. However…there is a big issue…
My neighborhood HOA prohibits poultry (so not cool). I recently moved and I’m staying at another house while my floors are being done, and after coming back from farm volunteering, I had a duck egg with me that had an early death. I was devastated, and ordered eggs that I knew were healthy and fertile after getting a new incubator because I’ve always wanted ducks. Being new to the neighborhood, I completely forgot about the poultry laws and got caught up. I’m too young to have my own house, so I live with my parents. They knew the rules, but said not to worry about it. I am very worried. I don’t want to give up these Pekin ducklings. Is there a way I can reason with the HOA? And what can they do?

Honestly...I raised my first duck in a neighborhood HOA. She was a Muscovy/Crested duck. Everyone on our block loved her and she went on walks with people and they would come over to say hi to her. No one dared tell us we weren't allowed to keep poultry.

 

[ruthhope]

Six pekins is a lot to keep "under the radar". Many of us have backyard ducks in neighborhoods where that is not permitted. We depend on our neighbors liking our ducks and not turning us in. But it is a different with an HOA. Plus pekin are very noisy ducks!! Even the drakes are noisy!!

I wish you and your parents luck with the HOA: promise your neighbors and the HOA Board duck eggs next spring when they will be old enough to start laying.

 

[Pekin Duck Lover]

Honestly...I raised my first duck in a neighborhood HOA. She was a

Muscovy/Crested duck. Everyone on our block loved her and she went on walks with people and they would come over to say hi to her. No one dared tell us we weren't allowed to keep poultry.

This is so wholesome!!

 

[Pekin Duck Lover]

Six pekins is a lot to keep "under the radar". Many of us have backyard ducks in neighborhoods where that is not permitted. We depend on our neighbors liking our ducks and not turning us in. But it is a different with an HOA. Plus pekin are very noisy ducks!! Even the drakes are noisy!!

I wish you and your parents luck with the HOA: promise your neighbors and the HOA Board duck eggs next spring when they will be old enough to start laying.

We are very close with our next door neighbors, and chances are that not all 6 will hatch. I’m guessing 1-3 I’ll take your advice into account!! Ty!!