How do all of you deal with future laws banning the ownership of chickens?

[Penpal]

If a ban was presented it would be made public before being written into law. This gives you the opportunity to ask questions and get involved in the situation. If nothing else, you could turn a "ban" into a number. Such as, no more than 3 chickens, no roosters. It could be, a certain amount of square footage for birds.

 

[Beau plus penny]

That would be a tragedy. While I don't need to worry about that possibility since I'm zoned for agriculture, I would bribe the neighbors with free eggs to keep my flock secret.

what are they gonna do tell us we cant have chickens IN THE COUNTRY.
they can sure try. but idc we'll do it anyway

 

[Tex452]

I live in the country.
All I can say is.
COME AND TAKE THEM!

 

[The Moonshiner]

I live in the country.
All I can say is.
COME AND TAKE THEM!

You can take my chicken when you pry it from my cold dead hands!

 

[Smokerbill]

You can take my chicken when you pry it from my cold dead hands!

I was going to say that!

 

[AinaWGSD]

A federal or state level ban is unlikely enough it's not worth worrying over. Laws governing chickens are usually passed on a local level. If it stresses you out that it could be a possibility I can't recommend keeping an eye on local politics enough. Go to city or county board meetings if you can. Or read the local newspaper. Before the government can enact laws they have to be proposed and discussed. Board/council meetings are open to the public and members of the community are allowed to comment on proposals.

 

[Amer]

If they would ban chickens in the country it wouldn't really be the land of the free anymore, now would it? I would pack my bags and move somewhere better. Specifically Latin America.

 

[Nym]

Here are a few results from a 2024 UK push to get chicken-keepers to register their flock:

A new law forcing the British owners of one or more chickens (and pigeons and birds of prey) to register each bird individually has met with resistance.

Not everyone thinks the government should be counting their chickens (even after they’ve hatched). It was reported on X, formerly Twitter, that enough scamps have successfully registered their store-bought roast chickens to crash the government website. euopean conservative.com

Rubber and frozen chickens were also registered: Press Reader

Search: UK chicken register website crashes for more good laughs and people power in action. Enjoy!

P.s. there was no law. Regulation. Rule. Mandate. Policy. Must do - all require people participation and are not laws. A law requires there be an Act 254Abcxyz.

 

[redinator]

Here are a few results from a 2024 UK push to get chicken-keepers to register their flock:

A new law forcing the British owners of one or more chickens (and pigeons and birds of prey) to register each bird individually has met with resistance.

Not everyone thinks the government should be counting their chickens (even after they’ve hatched). It was reported on X, formerly Twitter, that enough scamps have successfully registered their store-bought roast chickens to crash the government website. euopean conservative.com

Rubber and frozen chickens were also registered: Press Reader

Search: UK chicken register website crashes for more good laughs and people power in action. Enjoy!

P.s. there was no law. Regulation. Rule. Mandate. Policy. Must do - all require people participation and are not laws. A law requires there be an Act 254Abcxyz.

That's hilarious and sounds like some kiss my a55 stuff I would do.
Buy eggs and frozen chickens add them to the count, when someone tells me I have too many eat the store bought products and reduce my count.

 

[redinator]

Here's the thing . . .how/when exactly would they want the count?

Depending on what's going on I can imagine someone having a 'surplus' of birds as they are hatching eggs, waiting for males to grow out to cull, having chicks/pullets listed to sell and so on.

One day you might have 50 birds, 2 weeks later you might be down to 30, the next week your chick order arrives and you have 45 . . .

I'd intentionally pad my count just to waist their time.