illinois towns that allow backyard chickens

[Faraday40]

Westmont Update:
They added a building code ordinance to allow residential zones to have secondary structures to house up to 6 chickens. Bee keeping is also permitted.

Sadly, my friend moved. She wanted to break free from the suburbs & the cold Midwest winters.

 

[HiddenChickens]

Galesburg allows chickens as long as they are 25ft from neighbors' property lines. My town of Abingdon does not allow any livestock in town. Thank god i named all my hens

 

[luis torrijos]

Im so glad more and more towns allows chikens.I'm happy for you guys we are next I know Lol.

 

[I'mNotFowling4that1]

They got me with the Health codes that state no poultry....

 

[Faraday40]

Galesburg allows chickens as long as they are 25ft from neighbors' property lines. My town of Abingdon does not allow any livestock in town. Thank god i named all my hens

That's a good one!
My daughter joined 4H just so we could legally own chickens (before our town made them legal). In the long run, it's been a great thing to build self confidence, make friends, & enjoy all the learning opportunities. Wish I had known about it when I was a kid!

 

[laneypeeps]

hi i was just given 24 hours to get rid of my chickens and chicks. I'm in cicero, il. I think thats an awsome idea joining 4H club. can you give me more info on 4H?

 

[laneypeeps]

did anyone help change their town law against chickens? If so how.

 

[Faraday40]

hi i was just given 24 hours to get rid of my chickens and chicks. I'm in cicero, il. I think thats an awsome idea joining 4H club. can you give me more info on 4H?

That's kind of odd - 24 hrs. Normally a village sends out a letter stating the exact code violation & gives 30 days (or something like that) for you to comply / resolve the violation. Talking nicely with them also helps. Simply ask what you can do to keep your pets. It may mean getting rid of a rooster or keeping a smaller number, but it's better than getting rid of all of them.

If you have a child in 4H who is enrolled in poultry, you may be able to legally keep chickens. In DuPage County, we enroll in Sept but can change/ add things until March. By May 30th we must say what projects are being entered for the July fair. I think you're in Cook, but it's probably similar.
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cook/4h.html

Before it was legal here, a few people I know kept 4-6 hens in their garage or a mini serama in a parrot cage in the living room. It's legal to own poultry in the city of Chicago, but there are a lot more restrictions for everyone in the suburbs. On the positive side, more people are going green, gardening, making rain barrels, etc, so your town could be open to changing some ordinances.

 

[laneypeeps]

That's kind of odd - 24 hrs.  Normally a village sends out a letter stating the exact code violation & gives 30 days (or something like that) for you to comply / resolve the violation.  Talking nicely with them also helps.  Simply ask what you can do to keep your pets.  It may mean getting rid of a rooster or keeping a smaller number, but it's better than getting rid of all of them.

If you have a child in 4H who is enrolled in poultry, you may be able to legally keep chickens.  In DuPage County, we enroll in Sept but can change/ add things until March.  By May 30th we must say what projects are being entered for the July fair.  I think you're in Cook, but it's probably similar. 
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cook/4h.html

Before it was legal here, a few people I know kept 4-6 hens in their garage or a mini serama in a parrot cage in the living room.  It's legal to own poultry in the city of Chicago, but there are a lot more restrictions for everyone in the suburbs.  On the positive side, more people are going green, gardening, making rain barrels, etc, so your town could be open to changing some ordinances.

Thanks for your response. Yea I only had 5 pullets in the garage in their nice coop I just built them and turns out one of the neighbors ratted me out. i figured why prolong the inevitable. Sad. I had such a colorful little flock.

gonna miss them my kids were really loving the girls. At least I was able to see their first eggs.

 

[luis torrijos]

Sorry to hear that good luck I hope im not next because where I live we are not allowed to have chikens