illinois towns that allow backyard chickens

[grandma7]

September meeting. Ordinance includes 6 hens, Coop 5 ft from property line, 25 ft from neighbors house, no roosters and $25 yearly fee and only allowed on single family homes. Ordinance to be voted in at the October meeting. Getting there. Getting very anxious.

 

[17smithmi]

Hi I'm from the outside of Kankakee but still in a subdivision and I have 16 chickens 2 rabbits and 5 ducks and I never asked anybody before I got them I just moved them from my farm to the house and nobody said anything the neighbors love them and like getting eggs they say that as long as u can control their area then they are fine but I guess it all realise on your neighbors

 

[Faraday40]

September meeting. Ordinance includes 6 hens, Coop 5 ft from property line, 25 ft from neighbors house, no roosters and $25 yearly fee and only allowed on single family homes. Ordinance to be voted in at the October meeting. Getting there. Getting very anxious.

Glad to hear you're making progress.

 

[Faraday40]

Hi I'm from the outside of Kankakee but still in a subdivision and I have 16 chickens 2 rabbits and 5 ducks and I never asked anybody before I got them I just moved them from my farm to the house and nobody said anything the neighbors love them and like getting eggs they say that as long as u can control their area then they are fine but I guess it all realise on your neighbors

Our neighbors are great too. Back when we started, there was a lot of grey area. The answer of legality all depended on which clerk you asked & how they interpreted the wording. Realistically, if no one complains; no one will bother knocking on your door.

We simply asked the neighbors if they minded hens & a possible roo Sharing surplus eggs goes a long way for keeping neighbors happy! We even have a couple roos right now. Trying to decide which to keep. I put them in the garage at night so no one can hear them until 8am when I let them out.

 

[17smithmi]

I have a silver duckwing rooster and I just put a collar on him so no issues can be formed out of it but otherwise he is fine in the neighbor hood

 

[Faraday40]

I have a silver duckwing rooster and I just put a collar on him so no issues can be formed out of it but otherwise he is fine in the neighbor hood

i made some collars too. The success of them depends on the roo. One roo needs to wear it (& it helps A LOT), one roo has a softer low-pitched crow, and the 3rd doesn't crow (only 3xs). I don't bother putting collars on 2 of them since their sounds don't carry.

Make sure you check the neck frequently & adjust as needed. One of my roos, the collar just didn't work. (Made his crow higher-pitched & longer.) In order to get any type of reduction, it had to be very tight. It caused major skin irritation & was a choking hazard. It didn't help that he loved to crow. He was fine around kids, but over-mated the hens. That big guy tolerated my daughter playing dress up & even came along when I taught in the local schools. At 1.5 yrs old, he was as sweet as ever. Although my neighbors liked him, I knew it was best to rehome him before a random dog-walker or jogger decided to make trouble. I'll probably never have another roo like him.

Our second roo was very quiet. 3-4 crows in the morning and done. If I ever heard him crowing during the day, it was because of a threat like hawk - or power tools. I only used the crow collar when a neighbor had a party, building project, etc. He was also terrific with the hens. Sadly, he was aggressive towards strangers & kids, so he had to go. That's why I have 3 roos now. We're at 5mo, so those horomones should kick in soon. I want to know who might be aggressive before choosing a keeper.

 

[luis torrijos]

If anyone knows anything about bolingbrook laws let me know thanks I jest want some hens for fresh eggs

 

[luis torrijos]

Every town have permits for people to have chikens but us why

 

[17smithmi]

This is my setup in the town

small but it works for bantams anything bigger I bring to the farm but my rooster is cool with everything the neighbors like to play with him and has got the name Reggie

 

[17smithmi]