Inspection Day in Weymouth...UGH!!!

[Chicabee19]

I was just thinking 'hide them in the closet'....

I guess I need to ask this question about permits!

Let's say, (just hypothetically ) that a permit is required where you live, and you don't get one. What happens if the inspector comes to your house?

 

[Lunachick]

Glad you got thru another year.

Are you "allowed" any other chooks, or are you with only Obelisk?

 

[SpottedCrow]

Ernie says I can only have Obelisk...

If you don't get the permit, they don't know you have chickens...unless a neighbour with an axe to grind rats you out...

Since I have to get a permit every year at the whopping cost of $5, I get inspected by the Dog Officer. He's a great guy...so I don't mind at all. I was going to work on the porch tomorrow because I had the feeling it was nearing "that time".

Chicabee, you'd probably have to get the permit or get a fine...

I'd stuff the extras in a closet or a bedroom, Debi...and play dumb...

Not a stretch in my case. LOL

 

[MagsC]

Inspections...well, I guess if the person doing the inspecting was a decent sort it would be okay. But if you get stuck with one of the other types, what a nightmare!

 

[lengel]

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We have a rule that you can have farm animals without a permit if you have five acres. Otherwise, the animal control officer can seize the animals if a neighbor complains. We have just shy of five acres so I didn't bother. I "hide" them in a field in chicken tractors. My neighbors are thrilled to have them around and one of the tractors is on their property right now because they want a fertilized area. Another neighbor keeps a horse on about 1/4 acre without a permit so I know they won't complain. I know that many people around here have backup plans with neighbors who have acreage in the event that someone shows up at their house to seize the animals - the neighbor with the acreage claims the animals!