Sometime last year, the city of jeffersonville indiana passed one of the most strict ordinances of any in the US “behind closed doors” that is currently only enforced based on complaint! The ordinance states that you may only keep a maximum of 8 birds/small animals regardless of size or species outside at a density of no more than 1 per 1000 square feet. That means 8 combined total (maximum if you have enough space) finches, button quail, coturnix quail, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, pheasants, ostriches, emus, turkeys, ducks, etc etc and you better not have even 1 if you don’t have at least 1000 square feet!!