Legal in city illegal in HOA.

[joeyg4583]

Please don't. The system is abused enough as it is

Agreed

 

[Skipper81]

I put terrible idea on the poll and didn't read your comment. People in HOA don't want chickens and they will have them removed. Those types of situations end up bad. I praise you for wanting chickens they are awesome but when they end up getting taken away they are put down or given away to bad owners and we all feel really bad for them. Please don't put them in that situation.

 

[4 Georgia Hens]

I put terrible idea on the poll and didn't read your comment. People in HOA don't want chickens and they will have them removed. Those types of situations end up bad. I praise you for wanting chickens they are awesome but when they end up getting taken away they are put down or given away to bad owners and we all feel really bad for them. Please don't put them in that situation.

Agreed!

 

[Kiki]

Is anyone good at legalese? Any chance they would be considered pets and not poultry in the covenant?

You may want to read this:
https://www.hoaleader.com/public/Eroding-HOA-Rules-Agency-Promises-Help-Buyers-Beat-Pet-Bans.cfm
"But I had a case with a subdivision with larger lots that had a restriction against pigs and chickens," recalls Cagle. "A woman who had a chicken coop and said her chickens were service animals that had been prescribed to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. She produced a letter from a licensed therapist—although it was a marriage therapist—saying these were prescribed to help her deal with stress."

Cagle was skeptical but surprised by what his research turned up. "I found one article that talked about chickens housed at assisted-living facilities," he notes. "There's some therapeutic benefit from a chicken pecking on the ground or from just petting the chicken. It's said to be helping some patients who had Alzheimer's or other issues. So it's difficult to say it's impossible for you to have therapeutic or service chickens."

That leads to Cagle's concern about a company like PFRNYC. "When I read about a new company that's going to help people with comfort animals, under that sort of umbrella, it really opens the door as to what pets—whether it's chickens, dogs, cats, or guinea pigs—owners can have if you start claiming they're there to treat some illness."

 

[wyoDreamer]

Thinking about your situation all weekend and my answer to it, I probably was a little too negative. I think you should try, but don't be too surprised if it doesn't get changed.

Is your subdivision completely built out, or are there still some empty lots? That may make a difference as new owners may be more receptive to changing the rules. Some people have a surprisingly strong attitude against chickens, as if they lower your "status" in the community.

Here is my experience: We had 10 acre lots in our HOA, the covenants allowed livestock for 4H or FFA but not for any other reason. Our sub-division was ranchland that was rezoned to residential-ag, surrounded by ranchland and cattle. We had 12 out of 36 lots built on, with over 75% of them sold but many of them not built on (a lot of the lots were bought by people who wanted them for investment or to build their retirement home on, I was told). I could not get a simple majority to show up to even vote on the covenant change to allow 6 chickens.

 

[~Cuba~]

Thinking about your situation all weekend and my answer to it, I probably was a little too negative. I think you should try, but don't be too surprised if it doesn't get changed.

Is your subdivision completely built out, or are there still some empty lots? That may make a difference as new owners may be more receptive to changing the rules. Some people have a surprisingly strong attitude against chickens, as if they lower your "status" in the community.

Here is my experience: We had 10 acre lots in our HOA, the covenants allowed livestock for 4H or FFA but not for any other reason. Our sub-division was ranchland that was rezoned to residential-ag, surrounded by ranchland and cattle. We had 12 out of 36 lots built on, with over 75% of them sold but many of them not built on (a lot of the lots were bought by people who wanted them for investment or to build their retirement home on, I was told). I could not get a simple majority to show up to even vote on the covenant change to allow 6 chickens.

She said it was done being built with only 11, and her home being the last.

 

[~Cuba~]

You could keep them as House pets? I think(correct me if I’m wrong) that if it’s a house pet that does not live outside then they do not control it.

Unfortunately, it specifically states that chickens, poultry of any kind is prohibited. Pet or not... She posted her HOA documentation in previous posts. But I'm no lawyer and there could be some sort of loophole with that.

 

[chickencheeper]

Unfortunately, it specifically states that chickens, poultry of any kind is prohibited. Pet or not... She posted her HOA documentation in previous posts

Yes, I read that part after I posted…I deleted my former post

 

[~Cuba~]

Lol oops.

 

[MrsMistyReal]

You claim you found your forever home. Yet you have a passion for birds, animals, etc. So with that said why if you knew this would you move in?Did you not do any research before purchase?If you're not in agreement with this ordnance, move. No offense it's just my opinion.