New guy (Raleigh-ish NC)

[Klingdiggs]

Hi! I like the idea of chickens (fowl/quail) for pest management. I'm here to learn about animal husbandry and how y'all skirt your HOA lol.

 

[Evadig]

Salve (Latin for hello)! Chickens are excellent pest management for sure! We have much less ticks since we got our hens.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[Blue Raptor]

Hi! I like the idea of chickens (fowl/quail) for pest management. I'm here to learn about animal husbandry and how y'all skirt your HOA lol.

Welcome to BYC!

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC, and good luck in skirting that HOA.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!!

Does your HOA allow chickens to any extent?

This is a old, but neat thread about someone asking for help to approach their HOA.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/city-says-chickens-ok-hoa-says-no-what-to-do.515687/

Quail might be easier to conceal if it's absolutely a no on the chickens.

 

[Nomadicus]

Hello and Welcome to BYC. Glad to have you in this poultry loving community. I think the best way to skirt a HOA is to have a sound proof basement and no nosy neighbors. Next make a recording of some boisterous chickens and play it as music anytime some one visits as your calming necessity.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hello and Welcome to BYC. Glad to have you in this poultry loving community. I think the best way to skirt a HOA is to have a sound proof basement and no nosy neighbors. Next make a recording of some boisterous chickens and play it as music anytime some one visits as your calming necessity.

Or I could send some audio when my two macaw parrots get into their scream mode. They are hands down louder than any chicken, yet HOAs allow them.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Good luck trying to hide them from the HOA. It nearly never works out.

 

[N F C]

Hi, trying to get around HOA's that say no to poultry is almost always a losing proposition. I recommend moving.