New San Diego County Oridnance On Number of Roosters

[Czech's_chicks]

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City boy was en route with another petition but got caught in all the traffic. He left out house @ 7:30 and didn't get down there till almost 10. There were 2 accidents on the 5.

Not that 1 more would have made a difference, their minds were already made up. What is beyond me is how they wont grandfather people who have owned their property for many years - almost 50 in my case. Not to mention the intentions of the 4th amendment violations with the illegal search and seizures they have eluded to.

I still plan on contacting the rural guard about this. it's unbelievable how illegal antics draw so much backlash yet those who obey the law are the only ones affected by the alleged laws aimed at stopping them. F U San Diego County Board of Supervisors F U!

 

[Czech's_chicks]

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I and my boys would be interested. They may have to put black bars over our eyes and not list where we live out of fear the MAN will come snatch my babies.

This has completely put a hold on Kyle raising Seramas. I am even watching 3 chicken for a fellow BYC who was forced to move - I certainly hope that I am able to continue to help until she finds a place where she can have them again. I refuse to put someone else's birds down in this case.

 

[Laurelm]

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Sure - I'm in if it's not to far away. I just can't decide who to bring as I have lots of beautiful boys!

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

I'd be open to possibly doing something like that here, we are on 32 acres so I won't be "breaking the rules" so to speak.

 

[Naamahbengals]

So this went through? Unless you are a business or 4H, etc, people in San Diego County aren't allowed to have more than 2 roosters unless they have over 5 acres?

If anyone has any current information on this please post. We live on 1 acre and currently have 2 roosters - but we wanted to expand, try out some new crosses (which would require at least 4 roosters). Is this now a blanket NO? Are there ways of getting around it (registering with something, special permit, etc)?

 

[mrsbrcant]

Yes it is the rule except that if you are on a property of .5 to one acre you are allowed 4 roosters and if your property is greater that one acre up to 5 acres you can have 6 roosters. If you are using the 4H exemption you need written documentation and approval of the project because cock fighters were sending their kids or even their grandchildren to 4H to get around the rules. So if your lot is 1.001 acres, you can have 6 roosters. If you have children between the ages of 5 and 19 interested in poultry, they can join 4H and you can have even more as long as you don't violate noise and sanitation ordinances.

That being the law, what you do pretty much depends on what your neighbors allow. Animal control does enforce the law, we just had a visit and had to show our 4H paperwork and allow a walk through. We wouldn't have had the visit if we hadn't annoyed a neighbor who called us in. A friend of mine lives in the city where NO roosters are allowed but she breeds seramas, has 10 or more males at any given time, is only on .5 acre but she hasn't had a problem because her set up reduces sound, the freeway noise is loud and space between her and her neighbors is enough that nobody even knows she has roosters.

Also remember, if you are producing babies half will be male so have a plan to get rid of the ones you don't want to keep before they start to crow.

Here is a link to the PDF document with the rules: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...=f6S9f7UFPvbd_9RSV5isIQ&bvm=bv.56643336,d.b2I

 

[Naamahbengals]

Yes it is the rule except that if you are on a property of .5 to one acre you are allowed 4 roosters and if your property is greater that one acre up to 5 acres you can have 6 roosters. If you are using the 4H exemption you need written documentation and approval of the project because cock fighters were sending their kids or even their grandchildren to 4H to get around the rules. So if your lot is 1.001 acres, you can have 6 roosters. If you have children between the ages of 5 and 19 interested in poultry, they can join 4H and you can have even more as long as you don't violate noise and sanitation ordinances.

That being the law, what you do pretty much depends on what your neighbors allow. Animal control does enforce the law, we just had a visit and had to show our 4H paperwork and allow a walk through. We wouldn't have had the visit if we hadn't annoyed a neighbor who called us in. A friend of mine lives in the city where NO roosters are allowed but she breeds seramas, has 10 or more males at any given time, is only on .5 acre but she hasn't had a problem because her set up reduces sound, the freeway noise is loud and space between her and her neighbors is enough that nobody even knows she has roosters.

Also remember, if you are producing babies half will be male so have a plan to get rid of the ones you don't want to keep before they start to crow.

Here is a link to the PDF document with the rules: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...=f6S9f7UFPvbd_9RSV5isIQ&bvm=bv.56643336,d.b2I

Oh so it's 4 roosters for 1 acre? The original article said 2, but I can totally work with 4.

Now... how many hens can I have?

 

[mrsbrcant]

The total number of chickens depends on your animal designator. For most unincorporated areas the total is 25 chickens. The number is higher in very rural areas or in areas of intensive and usually stinky agriculture.

 

[Naamahbengals]

I can't at all seem to find a map for zoning of my town, so I'm not sure if I'm too close to the main part of town or not.