Newbie ordinance question

[beansandgreens8]

Pretty sure the intent is "4 female chickens," period. Obviously if you want to fly under the radar I doubt anyone will be the wiser unless you have a neighbor that loves reporting people for infractions (we see a number of those posts on here unfortunately). If your relationship with neighbors is good, I wouldn't worry about it.

As far as "unless I can start chicks while my other hens are still producing I don't see how I'd make it work," trust me your local zoning department doesn't care how that would work. At least you're legally allowed to have chickens!

I get what you are saying and I do think that's what they meant. However, all our local places have a minimum purchase of 6 chicks so I think I'd have a pretty good argument I mean what do they expect you to do set the extras free in the parking lot because if chicks are counted you'd be committing an infraction as soon as you got home lol

 

[rosemarythyme]

I get what you are saying and I do think that's what they meant. However, all our local places have a minimum purchase of 6 chicks so I think I'd have a pretty good argument I mean what do they expect you to do set the extras free in the parking lot because if chicks are counted you'd be committing an infraction as soon as you got home lol

This is why it's annoying that store or state policies don't match up with zoning ordinances in an area. I'm very lucky that we don't have any minimum policies (though most stores here have an unspoken "2 or more" policy... if you only want 1 chick you need to convince an employee or store manager that you have reason for only getting 1) as many of the lots in this area can only have a max of 3 hens.