Official BYC Poll: Is chicken keeping legal in your town?

[Sally PB]

If I lived in the "city" of Belding, MI (pop. 5900 or so), it would not be legal for me to have chickens.

If I lived in the city of Grand Rapids, MI (pop. ~200,000), I could get a permit and have chickens.

I live in the middle of nowhere, near Belding (pop. 13 on our road), and I can have what I want.

 

[Shezadandy]

Lol dammit WHOS PLAYING JUMANJI!?!?

LOL Actually my mind went to "House" (when you hear hoof beats think horses not zebras) but yes absolutely JUMANJI!!!

 

[Shezadandy]

Oh- a good friend was in this almost exact scenario. 2 streets over and she would have been fine.

If I was just 2 houses along from mine I'd be able to keep roosters

 

[Devyn Nagy]

We live out in the country, so it's quite legal.

 

[agold23]

Yes and no, you can’t have chickens downtown/in subdivisions but if you live more rurally you can.

 

[PurpleCArTires]

We live 1 mile outside of town and are zoned agricultural. Since we are zoned agricultural, carroll county MD has a "right to farm clause", where neighbors cant complain about animal or machinery noises. I love our area! Most of my neigherbors have chickens and cows. I love hearing the Roosters trying to out crow eachother in the morning!

 

[6BeachChicks]

Yep! I don’t live in a rural area, but as long a they have an enclosed area, they are allowed. (They still get supervised free range time, don’t worry)

 

[afieldssnowyegger]

I live just outside of city limits where only 3 hens no roosters allowed, but I do have an HOA that prohibits poultry/livestock…. No complaints about my 6 hens and 1 rooster though, even after I asked neighbors if the noise disturbs them. My chickens live about 100 feet from each neighbor’s house and my little bantam rooster crows all day everyday….. but the neighbors were shocked when I told them we had a rooster and said they had never noticed.

 

[AngBantamLuv]

I live just outside of city limits where only 3 hens no roosters allowed, but I do have an HOA that prohibits poultry/livestock…. No complaints about my 6 hens and 1 rooster though, even after I asked neighbors if the noise disturbs them. My chickens live about 100 feet from each neighbor’s house and my little bantam rooster crows all day everyday….. but the neighbors were shocked when I told them we had a rooster and said they had never noticed.

What type of bantam rooster do you have?

 

[SamMiller]

By the sound of the roosters in the morning, I'm inclined to think it's illegal to not have chickens!

We have like, jeez, I don't even know how many roosters now. 8? 9?