Outlaw Chicken Owners - How many are out there - Promise I won't tell.

[egg proof]

We need 5 acres here to have chickens. I have 4. Of course I took into account the illegal 2 family across the street and the oversized shed next door as well as an illegal wood business down the street and many other violations before I started raising my 7 illegal chickens. If the inspectors want to complain, the whole neighborhood will come down.

 

[Winggedheart]

I used to be a illegal chicken owner...

We must've had around 20-ish (maybe more, maybe less) birds in our fenced-in neighborhood backyard. I'm not even sure if we were allowed any chickens, lol.
Now we live out on 30 acres, hallalooyah!

 

[Firearia]

I'm not in the city, however in the city you are allowed four chickens. Before you weren't allowed at all, so I think it's still nice that four is allowed, especially compared to two!

And chickens being called 'livestock'? That's absurd!

 

[akcharlie1960]

I just saw this "covert coop" in Mother Earth News and thought it was pretty cool.

Hope it inspires someone.

 

[RareBreedFancier]

I moved into an old farm house because of having illegal pets.

3 dogs and 3 cats, all fixed, vetted and trained are apparently some terrible crime. Even though they are strictly indoor cats and indoor/outdoor dogs who sleep inside so don't bark psychotically all night like our old neighbors 2 legal dogs who are entire, flea ridden, wormy and vicious.

Checking local laws to see how many kitties I'm aloud to have here (4 only - ON A FARM!?!?) I spotted the poultry regs...
On this full sized working farm I can legally have 20 poultry total!!!

Who on earth decided to limit a working farm to 20 poultry???
I'm 4 chickens off the limit already! They count them from day old if not raised by a hen.

How can you run a decent breeding program with so few birds???

Obviously this law was made for breaking...