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

[gumbii]

my town allows roosters, but they must be 25 feet away from any complaining neighbor's bedroom... so i might be safe... but i doubt they will make a big deal out of it... there are people down my street that are dog breeders... i think mastiffs... 3 pairs of them too... i'm lucky...


i feel bad when i hear about people getting rid of their hobby's or pets... poor them...

 

[dwdoc]

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I'm with ya, I'd love a roo but I thing I'd be pushing my luck. Too bad there is not a species of naturally quiet roos.

 

[BrewedInNh]

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25 feet is still very close. Our neighbor across the street has 2 roos that we can hear when they crow in the morning. Their coop & run are about 150 yards from our house. We like the sound of roos crowing so it's no big deal to us, but for somebody who doesn't like the sound it can be very tiresome.

We actually moved to our current home last year because our old neighbor had 2 dogs that would bark in their run every morning at 4:15am. The run was only 20 feet from our bedroom window. When I spoke to the neighbor about it they thought it was funny, and laughed in my face. The town doesn't have a noise ordinance, so there wasn't anything we could legally do about it. I seriously considered permanently silencing the dogs myself, but then decided to move to a better location instead.

 

[texaschickmama]

remember, if caught, they are Exotic Vietnamese Ground Parrots, REALLY!!

 

[hiker125]

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ETA: Or the kid's 4H project.

 

[the-bird-man]

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i love this! just hope i do not have to use it

 

[axion_lotus]

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[undergroundchickens]

I have outlaw chickens residing with me as well. There was an ordinance change being pushed to make it legal to have 6 hens but I think that got swatted down after the public meeting was held and tons of people complained about how awful/dirty/diseased/noisy chickens are. I have got to get rid of my two roos ASAP as they have just started crowing and it is hard to keep them quiet. I will then be down to 10 pretty little hens. Guess Grandpa is going to be having chicken for dinner....and soon.

Update!!!

I guess I was wrong. They did pass the ordinance but I had not heard about it. I just found this on a search......

Mosquito abators applaud chicken ordinance
By Bruce Mehew

Published on January 26, 2011 at 04:05PM

(RICHFIELD) – Members of the Sevier County Mosquito Abatement Program are applauding Richfield City for approving the new chicken ordinance. Program Manager John Johnson says certain farm-type animals within city limits can help to eradicate some diseases. For several months, city officials have been concerned with a conflict between the Zoning Code and the Animal Ordinance to allow the raising of chickens within city limits. At Tuesday night’s meeting, the council approved allowing up to 25 chickens to be raised within city limits, along with other conditions. Roosters and other farm-type animals are still prohibited to be harbored within certain zones in the city.

I am SOOOOOO HAPPY!!!!

Now I need to find out all the conditions and make sure I meet them. This is like a dream come true. I can have chickens legally now where we are forced to live due to my DH's employment conditions. I was going to have to be a law breaker until he could retire in 4.5 years. Now I don't have to be.

Doin the HAPPY DANCE!!!

Updated again. I called the city. I guess you can only have chickens if 1. Your lot is 1 acre or bigger. or 2. You live on the west side of the freeway. This means all of 4 homes in the city limits can have chicken if they want. 4!!! That is asinine....but the mayor got what he wanted. He can have chickens as his house as he is 1 of the 4 properties that meet the restrictions but the rest of us are still SOL! Guess I will just keep biding my time until we can move.

 

[mrsbos]

Outlaw chicken owner to 3 "pet" EEs, Chickie, Fluffy and Touhou. We live in unincorporated Spokane County, WA. Spokane, the city, allows chickens, neighboring city Millwood allows chickens, other neighbor city of Spokane Valley allows chickens IF you have 1 acre. County allows none if you live in a residential zone (which I do). I got the blessing of all my immediate neighbors before I bought my chickens. My yard is fully fenced (5 & 6ft) with vinyl fencing so no one can see in. Only way anyone would know is that there is a common area behind my house with a sidewalk that is popular with walkers and joggers. It's likely many have heard the egg song while passing by in the morning. Currently working on changing the ordinance for Spokane Valley to allow chickens on smaller lots (I have 1/2 an acre), and then will lobby the county to follow suit. I am optimistic. Hopefully no one complains until my girls are officially legal! My neighbors all love getting fresh eggs!

 

[dwdoc]

We really need to band together and find the smartest people here on this group (especially legal savvy types) and develop generic document that can be adapted to our individual situations. This document could be the basis for our efforts to have existing ordinances against chickens revised.

The document should include the pros of chicken ownership - not just the pros to the individual owner but the pros for the community - like mosquitoes control.

This document should also reflect that owners should be "self-policing" and if one lives in suburbia we are willing to restrict ourselves to "X number" of chickens.

I'd love to take on the project but I do not have the legal mind nor do I have the political know how. And honestly, I am so new to chickens (just started in mid-December) that I do not have enough chicken knowledge to speak intelligently about the species....but I do like them!