Owning chickens illegally

[ShrekDawg]

@MadelineLovesHerTinyBirds @ChickenFriends234 @Huntmaster @friednotscrambled

This thread was from 2 years ago and the OP was last seen 2 years ago. It is highly unlikely that you will hear from them and I would assume this is resolved.

I didn’t realize OP hasn’t been on in 2 years either. Still, they could come back lol maybe? Idk.

 

[GlicksChicks]

I mean I’ve posted stuff 2, 5, 10 years ago and I’m still extremely active on the site and would respond lol idk if the OP is though. I see your point. But 2 years isn’t THAT old. People sometimes leave and come back from that. 10-12+ years would be really old and a lot less likely.

Which is why I said unlikely, though it could be possible. But the OP of this thread has not been on since a month or so after this post.

 

[GlicksChicks]

I didn’t realize OP hasn’t been on in 2 years either. Still, they could come back lol maybe? Idk.

They could, but who knows how many notifications they would have after 2 years and probably wouldn't check them all lol.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Which is why I said unlikely, though it could be possible. But the OP of this thread has not been on since a month or so after this post.

Oh okay I missed that part. And the fact that they haven’t been on lol

 

[ShrekDawg]

They could, but who knows how many notifications they would have after 2 years and probably wouldn't check them all lol.

Very true lol

 

[SourRoses]

@GlicksChicks I believe @MadelineLovesHerTinyBirds was responding to @SourRoses post and she is still active on BYC last seen today at 4:34 am

Oooh nooo, someone is spying on meee and my insomnia browsing...
Hehe, kidding!

You're right that some of us long-term members still see old stuff!

 

[SourRoses]

Orange City Florida, abutting DeLand and a little north of Orlando has written into their "chicken" laws that chickens may not be kept in your house. Which is ridiculous when people can own African Grey parrots and Maccaws and there exists breeds of chickens like Seŕamas only kept as pets - not meat or eggs that are the size of Doves. Google them. The difference between ST Bernard's and Great Danes and a Chihuahua.
Like 5 Irish Wolf dogs may be a lot but don't compare to Teacup poodles...
It should be about hygiene, noise from say 10pm to 7 am*, and health of the animals. *Roosters could be brought inside during quite hours. And noise shouldn't be about be about can they simply be heard - I mean a Canary can be heard from outside sometimes - but whether it is truly loud. Akin to what we'd call a nuisance dog.

Shame they made such an ordinance. Hopefully it doesn't spread to other areas.

Don't worry, I don't need to google what a Serama looks like. The Silkies I mentioned are pretty similar in their pet qualities. I agree with your point.



I'd like to point out, for other respondents in this thread, there's a difference between local ordinance and actual laws. If you break a law, you can be arrested. Break an ordinance, you can be fined. They could fine you until you lose your house, if you own it, but they still can't arrest you unless you've been to court and found in contempt. Just so we're clear about "lawbreakers", lol.
There's other assorted ordinance on the books in almost every county nationwide that would shock people if it were enforced...
so many "lawbreakers" drinking on Sunday, placing their trashcans an incorrect number of feet from the curb... marrying someone who's too different, or cohabitating without marriage
Allowing vessels to collect rainwater! Fiends! Don't you know that water belongs to the whole public and needs to freely flow into the ground to replenish aquifers!!!

 

[MadelineLovesHerTinyBirds]

Chickens are considered livestock and fall under different laws/rules than pets which is what everything else you mentioned is considered and fall under those laws/rules. Not that I disagree with your point but that's how its looked at.

Yep.
But "pet pigs" have been normalized.
And it's about lumping 200 breeds of chickens (like dogs) into 1 "cover-all" which doesn't even cover what it should.
- Thanks for reading.

 

[MadelineLovesHerTinyBirds]

Shame they made such an ordinance. Hopefully it doesn't spread to other areas.

Don't worry, I don't need to google what a Serama looks like. The Silkies I mentioned are pretty similar in their pet qualities. I agree with your point.



I'd like to point out, for other respondents in this thread, there's a difference between local ordinance and actual laws. If you break a law, you can be arrested. Break an ordinance, you can be fined. They could fine you until you lose your house, if you own it, but they still can't arrest you unless you've been to court and found in contempt. Just so we're clear about "lawbreakers", lol.
There's other assorted ordinance on the books in almost every county nationwide that would shock people if it were enforced...
so many "lawbreakers" drinking on Sunday, placing their trashcans an incorrect number of feet from the curb... marrying someone who's too different, or cohabitating without marriage
Allowing vessels to collect rainwater! Fiends! Don't you know that water belongs to the whole public and needs to freely flow into the ground to replenish aquifers!!!

 

[MadelineLovesHerTinyBirds]

Here's a thought. Don't have chickens if it is against the law in your area?

AND/OR....Work/meet with others who would like to own chickens and form a group that can be proactive... Go to city council meetings, etc...and try to change the ordinance. Be organized and have evidence in hand to show that keeping 2-3 hens is no noisier than having dogs that bark every once in a while.

Or break the law and take your chances.

Some of these ordinances get passed after people have Chickens. I saw it happen in Gulfport FL, where police were pursing someone who ran through a yard that had 8 hens. The family was later "revisted" with a code violation fine. When there was no such code. It came up before city council with everyone one in the tiny art community having, suddenly, an opinion on birds they hadn't even known of before.
It was my neighboring community but I went to show support and share supporting facts with those on the "pro" side.