poll: are you legal or an outlaw?

[RM44]

Clucker according to the HOA, but I suspect they are just looking the other way. I try to keep a low profile by not stocking roosters. I only want the eggs anyway, so hens are alright with us!

Legal according to the state and county. In fact, in GA, poultry is a huge source of revenue, so our state laws and gov't agencies seem to be chicken friendly.

 

[ilroost]

100% legal and loving it

 

[ADozenGirlz]

We just learned that we're outlaws. <gulp> We thought, erroniously, that we were legit. Don't take legal advice from a friend who also has chickens illegally without knowing it.
We had ordered all females, but the 90% sexing guarantee turned into 2 roosters! We live in a fairly rural area with 2.17 acres of land and only 2 neighbors. One of whom wants to get chickens himself. The neighbors on the OTHER side of us complained to the town zoning official about the rooster without giving us the courtesy of a call first.
I had spoken with the town clerk about whether a permit was required for a chicken coop before we got it, not knowing that the town clerk was not the right place to go, and she told me there was no permit required. 5 months, about $3,000.00 and 2 unexpected roosters later...a letter arrives in the mail from the Zoning Office telling us we're in violation of the ordinance that requrires 5 acres of land to raise poultry. Crap!

We now know that the town doesn't enforce these ordinances without a complaint. We called the neighbor and had several very pleasant conversations with her about dropping the complaint AND she agreed to it and to our proposal to let the roosters stay as long as they remain in the coop until 7:30am daily.

Now we just need to convince the Zoning dude that he should just look the other way (which, we have heard he has done in the past). Wish us luck!

-The Outlaws.

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

I'm legal, but it never mattered to me. I got the chickens before I knew or cared what the law was. I wouldn't care if I was an outlaw.

 

[ADozenGirlz]

Quote:
I THOUGHT I wouldn't care if I was an outlaw five months ago when we first got our coop. However, when you're faced with the very real possibility that you may have to either remove your coop, losing a LOT of money, or face fines up the wa-zooo, one begins to care quite a bit.

 

[lex381]

questionably legal.......dont no if we gotta get a permit....but whatever!

 

[LittleFeat]

County: Legal
Subdivision: Illegal BUT if there's a problem...there's gonna be a lot of front-entrance detached garages being torn down. If one restriction is a problem, ALL restrictions are a problem!

 

[MontanaMomma]

Kind of legal? City ordinances say chickens can stay. Covenants say no. I've taken steps to change the covenants, but the developer (majority vote) is a-wall. Can't say I didn't try.

 

[shay20]

So now i know we are offically legal.
we had a surprise visit from the animal control for farm aniamls.
AND WE ARE GOOD TO KEEP GOING!!!

He says we are alset.

 

[Chickenaddict]

I'm a baaaaad mother clucker

I am on 1 acre in a suburb and proudly flaunt it by letting my chickens and ducks free range in the yard. The sherriff (whom is animal control out here) Drives by waving as I feed them scratch in the yard, I got neighbors wanting a few hens for their back yards too. I have a total of 43 bantams, 9 are roosters

. Before it was unknown and several folks around here had some so we just thought it would be ok. Recently they rewrote the ordinance in this area and you have to be on 5 acres or more and pay $300 for a permit to keep them and even after that I am sure they want no roosters around either. Several folks who had chickens have since paniced and got rid of them. I am the last one standing and I don't fall easy so I say Bring it on! I got the whole neighborhood plus businesses to back me up. Heck even the fire chief got a kick out of them when he was coming around to sell raffle tickets for a local get together at the fire station. I am pretty confident I can make a difference or at least say I tried. There are farms all over the place around here so I don't see what the big deal is.