Poop smell??

[Sparrow]

If the city hassles you...buy chicken diapers and keep them inside! Problem solved.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That would keep the feces in one place but wouldn't placate officials cause they just don't get it.
We have something like 92 cities all crammed into St. Louis County, in addition to the city of St. Louis. Every one has different rules. St. Louis allows 4 with no permit and up to 10 with a kennel permit. But in the county it's a mess. The cities are so small and diverse that a person on one side of the street might be able to have 6 chickens, the person across the street may be completely restricted from having them and the guy down the street can have unlimited numbers and roosters. It's crazy. That doesn't even count all the subdivision indentures - most of which don't allow them.
Our StLouisChickens group with almost 600 members has been working to get chickens allowed city by city.
In the last 18 months we were successful in 5 cities and hit a brick wall in 2 others.
2 of our members are in court at present with their respective subdivisions.

The funny thing is that the wealthier cities have no or very few restrictions. 2 of the wealthiest allow roosters.
The smaller and poorer the city the more likely they are to restrict.
I read that 96 of the 100 largest cities in the US allow chickens in some way.

 

[hisandhernandez]

our city is really looking like they are gonna change things, they do allow chickens but they have to be 100 feet from someone who doesn't own them. That's not an issue with my house. But my 'hood might not change things. HOWEVER... I have heard that NO ONE will notice 3 birds if they are cared for!! AND every neighbor I've asked has only hesitated for a second then said yes. I also have anxiety and depression and after reading all these posts about how chickens can help with that I was thinking of getting a note from a doctor saying that I need them for my depression etc if they try to take them away. Sneaky and smart huh?