Sad Day - Chickens have been sold...

[eggzettera]

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Too funny, thats how I got into chickens......A## backwards, I liked the idea of having them "till" the ground, eat my "composit" and give me fertilizer, the eggs where just icing on the cake.

 

[Lunachick]

So sorry for you Salon. I think that stinks. I hope you get the best place and have whatever you want on your new property.

 

[Cheekon]

Good luck finding property that allows chickens.

 

[VaM715]

Thought I'd chime in here on this topic.
Covenant, by laws, home owners associations and the such, are, in a court of law considered to be "civil" matters. It is up to the person with the gripe to take you to court to "force" you to abide by such garbage. 98% of the gripers will do nothing but that, gripe. The others have to want to pay out of their pocket, all related court cost's to "force" you to abide by this stuff. I live in the middle of three hundred acres, but my house sits on a 7 acre tract that reads on the plat, "No fowl, swine or bovines." I have been challenged by three of the surrounding home owners about my roosters. I told them all the same thing, "Take me to court." By the time they try to hire a lawyer , who usually won't even consider it, and find out what it's gonna cost them, they tend to back away. The counties usually have no jurisdictio in it, so they tend to stay out of it and let the landowners fight it out. Now, I realize I'm not you, but before I changed my life for somebody else, I'd make them push it to the extreme. Even if you loose in court, it still cost them money to push the topic! Maybe I'm just more spiteful, at least thats what my wife says!!!

 

[tnkinhunting]

We live in the city - but chickens, cows and horses were "grandfathered" in on our land (thats why we bought it when it came up for sale) even tho the city ordances say no farm animals. we don't have much over one acre. Can't imagine your situation. You can have anything on three acres or more here. Best of luck.

 

[Nuggetsowner:)]

I am sorry to hear about your situation! I got my first chickens the same weekend our newest neighbors moved in. We live on 1 acre that is part of a seven house subdivision just outside of town. The neighbor came over the next weekend as we were in the garage playing with the chicks and asked...What are you gonna do with those? I looked at her like DUH!?! I had check out all laws and what not ahead of time but how rude! She had barely introduced herself!!!
Good luck on fiding a better place!!

 

[Cetawin]

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My dad and grandfather did that every morning for nearly two weeks with an airboat they were building...which as you know had a single engine off of a Cesna airplane

That was retaliation against a neighbor who complained about grandpa mule. hahahaha There are always ways to deal with nasty neighbors.

Even in Portland, Oregon, not a small town, you can have 3 chickens within city limits without a permit. Sheesh people amaze me. Sounds like the neighbor I dealt with last night. I posted about it in Everything else chicken...she thinks chickens are killers.