So, how many of you live in urban settings?

[rooster-red]

I don't know if it would fall under suburban or subrural

My house is on 3.5 acres on a hill off the deadend road of a large sudivision thats been there since the 70's. (my house was built here by my Father-in-law in the 40's)

The zoning is residential/agricultural on my land, so I get away with alot more than the people who live in the subdivision.

The town is big enough to have a mall, yet small enough to have a few feed stores.

We are 20 minutes West of the heart of downtown Atlanta, and 45 minutes East of the Alabama line.

 

[blue fire]

Kinda urban. We just found out our property adds up to an acre. Most of our neighbors don't know we have chickens.

 

[thndrdancr]

Right in the heart of the city, with the chickens in my front yard. Everyone gets to see them. lol

We are on a corner lot of a VERY busy main street, so the house sits sideways, leavin only a small strip of backyard, while the two sides and front has more space. Neighbor behind us is very very particular and would hate them. And no shade back there, no air when it gets hot, great for Okra an tomatoes when the neighbor doesnt put oil down on his fence line (which he just did again recently, killed off several okra plants ), anyhow, they are right outside my 81 year old mom's front window in the front yard...so I hose down the pen/tractor every night, breaking up all the poo, move it every 3 to 4 days a bit, and the girls get shade and we get to watch them a lot and mom loves it as long as I am super diligent! So do all the peeps drivin or walkin by, which I wished I had one or two more...but...I do believe the regs say two chickens, unless you pay a $50 permit then you can have up to 20, but have to have an inspector come and inspect the coop, as you have to have coop more than 50 feet from neighboring property (house) and more than 10 feet from property line.

I do kind of have a mess tho, as the coop itself is a "work in progress". lol

 

[momoftwinsinwi]

rural, 15 acres on a corner, but about 10 of it is marsh, so we get to have all the wildlife that comes with that, some welcome (deer, muskrat, egrit, cranes, herons, etc....however some not so welcome....FOX!!) I can't wait till my peeps start laying!!!

 

[Wolfpacker]

I do. Four minutes by car from the center of Downtown Raleigh. I have 'coons, 'possums, feral cats, and snakes on my property. No coyotes yet!

 

[chickenfeathers]

Rural...one stop light in the whole county!

These are our closest neighbors:

We rent out part of our property to neighbors with beef cattle.

There's a hidden stream behind the first cow.

 

[okiechick57]

Rural with OKC sneaking up on us ever so quickly. I have 5 acres.......going to move when the housing additions get within a mile of me...........all neighbors have 5 acres,mandatory for now ! I like that. My chickens still manage to go bug my neighbors who have Wolves !
This is Sherman Tank my horse......from my front door looking west

 

[chickenfeathers]

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Pretty property!

*Love* the name of your horse!!

 

[banditgin]

rural - I have about 15 acres, back to a state park. our chickens free roam during the day and are back in their crate (what they were in as chicks - still need to make them something more) at night. We only have 4 right now. they usually stay close to our house. luckily they haven't gone onto our street (its not busy but we're right after a curve and at the bottom of the mountain - hill by some standards).

our neighbors don't mind - I think the only one that knows is the one we're friends with cause he comes over.

 

[Frozen Feathers]

I'm zoned rural. I have neighbors on either side of me that are fairly close and no one minds about the chickens (or says anything). One neighbor has a bunch of laying hens that they keep cooped. My house sits fairly close to a main road and people drive too fast. I want to be more rural though, we are in the process of fixing up this place to sell and buy a modular and a chunk of land with no neighbors.