Hi, I am Nancy and just joined. We live in Phoenix and just encountered a problem regarding our pet chickens. We started with 4 chicks a year ago and one turned out to be a little rooster. He is part of the family but didn't want to disturb the neighbors so at night he came in the house and didn't go out till 8:45 or later during the day. Figured any crowing wouldn't disturb anyone per se, and then last June had another 4 baby chicks and one turned out to be a little rooster also. When he bagan to crow he also came into the house for the night. Anyway, someone finally complained and reported us to the City of Phoenix. Before they came out we were very fortunate and found a wonderful home for both, but when the City did come out, they saw our hens and because of regulations, we are in violation. It reads as follows, "It is unlawful to keep poultry within the City on a parcel of land less than ten thousand square feet without written permission from all lawful occupants and owners of adjoining lots or parcels of land." The City has been helpful and dropped off the documents that we need to comply with and also gave us an extension to accomplish. The hangup is that the signatures need to be notarized, but we have offered to pay for the cost. This might be what is required for you to continue to keep you chickens also. We feel pretty lucky and believe all the neighbors will sign (one neighbor we dont know and has very noisy dogs, and one other neighbor has a cat that has gotten a couple of our chicks and feels bad) and that this will all be just a formality. So check it out. Our chickens are family and we miss our roosters, but still get to see them (visitation privileges...). Good luck.
