Well... my "urban farm" got busted.. Meeting tonight!

[FarmerChad]

The girls had only been outside for 2 whole nights, then the city police stopped by (last Friday).They informed me that I was not allowed to have chickens in the city. Handed me a copy of the ordinance. All of which I knew ahead of time. Kinda funny though, the officers had this look on their faces as if they were even ashamed to be standing there telling me this.

The city council meeting is tonight. We plan to attend and see what can be done to help change the ordinance. Wish us luck. I will update later tonight all the details.

 

[chickcorner]

Good luck, RI pulled it off, Hope you can too.

 

[dkvart1]

Awww shucks, that ... searching for a word that won't get me censored.... is really really rotten. Sorry to hear, but the chance one takes with "knew it all along". Hope you are up for it, can be tough going sometimes.

Wishing you the best of luck, I'd be interested in hearing how the meeting goes.

 

[SunnyCalifornia]

Best of luck to you!! I hope it goes well!

Hard to believe you got busted for only two hens. Are they especially noisy?

 

[jennh]

See if you can get some neighbor's support to go along with you.

 

[Sandy16]

Good Luck! Hopefully you can get things changed!!

 

[The Tinman]

It must of been the nieghbors that calle since the chickens were out only 2 nights.
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[seabreeze]

That really SUCKS!! I don't understand why city folk have such a hard time with someone having hens. I can understand roos, but hens?

The only noise they really make is when laying and then small chirring noises throughout the day. I really hate being part of the human race sometimes.

 

[Chicken.Lytle]

Why must city folk interfere with property rights so much?

If they don't ban parrots then maybe you can keep them indoors like clandestinechickens.blogspot.com does. That is, if their objection is that it disturbs the neighbors. If they regulate what happens inside your home, then they need to be replaced with reasonable regulators.

 

[JulieNKC]

Good luck!