I can honestly say it is because I had already purchased and fell in love with our sebastopol goose and chickens before I found out that I wasn't supposed to have them. I have 3 different horse farms within 2 blocks of my house, the lady one street over has a llama that she walks around the neighborhood on Halloween and there is a man who owns peacocks 1/2 mile down the road (that I hear every morning as I leave for work) so it never occurred to me that I wasn't allowed to have chickens. They may not be legal, but at least my animals are quiet at night, which is more than I can say for my neighbors' dogs (which they let out at 2 to 3 o'clock every morning) who bark incessantly for no reason. I have a healthy respect for the law -- I have worked in the legal field for 20 years. But, on this I am breaking the law and I know it. My family and I are enjoying the heck out of our "little farm" in the city and when and if the time comes that code enforcement comes by and tells me they gotta go, I have already made arrangements to relocate them and you will not find me on here whining about it.
