Growing The Coop

[chopsaw]

Last year Missouri passed a law that stripped the decision on chickens in residential neighborhoods away from the HOA . Left it to the local officials . So the City issued a statement that " Nothing will change , NO backyard chickens in residential neighborhoods "
So a guy down the street fenced off part of his front yard , and put 4 birds out there .

 

[Fueling Around]

I chuckle at the regulations and how they vary.
30+ years ago in the Seattle area a friend lived between Seattle & Renton city limits, but in generic King County. One could not tell the difference as the houses were all neighborhood. King County allowed 4 hens per resident. Her neighbor was a household of 3 which meant they had 12 chickens. They did a great job of keeping it clean so minimal odor.

No chickens or bees in my Minnesota yard as I live within city limits. I grow a lot of flowers as well as my garden to support the native bees and bumble bees.

We are in that township (Midway), and no HOA.
Got 1.5 acres so it's not like we are sitting in each others laps. Everyone is at least .75 acres

Should be an easy sell to the Township board to allow limited domestic agriculture such as chickens and bees in your area.

Last year Missouri passed a law that stripped the decision on chickens in residential neighborhoods away from the HOA . Left it to the local officials . So the City issued a statement that " Nothing will change , NO backyard chickens in residential neighborhoods "
So a guy down the street fenced off part of his front yard , and put 4 birds out there .

That is funny and I hope he wins.

We live in rural Clermont Florida and they just passed an ordinance allowing 4 hens per household. I haven't read the details to see where people can house 4 chickens in the postage stamp yards so common in the modern developments. Old school housing should have no problem.

 

[byounghusband]

Nice add to the flock!!
Our coop is a 10x16 shed. I have raised roosting bars with trays under them that we add pdz to them, so we scoop up the dropping like kitty litter. Underneath the trays is caged in to house chick as they grow. We have a 12x17 outside chick yard made from Chain link dog run panels, completely sealed from critters using corrugated metalon1/2 the roof and then1/2" hardware cloth on theother1/2. I even took the same hardware cloth, 4' pieces and folded them in half the sit on the ground and against the chain link. Nothing can dig into the chicken yard. only issue I have ad with critters inside that are a few snakes, but they are after the eggs, not the chickens.

 

[pineywoods]

I chuckle at the regulations and how they vary.
30+ years ago in the Seattle area a friend lived between Seattle & Renton city limits, but in generic King County. One could not tell the difference as the houses were all neighborhood. King County allowed 4 hens per resident. Her neighbor was a household of 3 which meant they had 12 chickens. They did a great job of keeping it clean so minimal odor.

No chickens or bees in my Minnesota yard as I live within city limits. I grow a lot of flowers as well as my garden to support the native bees and bumble bees.


Should be an easy sell to the Township board to allow limited domestic agriculture such as chickens and bees in your area.


That is funny and I hope he wins.

We live in rural Clermont Florida and they just passed an ordinance allowing 4 hens per household. I haven't read the details to see where people can house 4 chickens in the postage stamp yards so common in the modern developments. Old school housing should have no problem.

John I can remember when you could have had 400 chickens around Clermont and nobody would have cared they more than likely would have been surrounded by orange groves. It's sad what it looks like in that area anymore. I'm guessing if you went up in the Citrus Tower you wouldn't see a single citrus tree. I avoid that whole area anymore if I can but once in awhile end up driving through there