Chickens

[cks511]

There used to be a chicken coop on my place.  I would love to have about 3-5 chickens.  Anyone know the real law about raising chickens in the city limits.  I read the ordinances and couldn't decipher it.

RM, go ahead I can't wait to see your smart-arse remark on this one.....LOL.

[rwarn17588]

You can have up to six adult chickens as long as they're kept 75 feet from adjoining properties and live in a structure (i.e., in a coop, not running loose).

I would strongly recommend not having any roosters, however.

[cannon_fodder]

I'd love to have a handful of chickens.  Useful and just funny IMHO.  They are fantastically random.

My dogs would probably use them as snacks though.

[RecycleMichael]

quote:Originally posted by cks511
RM, go ahead I can't wait to see your smart-arse remark on this one.....LOL.

I wouldn't want to fowl up your plan.

I think it sounds eggciting.

I would do it too, but I am too....wait for it...chicken.

[cks511]

quote:Originally posted by RecycleMichael

I would do it too, but I am too....wait for it...chicken.

eggsceptional reply RM

[BierGarten]

quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

You can have up to six adult chickens as long as they're kept 75 feet from adjoining properties and live in a structure (i.e., in a coop, not running loose).

I would strongly recommend not having any roosters, however.

In addition you can have up to 14 chicks up to the age of eight weeks.

Also, its 50 feet, not 75 feet.  And its 50 feet from the nearest "residence", not property.

[carltonplace]

A neighbor had some free range chickens running around. Pretty much every neighbor, dog and cat around were licking their lips for a chicken dinner until a one-eyed Pekinese finished them off.

[charky]

I used to live on Trenton...a couple blocks of Cherry St. One of our across the street neighbors had a few chickens. I'd always find them in my front yard after I had spread out some fescue seed.

[Radar]

Chickens are really smelly and require constant care.  The produce a ton of "waste" because you have to line the coop with fresh straw every couple of days.

I would strongly urge you not do this.

[RecycleMichael]

Chicken poop makes excellent compost...compost makes an excellent garden...gardening is good for the soul...

Chicken poop for the soul.

[Bumby]

I've had up to 5 silkie Bantams in my back yard.  I chose this breed because they can't fly so no worries about them getting out of my yard. Plus they are so fluffy and cute!  I have a small pen (aprox 4'x6') that has no bottom and can be moved around.  When they are penned up they happily scratch/kill the bermuda & weeds while fertilizing that spot in my garden.  Then I move the pen to another spot in my garden.  No straw involved really except in their little house in the winter and that becomes compost.  silkie bantams

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by Bumby

I've had up to 5 silkie Bantams in my back yard.  I chose this breed because they can't fly so no worries about them getting out of my yard. Plus they are so fluffy and cute!  I have a small pen (aprox 4'x6') that has no bottom and can be moved around.  When they are penned up they happily scratch/kill the bermuda & weeds while fertilizing that spot in my garden.  Then I move the pen to another spot in my garden.  No straw involved really except in their little house in the winter and that becomes compost.  silkie bantams

Those arent real. Thats just some Jim Henson muppet thingeys.

[Bumby]

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist
Those arent real. Thats just some Jim Henson muppet thingeys.

[]You might be right...Big Bird can't fly either!

[rwarn17588]

quote:Originally posted by Radar

Chickens are really smelly and require constant care.  The produce a ton of "waste" because you have to line the coop with fresh straw every couple of days.

Not that way I do it. Like Bumby, I have about a 4x10 coop without a bottom that I move around in my garden area every day.

It allows the five chickens to scratch, eat weed seeds and grass, fertilize the area, and I don't have to spend as much on feeding them. As long as you keep moving them around, they don't smell.

And I get eggs in the bargain.

[daniellezm]

oh my gosh this is the best news. someday i would love to have a few chickens...i was having a hard time figuring out if it was ok, too.