Re: raising chickens in city

[Guest guest]

I'm confused with one comment you made about not being able to raise chickens

in the city. That's one of the things I advocate...add a few chickens and a

Thanksgiving turkey to your yard. I started with a few laying hens and now

raise meat birds (chix, duck, turkey) as well. There are a number of families

in our area raising chickens in their yards.

[Guest guest]

> I'm confused with one comment you made about not being able to raise chickens

> in the city. That's one of the things I advocate...add a few chickens and a

> Thanksgiving turkey to your yard. I started with a few laying hens and now

> raise meat birds (chix, duck, turkey) as well. There are a number of families

> in our area raising chickens in their yards.

>

>

I would imagine most municipalities have bylaws against harboring farm animals.

I know the town in Alberta I live near does and we are in a real rural farming

area.

You are lucky to be able to keep hens. I think most places you could not.

regards, Bruce

[Guest guest]

May be able to in some places, but having them in your residental

yard in St. Louis County, unless you are a certified farm is very

much illegal. No goats, chickens, ducks, etc. If it's an edible,

you can't have it for a pet. Can't raise chickens in this city!

> I'm confused with one comment you made about not being able to

raise chickens

> in the city. That's one of the things I advocate...add a few

chickens and a

> Thanksgiving turkey to your yard. I started with a few laying

hens and now

> raise meat birds (chix, duck, turkey) as well. There are a number

of families

> in our area raising chickens in their yards.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>I'm confused with one comment you made about not being able to raise chickens

>in the city. That's one of the things I advocate...add a few chickens and a

>Thanksgiving turkey to your yard. I started with a few laying hens and now

>raise meat birds (chix, duck, turkey) as well. There are a number of families

>in our area raising chickens in their yards.

In some cities you CAN raise chickens and I'm with you ...

people SHOULD. They are a lot less fuss than a dog or cat.

I harvested 63 lbs. of meat today, the second half of our

meat birds (7 birds, avg of 9 lbs each). In some places

it is illegal, but it usually isn't an issue unless a neighbor

reports you (which is unlikely with meat birds, they aren't there

all that long and aren't noisy).

I've even heard of people keeping chickens on apartment

balconies!

BTW if anyone in the Seattle area wants some Bantam chickens,

I'd love to give away some extras. These aren't meat birds, they

are mostly " just for fun " birds but I got a batch of 10 and I really

don't want all of them. Contact me privately ...

-- Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

How about a fire escape?? Ha ha...if I get the apartment I'm trying to buy,

I'll post a picture of my chickens. That is if my little lions don't get

them first!

Actually, I think chickens might be happy on a balcony. My husband and I

were in Tobago (as in " Trinidad and.. " ) over Christmas and the local

free-range chickens laid eggs on our porch every morning. The most

hilarious thing was that my husband was scared to eat them! I, of course,

gobbled them up immediately.

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> I've even heard of people keeping chickens on apartment

> balconies!

[Guest guest]

> May be able to in some places, but having them in your residental

> yard in St. Louis County, unless you are a certified farm is very

> much illegal. No goats, chickens, ducks, etc. If it's an edible,

> you can't have it for a pet. Can't raise chickens in this city!>

ya i guess it's variable. in my town (in southern oregon) for

example, the law states that you can't have chickens within 200 feet

of someone else's structure. but they also said they don't enforce

it. the only way they'd get involved is if one of my neighbors

complained. and the ones next to me would. i asked her and she,

rightly so, pointed out that her 2 springer spaniel dogs would go

crazy barking at the chickens. i think they even bark at

spiders. ::rolling eyes::: very disappointing.....

vera

[Guest guest]

Couldn't help but notice mention of Oregon--I live in Mid-Willamette

Valley, we can have chickens, but the size of the lot dictates how

many chooks on property. Oddly enough the requirements were

for " adult chickens " , didn't say anything about chicks.

We have a large enough lot that we can have as many as we want and

can keep odor free--provided we are 10 feet from nearest property

line, coop must be 25 feet from nearest residence.

Our chickens love eating kefiili!

Leann

> > May be able to in some places, but having them in your

residental

> > yard in St. Louis County, unless you are a certified farm is

very

> > much illegal. No goats, chickens, ducks, etc. If it's an

edible,

> > you can't have it for a pet. Can't raise chickens in this city!>

>

> ya i guess it's variable. in my town (in southern oregon) for

> example, the law states that you can't have chickens within 200

feet

> of someone else's structure. but they also said they don't

enforce

> it. the only way they'd get involved is if one of my neighbors

> complained. and the ones next to me would. i asked her and she,

> rightly so, pointed out that her 2 springer spaniel dogs would go

> crazy barking at the chickens. i think they even bark at

> spiders. ::rolling eyes::: very disappointing.....

>

> vera

[Guest guest]

> Couldn't help but notice mention of Oregon--I live in Mid-Willamette

> Valley, we can have chickens, but the size of the lot dictates how

> many chooks on property. Oddly enough the requirements were

> for " adult chickens " , didn't say anything about chicks.

In Portland, we can have three chickens without a permit and any number

WITH a permit. We're not allowed to keep roosters.

Lynn S.

of the " no coop yet but check next spring " S's...

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http://www.siprelle.com/

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[Guest guest]

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>Actually, I think chickens might be happy on a balcony. My husband and I

>were in Tobago (as in " Trinidad and.. " ) over Christmas and the local

>free-range chickens laid eggs on our porch every morning. The most

>hilarious thing was that my husband was scared to eat them! I, of course,

>gobbled them up immediately.

How polluted do you suppose their eggs might be, though? Not that chickens

are an option on a fire escape anyway, but I've been reluctant to even grow

herbs in a pot here in Manhattan -- not that the countryside is any less

polluted, I suppose. In fact, much of it is worse, just with different

pollutants.

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[Guest guest]

From: Idol << I've been reluctant to even grow herbs in a pot here in

Manhattan -- not that the countryside is any less polluted, I suppose. In fact,

much of it is worse, just with different pollutants.>>

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I had the same 'worry' about growing herbs here in London... someone pointed out

the large patches of lichen we have growing on roofs and pavements in our part

of town... said Lichen is very sensitive to air pollution so this is a good sign

re the air quality here...

noticed any lichen round where you live?

Dedy

[Guest guest]

Dedy-

>noticed any lichen round where you live?

Nope! Perhaps the moisture levels or temperatures are wrong, though. NYC

gets quite hot and humid in the summer and, at least at times, very cold in

the winter. London is much more even, isn't it?

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