Urban chicken keeping
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check your local ordinances about keeping fowl in your town/city
it is ILLEGAL in some areas, or if you have under a certain sized plot ect.
and in those cases they can seize your birds.
if it is legal in your area though as long as you dont keep a rooster they can be fun pets.
backyardchickens.com is a real good site and there UK based
it is ILLEGAL in some areas, or if you have under a certain sized plot ect.
and in those cases they can seize your birds.
if it is legal in your area though as long as you dont keep a rooster they can be fun pets.
backyardchickens.com is a real good site and there UK based
We kept 4 hens in downtown Tucson. They were quiet, and the four eggs a day were a literal lifesaver when we both got laid off while I was pregnant. We'd dumpster dive at the university to find scraps for them to eat, and then eat their eggs and chilies from our garden.
Right now we have 6 hens and a muscovy duck. Muscovies are nice too, they don't quack!
If you can't get chickens, check into button quail. They are really wonderful and mellow, and lay tons of eggs too.
Right now we have 6 hens and a muscovy duck. Muscovies are nice too, they don't quack!
If you can't get chickens, check into button quail. They are really wonderful and mellow, and lay tons of eggs too.
Raising Backyard Chickens. Purchase Chicken Coops, Baby Chicks, Raise Pet Chickens in Your Backyard, Learn About Chicken Breeds!
great site you can choose between a bunch of different breeds.. like easter eggers! lol
and they have these awesome coops that look like multicolored igloos lol
they sell chicks in groups as little as 3, so you can start with just a few..
great site
you can choose between a bunch of different breeds.. like easter eggers! lol and they have these awesome coops that look like multicolored igloos lol
they sell chicks in groups as little as 3, so you can start with just a few..
Oddly I was just looking into this and believe it or not the City of St. Paul, which is very urban, allows 3 hens on a city lot. Sadly, I live in Dakota County and St. Paul is Ramsey county, eventhough it's only 2 blocks away...the border, I mean.
So, I am out of luck...two lousey blocks = no chickens. I did think about writing my city and informing them that St. Paul allows it. I want me some chickens, dang it.
So, I am out of luck...two lousey blocks = no chickens. I did think about writing my city and informing them that St. Paul allows it. I want me some chickens, dang it.
in our town you have to have a certain sized lot to be allowed...
my parents are JUST under (by .02 of an acre) but the zoning guy said as long as the neighbors dont complain then noones going to check...
our closest neighbor would have our actual house and about 1/2 an acre between us, pluss a tall fence, the other 2 are up the hill and seperated by bushes.
as long as we only keep hens (and even then were looking at 5 or 6) we should be ok.
generally if noone complains noone checks.
is up to you to decide whether its worth that risk though.
my parents are JUST under (by .02 of an acre) but the zoning guy said as long as the neighbors dont complain then noones going to check...
our closest neighbor would have our actual house and about 1/2 an acre between us, pluss a tall fence, the other 2 are up the hill and seperated by bushes.
as long as we only keep hens (and even then were looking at 5 or 6) we should be ok.
generally if noone complains noone checks.
is up to you to decide whether its worth that risk though.
buttonquail are sometimes considered game birds, sometimes considered poulty and sometimes considered pets, it usually depends on the way in which you keep them, alot of small scale button quail keepers keep them in the house, there small, quiet and relitvly "clean" birds and not big flyers/jumpers so in that respect most people consider them "pets"
most neighbors wouldnt recognize a button quail as anything other than a pet either (they are very cute lol)
most neighbors wouldnt recognize a button quail as anything other than a pet either (they are very cute lol)
We used to have chickens. =) Then again we only had one direct neighbour and we had the coop on the side of the house where they couldn't see or hear or whatever them ^^
Just have to be careful with wolves of cayoties (Ours we're killed one night )
Imagine having an Emu in your yard. That my freak out the neighbours ^^ Although... hmm might be kindof funny to see their faces
Just have to be careful with wolves of cayoties (Ours we're killed one night
) Imagine having an Emu in your yard.
That my freak out the neighbours ^^ Although... hmm might be kindof funny to see their faces 
I live in a small rural sort of village, in town and it seems like half the urban blocks have a mini pony, a donkey, goats, chickens, sheep or alpacas in their backyard lol.
Dads got chickens, I'd check with the council but I love having them here. Fresh eggs everyday and Buster is surprisingly good with them.
I love watching them contentedly poking around the yard, they're gorgeous.
One thing to remember though is that they will rip up the garden, we have to go around every couple of days and rake all the top soil and stuff into the gardens again. Most of the plants here are pretty mature so they don't actually do much damage, just mess it up but atm they're 100% confines to their run because we've just put in the vegies for next year and don't want to loose all our seedlings.
I know a lot of people that have they're chickens extremly tame, I house sat for someone that had 3 as pets for their kids and you could just walk over and pick any of them up and carry it around.
Dads got chickens, I'd check with the council but I love having them here. Fresh eggs everyday and Buster is surprisingly good with them.
I love watching them contentedly poking around the yard, they're gorgeous.
One thing to remember though is that they will rip up the garden, we have to go around every couple of days and rake all the top soil and stuff into the gardens again. Most of the plants here are pretty mature so they don't actually do much damage, just mess it up but atm they're 100% confines to their run because we've just put in the vegies for next year and don't want to loose all our seedlings.
I know a lot of people that have they're chickens extremly tame, I house sat for someone that had 3 as pets for their kids and you could just walk over and pick any of them up and carry it around.