Backyard chooks

[kelijene]

I live in the city and am currently setting up a spot to keep chickens . Does anyone have any advice or experiences to share re buying and keeping chickens in suburbia?

 

[Nater_Tater]

First thing you'll want to do is check with you're city ordanances...I know some cities will not let you keep livestock/farm animals within the city limits.

We're not even alowed to have livestock in my little town of less than 700 people! You should definatly check up on that before you go out and spend alot of money on chickens.

 

[kelijene]

Thanks, Nater. I have checked, and we are allowed to keep them, under certain conditions: their roosting area must be on concrete, they are to be kept at least 4.5m from any dwelling, and no roosters - not that we wanted those anyhow!

I'm surprised you can't keep them in such a small town!

 

[Nater_Tater]

Yeah I know, It's crazy!

Trust me you don't want a rooster, I've heard horrible stories about people being attacked by them...and they are noisy!!!

 

[kelijene]

Ah, the roosters, at my mum's place they crow all night! And then in the daytime there's the geese and peacocks, at times the noise can be deafening! But they're entertaining to watch, and the kids love them, and it's a nice change from the city. Mum's entertaining to watch too, she treats those animals like children - in fact, I think she treats em better than she ever did us!

 

[ChepNewBooks]

Keep they're area clean clean clean! If you don't, people will complain about the smell.

 

[Daughter of His]

Are you on very friendly terms with your close neighbors? I say this because we had neighbors with chickens and a rooster. Oh how I wanted to leave them a recipie for rooster stew. This rooster crowed almost every hour 24/7. very loudly and we were close. The rooster dissappeared, thankfully and later the hens began to crow. Rabbits are nice.

 

[kelijene]

We won't have any roosters; we don't want them and we're not allowed anyway, so I don't think the neighbours would get upset unless we didn't keep the area clean and allowed the smell to become offensive.

 

[oldrooster]

Yeah I know, It's crazy!

Trust me you don't want a rooster, I've heard horrible stories about people being attacked by them...and they are noisy!!!

We are not that noisy......

 

[Ave Maria]

Are you on very friendly terms with your close neighbors? I say this because we had neighbors with chickens and a rooster. Oh how I wanted to leave them a recipie for rooster stew. This rooster crowed almost every hour 24/7. very loudly and we were close. The rooster dissappeared, thankfully and later the hens began to crow. Rabbits are nice.

Wow! I didn't know that hens would crow! My Mom has some chickens and my step-Dad has them so spoiled that they'll chase you wanting to be petted! But then again, they live in a rural area too so it isn't much of a problem. They also own a goat, some ducks, dogs, and some cats. Two of the cats are mostly indoor and outdoor cats. The rest are strictly outdoor cats. The one is a beautiful male Seal Point Siamese named Simba. He's about 7 years old and is treated just like the human members of the family. Everyone adores Simba Joseph Williams! He goes outside a lot but he also comes inside at night. Then there is the new gray Tabby kitten they got whose name is Princess. She's adorable! She's currently an inside cat until she gets older and then she'll likely be a mostly outdoor cat.