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Urban chickens are all the rage in many cities. In Portland we had friends who had 4 chickens on a 5000 sq foot city lot. Most cities have a limit of how many you can legally have. In Portland it was 3, but this friend liked the idea of pairs.
They were great for fresh, organic eggs and compost. If you do a google search of Urban Chickens it's amazing how many hits you would get.
Aftering visit some chickens in Chatam Co my son was bummed to hear we can't have any here... HOA rule against farm animals. For once I was glad to have that HOA rule to fall back on. I'm not a fan of eggs and it's alot of messy work for what you get.
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I love the idea of getting one of these and keeping a couple of chickens so that I can have fresh eggs every day. I wonder how my neighbors would react.
I love the idea of getting one of these and keeping a couple of chickens so that I can have fresh eggs every day. I wonder how my neighbors would react.
Perhaps you were impacted by that seventies sitcom The Good Life (retitled Good Neighbors in the US). BBC - Cult - Classic TV - BBC - Title Sequences - The Good Life. I suspect my mid-life crisis will lean in this direction rather than a sports car. I would forgo the life-stock though and focus on home-grown fruits and vegetables.
We (okay, I) wanted chickens when we moved here, but after some research found out that they were not allowed in the Durham city limits. Now I can't find the code supporting that. We don't have an HOA. Would love specific confirmation about Durham!
We (okay, I) wanted chickens when we moved here, but after some research found out that they were not allowed in the Durham city limits. Now I can't find the code supporting that. We don't have an HOA. Would love specific confirmation about Durham!
Yikes! Well, that might slant me in my choice between whether to live in Durham or Chapel Hill/Carrboro. I need to look into this, as we are thinking of getting some chickens... If they aren't allowed, certainly, it's time for Durham citizens to try to change the regulations.
Yikes! Well, that might slant me in my choice between whether to live in Durham or Chapel Hill/Carrboro. I need to look into this, as we are thinking of getting some chickens... If they aren't allowed, certainly, it's time for Durham citizens to try to change the regulations.
I like that idea! We can spin it that some how chickens will make Durham seem like a safer, more down to earth place.
If it were a weekday, I'd call Durham One Call and find out for sure! But since it's not I've burrowed down in the minutiae of the zoning ordinance and think that in my house's zone, we are not allowed to have chickens. "In the RS districts, agricultural uses shall only be permitted in the RS-20 District."
If you are interested, find your zone:
Durham, NC - City of Medicine (http://www.ci.durham.nc.us/departments/planning/atlas.cfm - broken link)
In high school I lived on a super small farm that was mostly used for running a landscaping business. We had a dozen chickens once and I had the un-pleasure of caring for them. I can say without a doubt that chicken crap is THE WORST animal waste I had to deal with. Worse than 2 pigs, 1 bull cow, or the hut full of pheasants that I raised for 4H. The endless eggs were nice, though. And it made for a fun high school Halloween stink fest. And in the end I was able to confirm they really can run around with their heads off. And flip. And jump. And flap. And one even bawked. Spooky stuff.
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I've burrowed down in the minutiae of the zoning ordinance and think that in my house's zone, we are not allowed to have chickens. "In the RS districts, agricultural uses shall only be permitted in the RS-20 District."
