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Barnyard Buddies:  How Do I Find Out About Chicken Laws ?update!!!  |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
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Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
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 Posted - Dec 05 2011 : 2:03:19 PM
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So far I have left messages with three government employees. None have called me back.
Do you know of some awesome database? Apparently people are trying to ban roosters, but allow more hens, and also consider .5 acres for more animals. I just want to make sure.
I want to know if I can have a Cochin Bantam rooster. I live in unincorporated Pierce Co; WA.
“It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.”-Charlie Brown |
Edited by - one_dog_per_acre on Dec 07 2011 5:15:39 PM |
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
1511 Posts
tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Dec 05 2011 : 2:07:46 PM
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call your local animal reg...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
1507 Posts
Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
1507 Posts |
Posted - Dec 05 2011 : 2:42:31 PM
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Hi Trish:
try searching for Washington codes and ordinances on this website:
http://www.mrsc.org/codes.aspx (Cities are listed first then counties towards the bottom)
This is where we go to look up codes when we are designing projects. Good luck!
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Edited by - edlund33 on Dec 05 2011 2:46:51 PM |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Dec 05 2011 : 4:13:31 PM
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Thanks, Marilyn
Animal Control only deals with complaints. I have been tying to get someone from zoning to talk to me.
“It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.”-Charlie Brown |
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1145 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Dec 06 2011 : 02:41:48 AM
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WOW! County code is so confusing, and long. Lucky me, I have to figure it out from zoning section 18 A which is over 300 pages of mostly charts and abbreviations.
I can do it though, I know I can, because the guy at city hall said that I knew more than he did about poultry laws. Luckily, I'm not in city limits where you can only have three hens, because I want Easter Egger Bantams. I am concerned about the rooster because I am considering a small Cochin Bantam family. AAAwww.
As of now I think I can have 12 chickens including roosters.
Oh Marilyn,
Woe is me. I really love my new fabulous friend, and she is deathly allergic to bee stings. Also to beans. Two of my most favorite things in life are honey and beans.
“It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.”-Charlie Brown |
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
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Posted - Dec 06 2011 : 08:19:08 AM
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go to your city hall & ask for a copy of the cities bi-laws, it may cost, mine was $10 for our small town, but it will tell you about what animals you can have, how many feet of land you need to have, how close to a neighbors property it can be, what out buildings you can have & what size....what ever you do do not tell them until you know exactly what the laws are there that you are wanting chickens or have chickens...the reason I say this is if they speak to the town code people in passing about you, you become a person on their raidar(sp?) & next thing you know you may have the city permit people out there checking your place for violations ect....Michele'
Chickens rule!
The Old Batz Farm
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Dec 06 2011 : 09:09:44 AM
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I am outside of city limit. I called City Hall, they referred me to County Zoning. Next I am going to call chicken breeders and the feed store.
“It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.”-Charlie Brown |
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
1507 Posts
Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
1507 Posts |
Posted - Dec 06 2011 : 09:20:56 AM
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Trish, you should be able to search for terms within the document. If not on MRSC then on Pierce County's website or their code publisher's website. Poultry, chickens, roosters and livestock would be the most likely terms they will use.
Unincorporated King County allows chickens, but my homeowners association doesn't. If I wasn't already having issues with the HOA over garbage/recycling carts and a small boat trailer parked in my driveway I would be very tempted to try a couple of "pet" chickens anyway. We recently sold the boat. Now I need to build a little screen fence to hide the garbage cans. Then they can go pick on someone else for awhile.
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Dec 07 2011 : 5:14:30 PM
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I AM ZONED AGRICULTURAL. I CAN HAVE AS MUCH LIVESTOCK AS I WANT!
Here's something scary. The lady I tt at zoning didn't know how to do fractions. She thought that .8 of an acre was less than half an acre. I literally had to explain it with pieces of pie. How many chickens can I have on eight pieces of pie, lady?
“It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.”-Charlie Brown |
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YakLady
True Blue Farmgirl
652 Posts
Natalie
Montana
USA
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Posted - Dec 07 2011 : 5:33:20 PM
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Awesome!! And that is scary... Makes you wonder how she has a job and so many people who graduated HS don't.
We have 18 and they free range, but I don't know how that would strike your neighbors if the chickies ventured on over to their yards?
~Natalie~ Just a farmgirl in Western Montana. http://mtnme.blogspot.com
Starting a family and raising Tibetan Yaks, Nigerian Dwarf Goats, Laying hens, Muscovy ducks, and a few dogs. |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Dec 07 2011 : 5:39:53 PM
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Oh I know what you mean trish.... I had a kid cashiering at WalMart dig her phone out of her purse so she could use the calculator feature to figure out 10%..... YES!! 10%!!! the one where all you have to do is drop a zero! I think I lost my faith in humanity for the day on that one.
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Dec 08 2011 : 07:01:13 AM
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Since their dog poos in my yard, she planted English Ivy on the border, she feeds feral cats, and they mowed the sides of the boundary line trees when we lived in Idaho, I am not so concerned. I have never complained about anything they have ever done. She is addicted to Scott's lawn products, so I'm keeping my birds away from that.
They will need protection from the feral cats, crows, eagles, and hawks. There are lots of little ermine weasel critters too. They will be in a deluxe chicken tractor with detachable runs. We are going to build the coop 4x4x4. I am getting EE bantams. I may even consider building a second for some cochin bantams. It just depends what we can get done before spring.quote:
Originally posted by YakLady
Awesome!! And that is scary... Makes you wonder how she has a job and so many people who graduated HS don't.
We have 18 and they free range, but I don't know how that would strike your neighbors if the chickies ventured on over to their yards?
~Natalie~ Just a farmgirl in Western Montana. http://mtnme.blogspot.com
Starting a family and raising Tibetan Yaks, Nigerian Dwarf Goats, Laying hens, Muscovy ducks, and a few dogs.
“It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.”-Charlie Brown |
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