Chickens in town (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Jul 29, 2016 8:08 AM
Chickens in town (by LindaJ [NY]) Jul 29, 2016 8:21 AM
Chickens in town (by OFIProp [PA]) Jul 29, 2016 8:24 AM
Chickens in town (by WMH [NC]) Jul 29, 2016 8:24 AM
Chickens in town (by plenty [MO]) Jul 29, 2016 8:45 AM
Chickens in town (by S i d [MO]) Jul 29, 2016 8:56 AM
Chickens in town (by RentsDue [MA]) Jul 29, 2016 9:37 AM
Chickens in town (by Roy [AL]) Jul 29, 2016 9:38 AM
Chickens in town (by WMH [NC]) Jul 29, 2016 9:51 AM
Chickens in town (by cjo'h [CT]) Jul 29, 2016 9:53 AM
Chickens in town (by cjo'h [CT]) Jul 29, 2016 10:09 AM
Chickens in town (by Gail K [GA]) Jul 29, 2016 11:17 AM
Chickens in town (by Lana [IN]) Jul 29, 2016 11:33 AM
Chickens in town (by Blue [IL]) Jul 29, 2016 11:34 AM
Chickens in town (by RR78 [VA]) Jul 29, 2016 1:55 PM
Chickens in town (by LoriC [CO]) Jul 29, 2016 2:43 PM
Chickens in town (by Deanna [TX]) Jul 29, 2016 3:18 PM
Chickens in town (by LisaFL [FL]) Jul 29, 2016 5:09 PM
Chickens in town (by LisaFL [FL]) Jul 29, 2016 5:37 PM
Chickens in town (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Jul 29, 2016 5:41 PM
Chickens in town (by AllyM [NJ]) Jul 29, 2016 7:11 PM
Chickens in town (by melinda [MD]) Jul 29, 2016 7:16 PM
Chickens in town (by Ken [NY]) Jul 29, 2016 8:17 PM
Chickens in town (by BillS [CO]) Jul 29, 2016 8:18 PM
Chickens in town (by Barb [MO]) Jul 29, 2016 8:59 PM
Chickens in town (by T [OR]) Jul 29, 2016 9:39 PM
Chickens in town (by RathdrumGal [ID]) Jul 29, 2016 10:15 PM
Chickens in town (by Janet [KY]) Jul 29, 2016 11:12 PM
Chickens in town (by Janet [KY]) Jul 29, 2016 11:12 PM
Chickens in town (by Gail K [GA]) Jul 30, 2016 6:35 AM
Chickens in town (by Ken [NY]) Jul 30, 2016 8:48 AM
Chickens in town (by Kyle [IN]) Jul 30, 2016 11:39 AM
Chickens in town (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Jul 30, 2016 12:11 PM
Chickens in town (by LisaFL [FL]) Jul 30, 2016 12:23 PM
Chickens in town (by Lwolfe [WA]) Jul 30, 2016 5:50 PM
Chickens in town (by Lwolfe [WA]) Jul 30, 2016 5:51 PM
Chickens in town (by bet [MA]) Aug 1, 2016 6:55 PM
Chickens in town (by CDM [CA]) Aug 1, 2016 9:28 PM
Chickens in town (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Aug 4, 2016 9:44 PM
Chickens in town (by CDM [CA]) Aug 4, 2016 10:02 PM
Chickens in town (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 8:08 AM Message:
Our town is all "a-flutter" over raising chickens in city limits. The people who like chickens are clucking about property rights and how chickens are as common as dogs and cats. Many are claiming chickens to be there pets.
The people who do not like chickens are crowing about reduced property values and chicken dung.
MY concern as a landlord is managing chickens that are brought in by a renter and the mess they will most likely leave for me to clean up.
Multi family?
Fencing?
Does your town have a chicken ordinance?
What do you think of chickens in town?
How about chickens at your rentals?
BRAD
--70.198.xxx.xx |
Chickens in town (by LindaJ [NY]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 8:21 AM Message:
Like any other pets, you should be able to say no. Just because zoning allows it does not mean you have to as a landlord. Most residential areas only allow a few chickens in a backyard, and they must be caged or fenced, and no roosters.
I have properties on many acres that are zoned rural which allows farm animals and one unit has chickens. The tenants provided the fencing and coup, it is their responsibility to let them in and out and clean the coup. Chickens are great at eating bugs and all sorts of food scraps. But they can also draw mice if their food is not properly stored. Like any animal, you really have to judge the people who own them. --108.4.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by OFIProp [PA]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 8:24 AM Message:
I live in a suburban rural area (Both farms and a Home Depot within 5 minutes). There are chickens all around us and they rarely leave the owners property. they have caused me no problems and I am happy to help with the excess eggs they produce.
As for one of my rentals - No. Rentals are in a bigger city and have smaller lot sizes. Not sure about the ordinances because my Pet Policy does not allow them. I have enough headaches without dealing with a Chicken coop cleanup after the tenant splits.
If they want chickens, they can buy their own home. --73.236.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by WMH [NC]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 8:24 AM Message:
We only have one Chicken Family. They tend to be crunchy granola people who also have a big garden with real vegetables.
They live next door to another Chicken Family (not ours) and co-exist happily. Sometimes the chickens all run next door to another resident of ours, but really, everyone seems to like them.
They have them penned up much of the time under the raised house...it's a big chicken coop! They use the manure for gardening, but I'm sure we'll have a mess if they ever move. But we will definitely require them to do it, or pay to have it done.
Or maybe we'll just advertise it as a ready-made Chicken House! --173.22.xx.xx |
Chickens in town (by plenty [MO]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 8:45 AM Message:
There are a few of my homes where someone my get the idea to do that. I should consider a clause. --66.87.xx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by S i d [MO]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 8:56 AM Message:
My town allows up to 6 birds in a fenced area. I would consider them on case by case. Therapy chickens? --173.24.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by RentsDue [MA]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 9:37 AM Message:
No !!! Never!! Not in a million years!!!!!! I live next to people who have chickens and our houses are about 500 feet apart. Chickens are loud even at that distance.Also, most chicken people think they need a rooster. Just say No and save the entire neighborhood. They really do smell bad too, I can't even imagine the stench that would cause in the close proximity of city houses. --71.10.xxx.x |
Chickens in town (by Roy [AL]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 9:38 AM Message:
A few days ago I refused an applicant who claimed to have pot-bellied pig as a pet. I would not allow chickens or any livestock for that matter. The worse stink in the world is fresh chicken poop and we have the chicken processing plants here that operate 24/7 to prove that assertion. You don't ever want to have a rental house that is down wind of a Tyson chicken processing plant. --68.62.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by WMH [NC]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 9:51 AM Message:
My cleaning lady has what she thought was a mini pig but really, that was just a baby pig. She said they keep growing for up to three years and end up huge... --173.22.xx.xx |
Chickens in town (by cjo'h [CT]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 9:53 AM Message:
I grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland .My mother kept dozens of hens,free range, we sold dozens of eggs.Every Wednesday the egg man came to collect the eggs. Big business. Another neighbour made it a business,chickens only thousands of chickens,you didn't have to ask which way the wind was blowing, You knew? Charlie...... ..... .... ... .. . --70.215.xx.xx |
Chickens in town (by cjo'h [CT]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 10:09 AM Message:
Having so many hens,was also a magnet for foxes, LTD that's where I learned to take down a fox with a .22 at 50 ^Meters at the age of 10. Charlie...... ..... .... ... .. . --70.215.xx.xx |
Chickens in town (by Gail K [GA]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 11:17 AM Message:
We have backyard chickens ourselves. Our county allows chickens as long as they are contained and are not "loose". When I read that ordinance I pictured chickens standing on corners stopping cars and asking folks if they were looking for a "good time".
If tenants wanted backyard chickens, I'd read them the ordinance and limit them to 2 or 3 chickens. Once they learned they'd have to build them a coop and run any interest in them would likely die down immediately.
Gail --73.20.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by Lana [IN]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 11:33 AM Message:
I have 20 chickens in a nice chicken yard with 6 foot dog kennel fencing and an additional fence that goes 2 1/2 feet down and is wired to the upper fencing and with flat mowable landscape blocks where they are joined. That happened after January 2013 when coyotes dug under my fence and took all but 3 of my girls. They get fed twice a day and I use the manure in my garden. The coop is heated in winter. I keep a rifle under my big tree in warm weather to shoot at the coyotes who come to check out the coop as chickens attract predators.I doubt if I would let tenants have chickens. They are too good at producing manure. --216.23.xxx.xx |
Chickens in town (by Blue [IL]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 11:34 AM Message:
They passed it here recently. No roosters. I would NEVER allow at a rental. Another thing that, if you want it, go buy your own house. --75.132.xxx.xx |
Chickens in town (by RR78 [VA]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 1:55 PM Message:
My city law does allow up to two chickens. But never have ever seen any. So never been an issue.
If it did happen I would threaten to call KFC to pickup. --73.40.xx.xx |
Chickens in town (by LoriC [CO]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 2:43 PM Message:
NEVER in a rental---unless you really want to go scoop huge compacted piles of chicken poop when your tenants leave. It piles up quickly. They are NOT really quiet either.
My suburb city is now allowing residents to have chickens, no roosters, and bee hives. My first thought was --how stupid is my city council? Normal suburb areas with regular size yards are too small and too close together to have chickens IMHO---it will become an issue very quickly if your next door neighbor/tenant is not fastidious about cleaning the coop, and if is used for manure, it will be the gift that keeps on giving in the smell factor.
--65.114.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by Deanna [TX]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 3:18 PM Message:
No chickens are allowed in my town-- a teeny little rural town of 3,000-- but you could have up to 12 chickens back in my old city of 500,000. Certain criteria had to be met-- no more than 2 roosters; x feet away from businesses that served the public; y feet away from the neighbor's house; etc.
One thing to be cautious of is that chickens will scratch the grass down to dirt if they're in a non-movable coop. You might consider something like a movable chicken tractor to minimize the impact on any one particular patch of ground-- and to give a hoop for prospects to prove their dedication. Some people on the outskirts of town let their chickens truly free-range... I don't think that would work so well in suburbia, though, especially if you already have a problem in your neighborhood of people letting their dogs and cats free-range. :)
I can't go outside without hearing people's dogs barking away. I'd much rather hear chickens-- the ones my friends raise are usually pretty quiet. :) Now, if we were talking about guinea fowl, that would be a whole 'nother discussion... :) --96.46.xxx.xx |
Chickens in town (by LisaFL [FL]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 5:09 PM Message:
I have five tenants with chickens. They are kept up with meticulously and I can get eggs whenever I'd like.
It seems to be a Brazilian thing. But they seem to know how to care for them and do a fine job of it. From my experience I'd take them. They don't do roosters. --65.35.xx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by LisaFL [FL]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 5:37 PM Message:
I have five tenants with chickens. They are kept up with meticulously and I can get eggs whenever I'd like.
It seems to be a Brazilian thing. But they seem to know how to care for them and do a fine job of it. From my experience I'd take them. They don't do roosters. --65.35.xx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 5:41 PM Message:
Interesting discussion! I had not considered the coyotes, foxes, and weasels they attract!
What do you think about WITHIN CITY LIMITS, in SUBURBIA, in DOWNTOWN areas, apartment dwellers...
Butchering?
Backyard chickens is a hot trend with Hipsters. (Millenials with beards, slicked hair, 50's glasses, plaid shirts, and rolled up jeans) Fresh eggs, organic meat...
I talked with friends who have 47 chickens on their FARM. They swear by fresh eggs and sell them for $3.50 a dozen. Their egg money barely pays for the chickenfeed so their flock is mostly a hobby and 4H project. Their chickens claw out dust-bath bowls on the ground which are real ankle twisters.
But I can walk into Aldi's (discount groceries) and buy eggs for 49 cents and Kroger sells me a plucked, roasted, tasty chicken ready to eat for $5.
Talk to me about LLs and chickens IN TOWN.
BRAD
--73.146.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by AllyM [NJ]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 7:11 PM Message:
Won't allow chickens in my section of town and in others, the rooster can only visit a couple times a year. So many chickens all over are a concern if a bird flu comes here. People in China get it directly from dirty chickens and then it spreads from person to person and the initial cases are deadly until the virus gets changed by going from person to person.
This is a very stupid idea from that point of concern and no one is talking about it. --73.33.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by melinda [MD]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 7:16 PM Message:
With the messes that I have with most tenants, I cannot imagine what a disaster chickens would cause. Some of my tenants leave their garbage and old ripped up funiture outside forever. I have to remind them to call their friend with the pick up truck. --24.233.xxx.xx |
Chickens in town (by Ken [NY]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 8:17 PM Message:
I grew up on a farm and have a degree in animal husbandry,as far as I am concerned chickens don't belong in a city,I don't want them in my rentals.Where is the average tenant going to get rid of the waste? the answer is they won't,the landlord will.I don't need a stinky compost pile thrown behind a garage or tossed up against the neighbors house.Suburbs is probably ok,larger yards,more likely to have a small compost pile and residents are more likely to take care of things better than my city tenants do. --24.25.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by BillS [CO]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 8:18 PM Message:
I allowed it once and won't again. Tenants did a reasonable job of keeping the chickens it was just a big turn off for prospective tenants when showing the property. Brad20K my tenants with chickens fit your description to a tee. Still a no go in the future. --73.34.xxx.xx |
Chickens in town (by Barb [MO]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 8:59 PM Message:
Interesting. I've not run into tenants asking for chickens, but mine are mostly students.
Grandma always had a couple of chickens, even in North St Louis in the 1970s and 1980s. She moved to the city from the country during WW2 and brought the chickens with her. They had a 4-family flat. Her mom and dad lived down stairs and she and her family lived upstairs on one side. Someone else lived on the other side of the wall. Eventually, it was remodeled into a duplex instead of a 4-family.
They had just enough yard for those chickens. --64.251.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by T [OR]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 9:39 PM Message:
I've had chickens and know they can earn their rent if well cared for. I'd be concerned if they are confined to a small yard, they will wreck the grass. Chicks may be cared for in the house with heat lamps creating odors. Depends on renter. In my area hens would be okay, no pet rent. --172.56.xx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by RathdrumGal [ID]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 10:15 PM Message:
Hubby and I just spent the day moving our chicken coop out of our landscaped "backyard" and into our large 1/2 acre goat pen. Our chickens do not smell, but they do tear up landscaping, and we are tired of having you know what on our patio. Poor chickens were very confused. They don't adapt well to change. --98.145.xx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by Janet [KY]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 11:12 PM Message:
Are we talking about "free range " chickens or
"caged". They do a wonderful job of eating bugs of
all sorts...wonder how they would be for lowering the
cock roachs. I can't image them at a rental unless
there was a large back yard with room for a hen house.
--74.236.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by Janet [KY]) Posted on: Jul 29, 2016 11:12 PM Message:
Are we talking about "free range " chickens or
"caged". They do a wonderful job of eating bugs of
all sorts...wonder how they would be for lowering the
cock roachs. I can't image them at a rental unless
there was a large back yard with room for a hen house.
--74.236.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by Gail K [GA]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 6:35 AM Message:
As for chickens "in town"; I live in town. Actually we live within city limits. And, as I wrote before, we have chickens. In truth, we went "coop crazy" (it's called "chicken math"). We have 6 coops (and, as others have pointed out, we use dog runs for our runs). "Big" girls (for eggs), bantams (because I like them). And some roosters. My neighbors know this because I give them eggs. Folks can't see into my yard because we have privacy fencing we've done on the entire yard. Besides that, we've been "cleared" by License and Inspection who checked us out but had no idea what the "rules" were regarding backyard chickens when he did this. I told him what they were.
No odor (we use sand in the runs). No grass destroyed (no free ranging). Not even a lot of chicken manure because the sand dries this up so a bit discouraging for the garden. Fear of bird flu? Please.
And yes, it's a hobby. I can sell eggs but it doesn't meet the cost of feed. But chicken feed is cheap. $11 for a 50 pound bag. And the nice bonus is I pull weeds up or bring grass back from an empty rental when I've cut the lawn and the chickens recycle it back into eggs for me. I win on that deal.
Would tenants do all this? Heck, if one asked me if I'd allow chickens, I'd say yes. But then, I always encourage my tenants to plant a garden if they wish even if it's a container garden. Sadly, few of them expend the energy to do so, even though, in one section where some of my properties are, folks will come and provide raised beds AND dirt AND seed for folks to raise their own food.
Gail --73.20.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by Ken [NY]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 8:48 AM Message:
Janet,new organic approach to getting rid of roaches,turn the chickens and guinea fowl into an abandoned house and let them clean out the roaches --24.25.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by Kyle [IN]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 11:39 AM Message:
Indianapolis allows 12 chickens per household and 1 rooster. I have seen them wandering around in the alleys and on the side of the street before. I haven't ever had a tenant ask (or do it without asking), but I don't think I would allow it. --73.146.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 12:11 PM Message:
The topic is a fowl. I am in country setting so our places are for the birds.
They make sense where I am at, but they might not be a good fit in more populated areas.
Mini horses have been used as service animals too, but I don't think that is a good fit in most areas. --72.23.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by LisaFL [FL]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 12:23 PM Message:
Ken you are right on!
I recently purchased a duplex. One unit was the worst I've ever encountered. Roach infested to the max. Local chicken visited daily and helped us immensely in dealing with the clean up and roach control. She probably gained several pounds in the process. Kinda made me rethink eating chickens or eggs watching her go to town on them! --65.35.xx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by Lwolfe [WA]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 5:50 PM Message:
I live in Seattle and they allow 2 chickens, no roosters, and my neighbor has a goat and chickens, in the city.
It's pretty awesome to watch when the neighbor's chickens get out and are standing in the middle of an intersection in a city, sometimes I'll go out and chase them out of the road.
Friends of ours took their chicken to the vet...... --71.227.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by Lwolfe [WA]) Posted on: Jul 30, 2016 5:51 PM Message:
Actually just checked and they're allowed 8 chickens in town here with 1 additional fowl per 1,000 sq ft of land. --71.227.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by bet [MA]) Posted on: Aug 1, 2016 6:55 PM Message:
just say no! --74.104.xxx.xx |
Chickens in town (by CDM [CA]) Posted on: Aug 1, 2016 9:28 PM Message:
We have three hens in our back yard and love their funny behavior and the fresh eggs they lay, but I wouldn't want to let tenants have them. Chickens are messy and poop all over. They also scratch their yard right down to the dirt. They eat the bark off of any trees in their area. They attract flies. If you don't handle their feed carefully, they attract rats. They can be pretty noisy, even if you don't have roosters. I definitely wouldn't want to have tenants butchering any animals on my property. --24.130.xx.xx |
Chickens in town (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Posted on: Aug 4, 2016 9:44 PM Message:
To those who have chickens please reply if you are IN TOWN or IN THE COUNTRY.
The issue is about allowing chickens IN TOWN and AT A RENTAL.
(I never considered chickens holding up traffic!)
Thanks for your help!
BRAD --73.146.xxx.xxx |
Chickens in town (by CDM [CA]) Posted on: Aug 4, 2016 10:02 PM Message:
Our chickens are in town, although our property is large and feels almost like it is in the country. A number of our neighbors also have chickens. --24.130.xx.xx |
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