Comments On - Setting Up Urban Chicken Coops

I'd like to get the plan for that yellow chicken coop. It's pretty! Shows the owner cares about the chickens.

Dante, Hyde Park, MA
Posted: 6/7/2013 5:55:39 PM

Interesting

Annie, Houston, TX
Posted: 1/29/2013 7:03:07 AM

It is a dream of mine to have property where I am allowed to have chickens, and this information is exactly what I will want to know then.

Krista, Merchantville, NJ
Posted: 1/18/2013 4:48:30 PM

Good things to remember.

Galadriel, Lothlorien, ME
Posted: 10/6/2012 12:50:29 AM

These are great information for my husband and I. We are expanding our family with chickens soon!

christine, grove city, OH
Posted: 9/24/2012 7:45:13 PM

The toughest part of setting up an urban chicken coop is the bureaucracy with which you must deal.

For instance, in my area there is no county ordinance against raising hens for food or eggs or pets. However, there is a zoning issue that says we can't have livestock. So, in order to have chickens which are included in the livestock definition, I have to get a zoning variance. That means that I have to collect the signatures of each of my neighbors (not just the ones whose property is adjacent to mine) on an affidavit and present that to the county zoning board. If even one person objects, or if they are unwilling to sign, my request is automatically denied.

This means that someone who lives two blocks away has veto power over what I do in my backyard.

How is this even possible?

Bruce, Las Vegas, NV
Posted: 12/12/2011 12:01:38 PM

We recycled to old childen's playhouses for our birds. One has nesting boxes and the other is where we lock them up at night.

Chris, Kannapolis, NC
Posted: 8/13/2011 10:06:26 AM