Backyard chickens-who has them and do your neighbors care?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I absolutely would hate you for this and report you. Move to a farm if you want chickens. They are loud and smelly.

Comparing animal for animal, dogs are actually louder and smellier than chickens. Dogs also have the potential to break free of their enclosures and attack (and sometimes seriously injure or even kill) other people. What makes it okay to own dogs? What makes it okay to own multiple dogs? Given the standards some people seem to have on this thread, if dogs were not already allowed, they would never be acceptable pets. Honestly, I think the naysayers either have never experienced chickens at all, or their only experience has been with with full-scale chicken farms and/or large coops housing dozens or even hundreds of chickens. People should understand that if you were to keep 50 or 100 of ANY type of animal, it is going to be loud, poopy and terrible smelly.

When talking about backyard chickens, most people are referring to 2-8 birds, maybe 10 max. It's just not going to be a problem. I know, I have four chickens and they are delightful, VERY easy to care for, and yes....my backyard looks like a pottery barn catalog. The chickens free range and my kids play barefoot all the time. No problem with poop. We have a large coop which we clean out about once a month, and add it to the compost which we use on our garden. I live in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in my city....million dollar houses up and down the street. My own neighbor didn't know about the chickens until I brought her eggs, which she thought was great. Apparently my neighbor three doors down also has a coop and about 10 chickens, although I only found out after my other neighbor mentioned it to me. Never would have known otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I absolutely would hate you for this and report you. Move to a farm if you want chickens. They are loud and smelly.

Comparing animal for animal, dogs are actually louder and smellier than chickens. Dogs also have the potential to break free of their enclosures and attack (and sometimes seriously injure or even kill) other people. What makes it okay to own dogs? What makes it okay to own multiple dogs? Given the standards some people seem to have on this thread, if dogs were not already allowed, they would never be acceptable pets. Honestly, I think the naysayers either have never experienced chickens at all, or their only experience has been with with full-scale chicken farms and/or large coops housing dozens or even hundreds of chickens. People should understand that if you were to keep 50 or 100 of ANY type of animal, it is going to be loud, poopy and terrible smelly.

When talking about backyard chickens, most people are referring to 2-8 birds, maybe 10 max. It's just not going to be a problem. I know, I have four chickens and they are delightful, VERY easy to care for, and yes....my backyard looks like a pottery barn catalog. The chickens free range and my kids play barefoot all the time. No problem with poop. We have a large coop which we clean out about once a month, and add it to the compost which we use on our garden. I live in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in my city....million dollar houses up and down the street. My own neighbor didn't know about the chickens until I brought her eggs, which she thought was great. Apparently my neighbor three doors down also has a coop and about 10 chickens, although I only found out after my other neighbor mentioned it to me. Never would have known otherwise.

I looked at http://www.potterybarn.com/ and looked for chickens in the backyard.

I also tried searching on chicken shit and couldn't' find anything http://www.potterybarn.com/search/results.html?words=chickens&cm_sp=OnsiteSearch-_-GlobalNav-_-Button&type-ahead-viewset=ecom

Maybe you are referring to POT Head barn magazine not pottery barn.

[Anonymous]

this chicken thread is cracking me up!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous



this chicken thread is cracking me up!

Oh it about to get real!.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Back in the day, having to keep chickens on your property was a sign of poverty and was a source of shame.

Just saying.

So what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Back in the day, having to keep chickens on your property was a sign of poverty and was a source of shame.

Just saying.


So what?

Like owning a pickup

[Anonymous]

Giselle Bunchen & Tom Brady's chicken coop:

http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2013/gisele-bundchen-tom-brady-los-angeles-eco-conscious-home-slideshow_slideshow_item28_29

[Anonymous]

I just saw a backyard chicken today as I was waiting in line at a stop sign in Silver Spring!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back in the day, having to keep chickens on your property was a sign of poverty and was a source of shame.

Just saying.

So was a tan and being very thin. Keep up with times!

Ha, ha. Good one.

[Anonymous]

As the neighbor of people who keep chickens - YES I CARE!
I wouldn't care if they had a fenced in yard that was big enough. We have tiny, tiny yards though and it is so inconsiderate if you ask me. My view is of their awful chicken coop (they did a nice job but it's still a chicken coop)

Also - the rats and mice are awful and of course the neighbors are clueless about that.

I don't think chickens are a problem (a rooster is a HUGE problem though and also banned in MoCo thankfully).
I just wonder about people who put up a chicken coop in a yard that barely fits a table and chairs!

[Anonymous]

Any updates on the pending regulations for MoCo? Can't seem to find it online. We'd like to get a couple chickens- not for another year or so but want to sure I follow the rules exactly!

[Anonymous]

This cracks me up. I personally don't care if you have chickens (although I've never lived near them, so I have no experience positive or negative) but it just seems like the trendy, hipster thing to do.

[Anonymous]

I would LOVE to have them and will consider it when the kids get a bit older. I recognize it would probably drive one of my super high strung neighbors bonkers, but she can always move.

[Anonymous]

The smell is terrible especially after rain

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As the neighbor of people who keep chickens - YES I CARE!
I wouldn't care if they had a fenced in yard that was big enough. We have tiny, tiny yards though and it is so inconsiderate if you ask me. My view is of their awful chicken coop (they did a nice job but it's still a chicken coop)

Also - the rats and mice are awful and of course the neighbors are clueless about that.

I don't think chickens are a problem (a rooster is a HUGE problem though and also banned in MoCo thankfully).
I just wonder about people who put up a chicken coop in a yard that barely fits a table and chairs!

So your actual problems are 1) having too look at the coop and 2) you believe that the neighbor's chickens are attracting mice and rats? If you have tiny yards, you are probably in a fairly urban area. You didn't have mice and rats before? Oh and by the way, an exterminator told me that mice and rats don't coexist. The rats eat the mice and effectively exterminate them. So try again to blame your neighbor for imaginary rodents.