Avian Aqua Miser: Automatic, poop-free chicken waterers

Are chickens legal in town?

City ChickensDo you dream of chickens but assume they're illegal in your city or suburban neighborhood?  The City Chicken has created a page compiling laws from dozens of U.S. cities.

Laws range from simple:

Only 3 hens are allowed in Fairfield, CA.  No roosters.


...to complex:

Asheville, NC.  Must have permit, must keep chickens 100ft. from neighboring households, chickens must be penned, the enclosure inspected by the City, and droppings must be "collected and sealed in a container."


...to just plain odd:

Campbell, CA.  Not more than six animals in all, including hares, rabbits, guinea pigs, feline, bovine, sheep, goat, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, doves, pigeons, game birds, or other fowl or any combination thereof.

(Six pigs or cows just feels a lot different from six pigeons to me.  And I'm dying to know whether an expecting family with four existing kids will get in trouble if they end up with seven human animals in their household.)

For those of you with restrictive laws, don't lose heart!  As backyard chicken-keeping becomes more and more widespread, city officials in many locations are being swayed by citizens' petitions.  I'd love to hear from anyone who went to the zoning board with your chicken proposal and won the right to keep city chickens.

Our chicken waterer is perfect for urban flocks since it keeps the coop clean and dry.



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