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I'm just wondering, is it not common to have backyard chickens in the US? Where I'm from, it seems like every 1 in 12 people have a few chickens clucking about.
In rural areas of the US it's more of a thing.
In most suburban areas of the US your neighbors wouldn't appreciate the smell of chicken poo wafting into their yards, and if you have a rooster you're definitely making enemies of your neighbors who don't appreciate the unsolicited wakeup call at silly o'clock AM every day.
In cities it'd be very difficult to find the space to do any of it. I knew one city dweller who briefly kept a couple chickens on a small apartment-building rooftop area they happened to have access to; the chickens there were filthy and unhealthy without access to foraging or clean spaces and they were always fighting with pigeons and each other.
market it as "good fresh country air!" and it'll drive up property values
We like to shoot guns around here once or twice a month, to keep property values and taxes down.
Does it look like I have enough eggs to afford property taxes?
Not if you live in an apartment.
Oddly enough, someone near our apartments has a rooster that crows damn near every morning. I'm pretty sure the rooster doesn't lay any eggs though..
In many urban places and suburban neighbourhoods with HOAs it is illegal to just keep livestock in your yard. Outside of major cities it's somewhat common
Counterpoint:
In what might be considered
the original blueprint for American suburbiawhere I have 3 separate HoAs, just outside of Washington DC and only a few miles from a metro stop:I’m allowed chickens as long as I provide them an outdoor run that is fenced in and a coop they can roost in. Not allowed a rooster though.
That's cool, is that on the VA or MD side? Down here in NC I can't have them in city limits
It really depends. I live ina rural town with about 17,000 residents. You are allowed chickens in the city limits, but not allowed roosters. I know a few people that have chickens in their yards, but there isn't really enough apace for a chicken coop and activities in the yards since house are packed in pretty tight within coty limits. Outside city limits i would say about half the farmers have chickens as far as i can tell, but they are fairly reclusive
What kind of authority is making up those rules?
The kind that is jealous of my big beautiful cock.
Your friends a neighbors.
Because the hens provide eggs and are less quiet than a dog in a back yard. Roosters just scream randomly from just before dawn to just after dusk and are territorial and aggressive as all hell
Life Pro Tip: If a rooster comes trying to attack you, hopefully you have a can of WD-40 on you. Spray the bastard right in the eye, he'll just look at you like WTF just happened, and slowly strut away.
Probably questioning the universe and his decisions in life no less.
No joke.