So I've been thinking about getting some chickens, but thought it was probably going to be too hard to comply with all the council regulations about keeping them. But the stuff online says (basically) that you follow these conditions and you don't have to contact the council, OR you can contact them & get approval for something that doesn't fit the conditions. Then on the weekend we were visiting Darrin's mum & brother, and Craig said something about chicken shed kits. So a couple days ago I Googled for 'chicken tractor' and I found these. They're made not far from here so we could just order & pick it up on our way to/from a family visit sometime. But that left the council dealings, so I sent them an email the other night asking if these would be suitable and how I'd go about getting council approval.
And yesterday got an email back saying this type don't even need council approval, and basically as long as they don't cause a noise/smell problem for the neighbours, it's not a problem for the council either. Woo! So now all that's left is to decide whether to get the smaller one, which would house 2-3 chickens (we'd only use eggs from that many at this time anyway), or get the bigger one for a whole $50 more to give them more space and leave room for expanding the flock in a few years when Caleb (and eventual other child(ren)) eat more eggs.
But I'm going to get some chickens! Yay!
And yesterday got an email back saying this type don't even need council approval, and basically as long as they don't cause a noise/smell problem for the neighbours, it's not a problem for the council either. Woo! So now all that's left is to decide whether to get the smaller one, which would house 2-3 chickens (we'd only use eggs from that many at this time anyway), or get the bigger one for a whole $50 more to give them more space and leave room for expanding the flock in a few years when Caleb (and eventual other child(ren)) eat more eggs.
But I'm going to get some chickens! Yay!
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