Chicken?
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Chicken?
Chickens are becoming really popular “pets” to have lately but before you decide to put up a coupe in your back yard you’ll want to check the local zoning bye-laws to see if you can even have chickens and more importantly, roosters, where you live. You’ll also want to check with your neighborhood association to see if there are any rules against chickens there too.
In Maryland, each county has different rules so you’ll want to check your county ordinances to be sure.
Baltimore City – Chicken owners must obtain a permit from the Bureau of Animal Control and register with the Department of Agriculture, Domestic Poultry and Exotic Bird Registration division. You can have no more than 4 chickens, pens must provide more than 2 square feet per hen and be more than 25 feet from any residence, be moved frequently and hens must be confined to the pen at all times. The hens must have shade in hot weather and shelter in inclement weather and access to food and water. You cannot have any roosters, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl, emu, rheas or ostriches.
Baltimore County – has been slow to change it’s zoning and currently you have to have an acre of land to have chickens unless you get a variance, which in some areas of the county is difficult to get.
Anne Arundel County allows up to 4 chickens on any lot with proper permitting and set backs but no roosters.
Howard County allows chickens on lots above 10,000 square feet (about ¼ acre or more) but no roosters. You'll need to defer to your particular county in Howard County because some areas do not allow any chickens at all.
Carroll County allows up to 6 chickens on less than an acre or up to 12 on more than an acre up to 3 acres. They also allow roosters.
Don’t forget, if you have six or more chickens on your premises, you need to register them with the Maryland Department of Agriculture. It is free and they will notify you of disease/virus outbreaks etc so you can protect your flocks.
Photos are compliments of Judy Laquidara
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