Raising Chickens In The City - Chicago Police Say NO

Is it legal keep chickens in the city of Chicago? Listen to conflicting information I receive from the police, the city clerk, and the legal department. http://azogroup.com/personal

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[chadhols]

yep i have chickens (see my other videos) and have received no harassment. The only thing is, I live in a primarily mexican neighborhood so a lot of people have chickens here (seems like almost one person on each block) so the neighbors don't care. But I'd say as long as you keep the poop cleaned up and don't get a rooster (noisy) you'll be fine.

[chadhols]

yes I got the chickens, had them for a year now and they survived the winter just fine. I still get 1 egg per day per chicken, total of 4 eggs per day. The neighborhood kids love to go in the coop and search for eggs

[simplespirit101]

NOW is the time for civil disobedience. It's your property, you pay the mortgage and the taxes... do what you want to live in harmony with Mother Nature, not The Man.

[picatsoforfma]

LOL. Austin embraces our backyard flocks :)

[Haji Dontsurf]

The obvious problem is that this guy has chosen to live in Chicago.

[ChickenRulesGuy]

Blargabloogin

[MsSunkist42]

I think the second woman thinks that he is trying to BREED the chickens, not raise them....that in my opinions was the wrong choice of words. These are the kind of misunderstandings that frustrate me lol

[swayofthewind]

I honestly have the same promblem, i am unincorporated and so i belong in large part to cook county right? And they allow chickens as long as not for slaughter or promo...but the neighboring towns dont allow them. As in the corporated towns. When we called they bluntly said no

An hung up on me. One laughed and said they where livestock. But on the website it defines livestock as goats cows and horses and CHICKENS. So now we are trying to decide what to do with our four brand new chicks. We are

[greenhouse4green]

so did you keep chickens?

[Renee Kangaroo]

LOL at that 2nd lady saying maybe you could keep two chickens as pets, but not raise them. Cause you don't raise pets. I mean, everyone knows that puppies never grow up as long as they're a pet. Ha!

[TexPetK9s]

Seramas are EXCELLENT pets!

[snaps81625]

Sounds like our town!! Some people have them.. but their laws don't actually say you can't keep them! Last year we had a fiasco, where several people were ticketed for having chickens. Several people fought it at court.. but they still have their chickens.

[immrcoolyo]

know what is fked up what is soo wrong with chickens, dogs bark like hell in the backyard and roosters crow in the morning i see no difference, dogs sh1t everywhere chickens do too, people have the right to have dangerous guns and weapons, and we can't even fkin have 4 live chickens in our backyard........ fk the government laws

[immrcoolyo]

ikr fk the city we own our CHOCKENS >:D