Thunder Bay city council rejects backyard chickens

baronrenfrew · Post by **baronrenfrew** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 10:32 pm

Some American cities (Seattle) allow chickens, i think Vancouver does as well: a common variant to the rule is 5 pets max: including dogs, cats, chickens in that 5.
The real problem is that folks have a romantic notion of keeping their "pets" but when they get tired of them (or they stop laying) they drop them off at Humane Society/ SPCA then they're stuck with them. Many are "no kill" shelters so they complain back to city hall. And then the city also institute rules that you're "not allowed" to "process" an animal at your residence so its a freakin catch 22.

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 11:00 am

ross wrote:QR_BBPOST What burns my butt , other than a flame so high , lol , is that when moved here over 20 yrs ago on 1.5 acres we were able to keep horses , chickens etc , etc farm animals but when the ammalcamations of twps etc the dicktaters that run it now voted overnite basically without asking all to mtg to make big changes . So far grandfathered in but next owner no way , legally . My rant . Luck

Well, I have gone thru so many amalgamations (read city of Ottawa expansion) that would make a person go dizzy!
First time, Nepean got swallowed by Ottawa, out "township" bylaws changed to city bylaws and in one felt swoop our acre of land became a City lot!!!!
.....so we moved....
In to a Township of Huntley, which got amalgamated in to really big township of West Carleton, which in a latest big city gulp, got swallowed by City of Ottawa.
SOOOO 35 years later, without moving an inch we are back in Ottawa!!!! Annoying doesn't begin to describe it!
Interestingly one of the Universities is able to keep pigeons, not sure if they do.

Post by **Killerbunny** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 12:21 pm

Hope it doesn't affect your flock OC. I know all sorts of he77 was breaking loose in Constance Bay last? year?

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 2:26 pm

Killerbunny wrote:QR_BBPOST Hope it doesn't affect your flock OC. I know all sorts of he77 was breaking loose in Constance Bay last? year?

Constance Bay was a bit different, subdivision lot zoned residential and neighbors complained.
It's not going to affect me Gill, because we are on 10 acres and this time I would fight City hall! :)