Cock-a-Doodle-Don't in Gowanus
A reader asks the Times, “One of my neighbors in Gowanus has taken to keeping a rooster in his backyard. It wakes me up nearly every day. Is it legal to keep a barnyard animal in New York City?” Nope, male chickens are not allowed, though their opposite-sex counterparts are. According to the health code,…
A reader asks the Times, “One of my neighbors in Gowanus has taken to keeping a rooster in his backyard. It wakes me up nearly every day. Is it legal to keep a barnyard animal in New York City?” Nope, male chickens are not allowed, though their opposite-sex counterparts are. According to the health code, most barnyard animals are against the law in any “built-up portion of the city” aside from horses, chickens and rabbits, and permits plus coops and runways are required for the latter two.
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I didn’t know rabbits were considered “barnyard animals.”
Two words: Bird Flu
Is there no open mindedness towards the transgendered poultry???
Male chickens? Are female bulls banned also?
Plenty of chickens running around the vacant lots of East Harlem.
I’ve seen chickens in Sheepshead Bay near the back of the U.A parking lot by the Belt Pkway exit since I was a child in the eighties. As far as I know chickens are (oddly) tolerated in city limits, not just in NYC but L.A. and other large cities as well.
The link to the times article is wrong.
If male chickens are not allowed, cant you just call 311?
chicken shit is hands down, the best fertilizer.
my rear neighbors just put a few chickens in a coop in their backyard.
they are beautiful birds, but definitely the smell carries over into my garden.