Backyard Chickens
This is the national debate, not a verdict.
Keeping hens in residential areas: coop rules, limits, and roosters.
Results:Low
High
(2-18)
Stuck: 176Active debate: 10Moving: 5
Where it is moving
Mentor on the Lake City Council, Ohio
MovingAug 26, 20261 resultcounty
Rogers, Minnesota
MovingAug 24, 20262 resultscity
Norristown, Pennsylvania
MovingAug 19, 20261 resultcity
Tremonton, Utah
MovingAug 19, 20261 resultcity
Box Elder, South Dakota
MovingAug 18, 20262 resultscity
North St. Paul City, Minnesota
Active debateAug 7, 20261 resultcity
Augusta, Kansas
Active debateAug 4, 20261 resultcity
Lafayette City, Indiana
Active debateAug 3, 20265 resultscity
- City staff reports roughly 45 backyard‑chicken permits since ordinance adoption
- Lafayette council approves one‑year pilot to allow backyard hens after heated public debate
- Lafayette council approves ordinance allowing up to five hens per household, sets one-year sunset and permit rules
- Lafayette holds public hearing on draft ordinance to allow backyard hens, limit set at five
Hampton, South Carolina
Active debateAug 1, 20261 resultcity
Charles City, Iowa
Active debateJul 21, 20261 resultcity
Clark County, Nevada
Active debateJul 21, 20261 resultcounty
Chippewa, Pennsylvania
Active debateJul 8, 20261 resultcity
Edgewater, Florida
Active debateJul 6, 20262 resultscity
Hartland, Michigan
Active debateJul 1, 20261 resultcity
Collingswood, New Jersey
Active debateJun 18, 20261 resultcity
Kosciusko County, Indiana
StuckJun 9, 20261 resultcounty
Town of Harrisburg, North Carolina
StuckJun 8, 20261 resultcity
Boone, Iowa
StuckJun 1, 20261 resultcity
West Milton, Pennsylvania
StuckMay 24, 20261 resultcity
Canton Township, Michigan
StuckMay 19, 20261 resultcity