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Welcome to the Urban Chickens Network Legal Resource Center

This site is designed to help people wanting to know about the laws, ordinances and rules that allow for urban chickens: chickens kept within city limits for eggs and companionship, not for slaughter.

Not sure what the law is in your area and don't see your city listed below? See this page to learn How to research Urban Chicken ordinances online.

Existing Urban Chicken Ordinances

If you live in a municipality (village, town, city) that currently allows chickens, please add it to the list below by clicking the "edit" link on the right!

Even better, you can create a page for it yourself and link it from the list (Template for new city pages).

• Anaheim, CA
• Bakersfield, CA
• Berkeley, CA
• Campbell, CA
• Davis, CA
• Downey, CA
• Folsom, CA
• Irvine, CA
• La Puente, CA
• Long Beach, CA
• Los Angeles, CA
• Los Altos, CA
• Mountain View, CA
• Oakland, CA
• Petaluma, CA
• Redwood City, CA
• Roseville, CA
• Santa Rosa, CA
• San Jose, CA
• San Francisco, CA
• San Mateo, CA
  
• Vallejo, CA
• Woodland, CA
• Ann Arbor, MI
• State College, PA

Proposed Urban Chicken Ordinances

If you know of ordinances that have been submitted to or are about to be considered by a municipality, please add them below in hopes they'll be promoted to "Existing" soon!

• Burnsville, MN (map; pop 59,000)
• Monona, WI (map; pop 8,000)

Useful Responses to Arguments Against Urban Chickens

Fill out this section with a list of common arguments against urban chickens and effective responses to these points. (note: many arguments against are emotional ones, not logical ones)

• to come

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This resource center is an adjunct to the Urban Chickens Network blog.