Welcome One and All

Hi there, and welcome to The Chicken Keeper, this blog is devoted to the keeping of chickens, and the trials and tribulations that go with it, I also would like to share my D.I.Y tips and ideas. We started keeping chickens in September 2008, the list of poultry we have at present, 4 Brown Shavers,  the others are one Minorca, one Light [...]

Waitakere City By Law Poultry Keeping

Keeping Birds and Poultry
 
Keeping roosters
Rural areas:
There are no restrictions on the keeping of roosters in rural areas.
Contact us to find out if you are listed as living in a rural area .
Urban areas:
Roosters are only permitted on properties larger than 2,000m2 in size in urban areas.
Contact us to find out if you are listed as [...]

Auckland City By-Law 3.3 keeping of poultry

Thought this might be a helpful post, as it took me ages to find my local councils by-law.
3.3 Poultry keeping
3.3.1
A person shall not keep poultry, except in accordance with the following requirements:
Poultry house requirements

A poultry house shall be provided and shall:

Be of sound construction;
Have a floor of smooth concrete or other easily cleaned approved materials;
Have [...]

WELCOME TO MY CHICKEN RUN

Today Sunday the 14th of September 2008,  we purchased our first chickens, 3 brown shavers from a lovely lady in Massey , West Auckland, New Zealand. We keep them in our home built coop, made from bits and pieces around the house, but had to buy new chicken wire from hardware shop. Wood shavings and dry [...]