I recently rented a cottage in Santa Cruz and was surprised to see the tenants had a chicken coop with 2 hens and they collected the eggs daily. When I would show the cottage the hens would scurry around the yard – no bugs at this property was my first thought.
As a property manager is it hard enough to find owners willing to rent to tenants with cats, dogs, birds (in cages) or even fish. Now, we have chickens. I was wondering what the city code said about chickens. It is the rooster that people have problems with but apparently hens are a wonderful pet and very eco friendly. The roosters are banned in urban areas but hens don’t require a permit of any kind.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel, Home & Garden section, Saturday, June 12, 2010, written by Laura Copeland, lcopeland@santacruzsentinel.com and www.santacruzsentinel.com had a 2 page article on chickens and how they have taken off in Santa Cruz County. Scotts Valley Feed sold 3,000 chickens in 2009 up from 150-300 just four years earlier. 300 were sold out in 45 minutes.
If you want more info about raising hens there are workshops, of course, this is Santa Cruz County. Contact 831-466-3444, www.diggardensnursery.com To read the entire article you can find it online or click the links above.
I wonder how soon I will see hens listed on my rental apps under pets?
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Kathleen Richards
