I completely agree that 800sqm and 4000sqm are two very very different things. On a property of 3000sqm, you should easily be allowed 10 or more chickens.
I think that's where the possibility for a permit to keep more poultry comes in. They just don't want to categorically allow it. I suppose, that gives them a reason to charge money for the application, too.
And what is it with the limit of 30 poultry on land bigger than 4000sqm, but no limits for roosters? so you could have 200 roosters but no hens??
Now, this is something I found while trawling the web. It comes from these two websites:
http://www.finda.com.au/features/2010/0 ... -backyard/http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/20 ... toowoomba/Quote:
Firstly, I would advise you to check out your local council regulations. Don’t give up if it all looks too hard as you can still keep bantams which are great little chooks. They are classed as ‘caged birds’ and are wonderful pets.
Hmmm, I wonder if this would be the right angle to work?
Apparently there was a push on the Gold Coast last year to allow up to 2 hens on properties up to 800sqm. But that was denied with the following comments:
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Next month the Gold Coast City Council will consider a local law amendment that would allow two hens to be kept on lots under 800sqm.
The proposal has the council's animal management chief Bob La Castra in a flap.
"Would you like to live next door to someone who's got chickens clucking around and plus the potential smell and everything else that comes with it and predators maybe being attracted to the property," he said.
"It's not like a pet, a companion like a cat or a dog, and I think if you want to do that, suburbia is not the place for that, I really don't think it is, so I totally disagree with it."
Green-leaning councillor Peter Young supported the amendment as long as it ensured chickens had enough room and were not too close to neighbours.
Cr Young said the chook ban came in about six years ago because of 'a feeling amongst some people that chickens were not of this century'.
Hmmm, guinea pigs smell too, if you don't clean them. And I bet predators would love them, too. As for the noise. Our aircon is loud. So is our neighbour's pool pump.
Apparently there was also a push to allow miniature goats.
Sasa