Recent content by Ar Los

Sorry, I didn't pay attention to the date. BUT, had I found this information when I was researching my area I would have known. Hopefully the information I've added will help others in Stockton, California verify whether they are truly in city limits and find the codes that include ALL fowl, not...

Verify your zone is actually in city limits: http://www.stocktongov.com/government/departments/communityDevelop/zoningMap.html Stockton has large pockets of County inside city limits. Check here. Good luck: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/stockton-ca-chicken-laws.462690/#post-19478073...

From the day I got them I started if one was a rooster from the way it was acting. Over a month later I finally found out I needed to look at the feet. 3 Australorps - pink feet, 1 Jersey Giant - yellow feet (this one studys everything and softly burrks like asking a question). They are all...

Started to clean along the driveway, then thought, chickens would like this clover I should pull it and bring it to them......nah, I'll bring them to the clover and save myself a lot of work.

OK, I guess I should have expected the helpful comments after lurking here for over a year. The pickup date for the chicks was April 22, 2017, so the story is just getting started. I decided it was time to give back some of the knowledge I gleaned from research, trials and tribulations. I tried...

I've been interested in raising a couple chickens for a few years now. I'd read a little here and there, many times landing here. Last years my resistance to chicken fever was finally overcome. I started researching local laws and finding out about the differences between the breeds. I wanted...

According to: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/stockton-california-chicken-ordinance.61550/ you can. Unfortunately, according to Animal Control Officer Etter #1632 they are not. If someone could amend that page others may not find out the same way I did. I'm now having to re-home my 4...