Bossier City, La says No Chickens during Pandemic?

[MollyBee88]

So, here we are still in the middle of this Covid19 thing. In the beginning there were no eggs to be found in the stores and now there is a meat shortage.... it makes sense to have a few chickens, as eggs are a wonderful source of nutrition. I can’t buy a Hamburger at a restaurant around here or beef at the store but the City Marshall tells me I have to get rid of my source of food? How does this work y’all? Any advice?

 

[swamphiker]

You'll need to take a look at your local ordinances and possibly the zoning of your property.

Here is a very old thread about chicken ordinances in your city: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/legalize-bossier-city.808436/
These folks might be a good resource for you. Best of luck!

 

[MollyBee88]

Thank you!!!!!

 

[MollyBee88]

Ok, the Facebook page seems to no longer exist, I had checked that one out earlier, however I’ll see if I can figure out how to contact the person who posted. Thank you again!

 

[The Moonshiner]

Your post doesn't give any details.
What are you saying? That your city is saying no one can own chickens at the moment?
Doesn't make much sense.

 

[MollyBee88]

Your post doesn't give any details.
What are you saying? That your city is saying no one can own chickens at the moment?
Doesn't make much sense.

That’s correct!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Were you allowed to own them until the pandemic or have you just not been allowed to own period? Very different from each other

 

[JColtF]

So, here we are still in the middle of this Covid19 thing. In the beginning there were no eggs to be found in the stores and now there is a meat shortage.... it makes sense to have a few chickens, as eggs are a wonderful source of nutrition. I can’t buy a Hamburger at a restaurant around here or beef at the store but the City Marshall tells me I have to get rid of my source of food? How does this work y’all? Any advice?

I'm a resident of Bossier looking to have a few chickens in the backyard as well

As I understand it, you can't have them in R-1 zones but since they've redone the zoning there are no R-1 Zones, there are R-LD (light density) R-MD (medium density) R-HD (high density)