Backyard chickens /tags/backyard-chickens Backyard chickens en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:00:00 GMT A new law expanding who can own chickens in Missouri started as a family affair /government-politics-issues/2024-12-20/new-law-expanding-own-chickens-missouri-family-affair While city or state ordinances still could bar chicken ownership, homeowners associations, deed restrictions or similar agreements cannot. Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-12-20/new-law-expanding-own-chickens-missouri-family-affair Sarah Kellogg Missouri legislature passes eviction moratorium ban as part of property rights bill /government-politics-issues/2024-05-16/missouri-legislature-passes-eviction-moratorium-ban-charging-station-land-bank The wide-reaching legislation also includes provisions on electric vehicle charging stations, a land bank program and chicken ownership. Thu, 16 May 2024 20:10:15 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-05-16/missouri-legislature-passes-eviction-moratorium-ban-charging-station-land-bank Sarah Kellogg Belleville follows Metro East trend by lifting decades-old ban on backyard chickens /government-politics-issues/2023-09-19/belleville-follows-metro-east-trend-by-lifting-decades-old-ban-on-backyard-chickens Up to 50 homeowners in Belleville will be allowed to keep chickens in their backyards under an ordinance adopted by the City Council on Monday night. Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:47:37 GMT /government-politics-issues/2023-09-19/belleville-follows-metro-east-trend-by-lifting-decades-old-ban-on-backyard-chickens Teri Maddox Should Belleville residents be allowed to keep chickens in their backyard? /2023-06-23/should-belleville-residents-be-allowed-to-keep-chickens-in-their-backyard On Wednesday night, a city committee unanimously approved a recommendation to take the first step in the process for Belleville residents to own up to six female chickens for egg laying. Fri, 23 Jun 2023 16:11:30 GMT /2023-06-23/should-belleville-residents-be-allowed-to-keep-chickens-in-their-backyard Mike Koziatek As bird flu sweeps across U.S. even small, backyard flocks are at risk /health-science-environment/2022-04-19/as-bird-flu-sweeps-across-u-s-even-small-backyard-flocks-are-at-risk State officials and scientists are cautioning backyard flock owners to be on high alert for bird flu. The highly contagious disease has reached small flocks in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. Tue, 19 Apr 2022 10:20:20 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-04-19/as-bird-flu-sweeps-across-u-s-even-small-backyard-flocks-are-at-risk Katie Peikes Urban Farming: Chickens Rule The Roost In Many St. Louis Backyards /arts/2019-04-29/urban-farming-chickens-rule-the-roost-in-many-st-louis-backyards On a recent sunny-side-up morning, Seth Jansen delivered two lively hens and a rental coop to Anne Miller’s home in Olivette.Miller smiled nervously as… Mon, 29 Apr 2019 12:51:21 GMT /arts/2019-04-29/urban-farming-chickens-rule-the-roost-in-many-st-louis-backyards Mary Delach Leonard Fowl play: As backyard chickens grow in popularity, so do ordinances to control them /arts/2013-04-11/fowl-play-as-backyard-chickens-grow-in-popularity-so-do-ordinances-to-control-them This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 11, 2013 - Twenty-two years ago, when Merryl Winstein began raising chickens in her own Webster… Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:44:35 GMT /arts/2013-04-11/fowl-play-as-backyard-chickens-grow-in-popularity-so-do-ordinances-to-control-them Kristen Hare