A few days ago, CNN Chile came to my home in the municipality of El Monte, in the metropolitan area, 50 kilometers from Santiago. The reason for the visit was to host my chicken coop and inform people if it is possible to keep chickens and chickens in a house with a ±small garden. Make sure your fences are high enough to prevent your chickens from entering your neighbors` homes or public streets. A closed enclosure with fences of more than 1.20 meters dedicated to your hens should suffice. Before you let your hens leave the barn for the first time, or better yet, before buying new chickens, you should check if your area has an exemption for free-range chickens. Otherwise, your chickens may be temporarily placed in compulsory accommodation under the Avian Influenza Ordinance. It is therefore ± not surprising that he now lives in a house in San Carlos de Apoquindo and that in his garden he has room for an orchard and a ±small wooden structure, two floors and decorated with curtains by Gã©Nero. It may well be mistaken for a small muã±ecas house, but in reality it is the home of its three chickens. She loves them not only for their sympathy, sociability and for the sacred eggs they spread on the terrace, but also appreciates that her children know the processes of nature up close±. „My children are aware of important issues, such as recycling, healthy food and respect for animals and insects.
It`s a trend that comes with force, so to the extent that you see it as a lifestyle, I think it`s beneficial. „He was doing research, taking classes and wanted to increase the load. He finished all 10 and then they reached 30 while he was already living in the heart of Santiago Centro, in his partner`s house near Santa Ana. No problem with neighbors, because from time to time they used the technique©of giving eggs. Over time, they began to sell them and at the same time decided to move to a plot. Then came the leap: with merchandising. In addition to selling eggs and chickens, they began to offer kikirikits, wooden chicken coops, where aesthetics, design and comfort are preferred, in addition ± drinking fountains, veterinary assistance, manual for children`s ± and packages of vegetable food with corn, wheat and oats©. Note: In municipalities with PLU, the construction of a chicken coop adjoining an existing structure (against your house or garage) allows up to 40 m² of space without a building permit (Article R. 421-14 of the Urban Planning Code).
However, you will have to prove that you are building a chicken coop and not an extension of your home. After you have purchased chickens, you need to register each chicken with the relevant veterinary office. You must also submit a report to the Animal Health Fund. It is important that the authorities have an overview of where poultry are kept. If there are outbreaks of bird flu, as has happened several times in recent years, the authorities have a direct way to contact you so that you can protect your chickens. This prevents the virus from spreading. You can hear the cackling in the big city. The crowing of a rooster next to the streets and buses. It`s not common, but it happens. A quota of nostalgia is mixed with the desire to replicate experiences abroad, or the desire to practice food sovereignty at home. In addition, to prevent the spread of certain diseases, such as Newcastle disease, it is necessary to vaccinate chickens every three months.
Salmonella vaccination is also mandatory in some places. Proof of vaccination must be retained. Emiliano was not wanted. Let us suppose ± he had suffered some kind of intimidation and that before the persistent attitude©of his companions, Inãs©Barros and Rodrigo Lafuente, his ± owners, his „parents“, decided to take him out of Rapel and take him to their home in Santiago. Like Carmela, the rooster lived in the city, in the municipality of Las Condes. A few days earlier, the Emi, the ±ora, who works on the plot and inspiration for baptizing the new family member, had subjected him to a kind of oral extraction, better known as „taking out the seed,“ for the sole purpose of „singing beautifully.“ But that didn`t happen. Against all odds, he delighted his neighbours only once when he arrived in the capital. Never again. To the aggressions of their peers was added the threat of one of the dogs, and the poor man was wounded and defeated.
„He hid his beak in the ground,“ Inã© recalls. Worried, they called the „fonopollo“, the Emi, to find out what© to do, and a few hours later, Rodrigo, a businessman dedicated to the software industry, asked for gloves and tweezers and went to treat him. Over time, the situation improved even further because Charlotte came to lay eggs between the flowers and the ±small garden. No one stopped him. He sang early in the morning, sang in the afternoon while the dogs ran, walked with the cat, and one of the four girls in the wedding would come in and out. Perhaps because of the overcrowding of the garden, the rooster and hen sought privacy in the heights and improvised their own chicken coop on top of a large tree. Like a Buã±uel film, surrealism also creeps in©. Since chickens are considered small animals, you can usually keep them in a residential area. In the event of a dispute, however, the size of the herd is important. Certainly, five chickens is not a problem, but if you want to have 30 chickens, the judge will decide in case of doubt whether it is possible or not. Being self-sufficient is the dream of many people and the good news is that it can become reality, or at least achieve a good level of self-sufficiency. For this, it is a great idea to have laying hens at home.
Building codes are regulated at the state level, so we can`t give exact details about them. Learn building regulations that apply to you how big the chicken coop can be, how far it can be from the property line, and how high it can be.