illinois towns that allow backyard chickens

[sherrie79510]

Bartonville, Illinois does NOT allow chickens in the yard. The police chief that is being quoted as having some, lives outside the village limits. I'm trying to obtain an amendment so that we can have chickens, so if there is anyone else who would like to petition the court, please let me know so we can bring in larger numbers of people wishing for a change.

 

[sherrie79510]

I've started a list of cities in Illinois that allow backyard chickens and a couple of articles as well:
Chicago (all of Cook County)
All of Will County
St Charles
Naperville
Downers Grove
Oak Park
Brookfield
Deerfield
Evanston
West Dundee
Warrenville
Western Springs
Fox Lake
Cerro Gordo
Decatur
Batavia
Galesburg
Silvis
Quincy
Pekin
Urbana
Penfield
Paxton
Perry
Belleville
Detrot
Loda
Thawville
Onargo
Roberts
Monticello
Springfield Hens make themselves at home at governor’s place
SPRINGFIELD — The chickens have come home to roost at the Illinois governor’s mansion, but this time it’s not a political metaphor.

Nine chickens, from breeds like Ameraucana to Rhode Island Reds, are cooped up at the Executive Mansion.

The hens landed at the 159-year-old official state residence a couple of weeks ago, after they were rescued from a woman who couldn’t take care of them any longer.

They are enclosed inside a pen in the mansion’s rose garden.

Springfield is among the Illinois cities that allow people to keep chickens, but these hens are the first known to have resided on the mansion grounds — at least in recent generations, said David Blanchette, a former administrator with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency who’s now a spokesman for Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn.
It’s the latest addition to a sustainability theme that’s developed at a place that now features rain barrels, a compost area to create fertilizer for the landscaped mansion grounds and a vegetable garden that grows things like herbs, lettuce and tomatoes.
The birds are staying in a white henhouse donated by the Heritage Poultry Breeders Association. Providing some of the feed is Archer Daniels Midland, the Decatur-based agribusiness giant that’s moving its headquarters to Chicago.
Mostly, though, the hens are eating chicken scraps such as lettuce and potato peels.
The chickens come in different colors: black and red, gray and brown, just brown and just white. Collectively, they’re laying about six or seven eggs a day.

Chicago Can You Raise Backyard Chickens in Chicago? The ‘Burbs?

• March 26, 2014
• By George

https://blog.allstate.com/raise-chickens-in-chicago/ Chicago is putting the “Chi” in chicken. The urban agriculture movement—including raising backyard chickens—is a trend that hasn't slipped past Chicagoans. It is legal to raise chickens in every neighborhood in Chicago. Photo: Meredith Morris[/caption] “There is definitely growing interest in raising chickens in Chicago,” says… Allstate https://blog.allstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Jennifer_Chickens2.jpg
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Chicago is putting the “Chi” in chicken. The urban agriculture movement—including raising backyard chickens—is a trend that hasn’t slipped past Chicagoans.
It is legal to raise chickens in every neighborhood in Chicago. Photo: Meredith Morris
“There is definitely growing interest in raising chickens in Chicago,” says Jennifer Murtoff of Home to Roost, who works as an urban chicken consultant for about 400 Chicago families. There seems to be a healthy curiosity in wanting to know where your food comes from and wanting to be a part of the process, Murtoff explains.
Hens, roosters legal in Chicago
It may be surprising to some, but it’s legal to raise any number of hens and roosters as pets and for eggs throughout every neighborhood in the city, according to Chicagochickens.org. It is against the law, however, to keep pigeons, or to keep any animal for the purpose of slaughtering for food—Chicago has strict laws on slaughtering facilities, which are monitored closely by the state, according to the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
In Chicago your chickens don’t have to be registered, have no coop specifications, and roosters are even allowed, Murtoff says. “There are no regulations on the size of your yard, but there are best practices on how to keep your coop and how to properly care for your chickens,” she says.
Chicago (all of Cook County)
All of Will County
St Charles
Naperville
Downers Grove
Oak Park
Brookfield
Deerfield
Evanston
West Dundee
Warrenville
Western Springs
Fox Lake
Cerro Gordo
Decatur
Batavia
Galesburg
Silvis
Quincy
Pekin
Urbana
Penfield
Paxton
Perry
Belleville
Detrot
Loda
Thawville
Onargo
Roberts
Monticello
Springfield:

Hens make themselves at home at governor’s place
SPRINGFIELD — The chickens have come home to roost at the Illinois governor’s mansion, but this time it’s not a political metaphor.

Nine chickens, from breeds like Ameraucana to Rhode Island Reds, are cooped up at the Executive Mansion.

The hens landed at the 159-year-old official state residence a couple of weeks ago, after they were rescued from a woman who couldn’t take care of them any longer.

They are enclosed inside a pen in the mansion’s rose garden.

Springfield is among the Illinois cities that allow people to keep chickens, but these hens are the first known to have resided on the mansion grounds — at least in recent generations, said David Blanchette, a former administrator with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency who’s now a spokesman for Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn.
It’s the latest addition to a sustainability theme that’s developed at a place that now features rain barrels, a compost area to create fertilizer for the landscaped mansion grounds and a vegetable garden that grows things like herbs, lettuce and tomatoes.
The birds are staying in a white henhouse donated by the Heritage Poultry Breeders Association. Providing some of the feed is Archer Daniels Midland, the Decatur-based agribusiness giant that’s moving its headquarters to Chicago.
Mostly, though, the hens are eating chicken scraps such as lettuce and potato peels.
The chickens come in different colors: black and red, gray and brown, just brown and just white. Collectively, they’re laying about six or seven eggs a day.

Chicago Can You Raise Backyard Chickens in Chicago? The ‘Burbs?

• March 26, 2014
• By George

https://blog.allstate.com/raise-chickens-in-chicago/ Chicago is putting the “Chi” in chicken. The urban agriculture movement—including raising backyard chickens—is a trend that hasn't slipped past Chicagoans. It is legal to raise chickens in every neighborhood in Chicago. Photo: Meredith Morris[/caption] “There is definitely growing interest in raising chickens in Chicago,” says… Allstate https://blog.allstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Jennifer_Chickens2.jpg
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Chicago is putting the “Chi” in chicken. The urban agriculture movement—including raising backyard chickens—is a trend that hasn’t slipped past Chicagoans.
It is legal to raise chickens in every neighborhood in Chicago. Photo: Meredith Morris
“There is definitely growing interest in raising chickens in Chicago,” says Jennifer Murtoff of Home to Roost, who works as an urban chicken consultant for about 400 Chicago families. There seems to be a healthy curiosity in wanting to know where your food comes from and wanting to be a part of the process, Murtoff explains.
Hens, roosters legal in Chicago
It may be surprising to some, but it’s legal to raise any number of hens and roosters as pets and for eggs throughout every neighborhood in the city, according to Chicagochickens.org. It is against the law, however, to keep pigeons, or to keep any animal for the purpose of slaughtering for food—Chicago has strict laws on slaughtering facilities, which are monitored closely by the state, according to the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
In Chicago your chickens don’t have to be registered, have no coop specifications, and roosters are even allowed, Murtoff says. “There are no regulations on the size of your yard, but there are best practices on how to keep your coop and how to properly care for your chickens,” she says.

 

[sherrie79510]

Chicago (all of Cook County)
All of Will County
St Charles
Naperville
Downers Grove
Oak Park
Brookfield
Deerfield
Evanston
West Dundee
Warrenville
Western Springs
Fox Lake
Cerro Gordo
Decatur
Batavia
Galesburg
Silvis
Quincy
Pekin
Urbana
Penfield
Paxton
Perry
Belleville
Detrot
Loda
Thawville
Onargo
Roberts
Monticello
Springfield

 

[jltrail]

Champaign now allows up to 6 hens. You do have to register and apply for a coop license. There are also minimum requirements in terms of space in the coop and run.

 

[beck123]

Bartonville, Illinois does NOT allow chickens in the yard.  The police chief that is being quoted as having some, lives outside the village limits.  I'm trying to obtain an amendment so that we can have chickens, so if there is anyone else who would like to petition the court, please let me know so we can bring in larger numbers of people wishing for a change.

I don't actually live in the town off bartonville but in a subdivision out of town. I can't find anything that says I can't have them but would like too

 

[Hallowich]

Wheaton, Elgin, Elmwood Park (?), Brookfield, North Riverside

 

[JOHN 18]

i'm living at Channahon IL.60410 and village tell me we can't have chickens.If same one know what to do to change the village law?

 

[DaddyDink]

just bought home in bolingbrook which is will county...no hoa, so it looks like we are good to go right?

 

[DaddyDink]

We are next bolingbrook friends we can do it

according to sherrie79510, all of will is good to go...not sure if b-brook is in 2 counties the way Naperville is, but my new house says will county so it appears I am good to go, what is stopping you?

 

[Molpet]

just bought home in bolingbrook which is will county...no hoa, so it looks like we are good to go right?

if you live in the city limits, the city code says no
SECTION 21-103. CERTAIN ANIMALS PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS. No goat pen, chicken coop, runway, yard or other place for the keeping of any goat, chicken, pigeon, goose, turkey, mule, donkey, sheep, bovine, swine or other such animal or fowl, of any kind, shall be maintained within the Village, except that fowl and rabbits for the purpose of slaughtering or sale in the ordinary course of business may be kept therein in such areas as are permitted under the Zoning Code and other applicable ordinances http://www.bolingbrook.com/images/pdf/executive/Muni_Code_New/MC_Chapter21-03-30-16.pdf

if you live in unincorporated you have to follow will county setbacks and restrictions
restricted them to one chicken per 12,500 square feet, and only on lots that are at least 12,500 square feet.. The chickens have to be fenced in, and no roosters are allowed, according to the amended ordinance. Chicken coops also must be at least 50 feet away from adjacent homes...."
whole article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-approves-chickens-st-0219-2-20160219-story.html