Q. I’ve keep ducks for years and now the city wants them to be removed. Please help, I don’t want to lose my ducks. Do you have any suggestions?
A. It was upsetting to read of the troubles you are experiencing with the city
regarding your ducks. I know how much a part of [...]
Q. Keeping Animals in Town?
I’m really enjoying your website- it has been such an encouragement to me! We recently moved from a 5 acre farm in OK, complete with dairy goats, pigs, calf, chickens, and ducks to a urban neighborhood in CO. I was initially very frustrated to be so limited here, but I [...]
Q. I’d like to raise chickens; however I’ve found out they are against the law in my city and the officials are giving me trouble. Can you help?
A. Sorry to hear of the difficult time the city is giving you regarding your desire to raise chickens. Sometimes, all they can see is the laws [...]
Q. Is it legal for you to keep “farm animals?”
A. We’ve been receiving a lot of email lately about keeping animals in the city.
Regarding animals in Pasadena, here’s the link to the city code/ordinance on keeping of animals:
Pasadena residents are legally allowed to keep certain fowl and goats; however, there are certain restrictions, of [...]
Q. Thanks for doing what you do. I’m curious though, what is the zoning for your house? Do you have to have any special permits to do what you do? And the composting toilet…I didn’t think cities let you use them. Did you have to get a permit for it?
A. We live in a low-income [...]
