I think it is a great idea that they will lessen the restrictions. Today alot of people are going organic and with the prices of food going up, you will see alot more people growing and raising their own food.

You are asking for trouble. Take a look at some of the houses in the citly limits of Lexington and fix their yards uncut and weed growing knee high. Also carports with their unwanted goods filling the carport instead of cars. This is all we need as if they cannot keep their yard up and are allowed to raise chickens can you just imagine the stink and foul smell we will have plus the ungodly site of chicken coops.

With all the 2000 hotel rooms being rented for the ball games that are to open in Lexigton about 3 years from now. Vistors will only see an ugly city if they travel anything other than the main street. All city council is interested in is making the main street beautiful. I really though the city would look on the side streets and make people clean their property up instead of making chicken coops as we already have pig stys all around us in the city of Lexington.

Thanks for the comments Laura and Kay. I know this was a big issue when Irmo was discussing it not too long ago. It will be interesting to see what council decides and how it progresses.

I don't think it would be a good idea either. The smell would be terrible and it would be too messy. Maybe they could rent some land and charge if it would benefit some.
Thanks

NO WAY....The last time a neighbor had chickens there was an increase of MICE and Snakes in our backyards. Does Mayor Halfacre have rocks in his head ????
These people can go to the grocery store like everyone else to buy their chicken..and some markets sell free range (organic) chickens.

Sue Buege

I live in Lexington County (WhiteKnoll) area. My neighbors have chickens and roosters. They are a nuisance! The smell is horrible, the roosters walk freely about our property and theirs. They are noisy. These ppl don't clean up after them and this year, the flies were unbelievably out of control. I wish there was a BAN on having farm animals! Maybe before "loosening" those laws, visit some of these properties and see the havoc chickens create. They are dirty, repulsing little creatures.

If you allow Roosters, what about the noise. We have even people who don't pick up dog poo as it is and brings flies.. etc It is unsanitary and never mind the dog parasites. I am against it.
It will bring other animals (ferile cats etc: around too that would like to kill them for meat.
I do not think is a good idea. This is a town with limits - why we have a county.
Plus associations have covenants and by-laws. put chickens in the council neighbor yards and see if they like it. do they get to slaughter them in their own yard too?

We need to follow the lead of Irmo and vote this down. We don't need anybody getting sick from the poop the kids might step in. It is just not a good healthy idea. Let the farmers raise the chickens. Thank You very much.

Apparently those who are against having chickens haven't raised them. They are talking about cooped chickens, not chickens roaming other people's property. Coops that are raked out daily are not smelly, dirty or gross. People should be able to own property and raise what they want to on it be it crops or chickens that provide eggs. The regulations of screening the coop from view protects the neighbors "viewing" issues so it won't be an eyesore. Besides, they make the cutest coops these days for backyard. Having only 4 chickens would mean you would not need a very big coop anyway. There are easy ways to regulate the situation without trying to outlaw the raising of chickens. They can do it in the big cities, so we certainly should be able to do it in Lexington! Telling people they can just go buy the organic eggs doesn't take into consideration the costs of doing so and shows a true lack of understanding the needs people have today for hormone free foods without having to pay a fortune for them. If you want a certain level of sanitary conditions, that's fine, but wanting to say no to everyone else is not right. I'm very glad they are loosening some of the restrictions so people can do what they truly already have the "right" to do as an American.

I think it is a terrible idea. Chickens are for the country as is horses,pigs and cows. Where will you draw the line? If you want to increase neighborhood disputes, start fooling around with rules and regulations.Ever read about deadly snakes being released to the wild, piranhas put into lakes, mussels clogging up cooling pipes on nuclear power plants. Florida spends tens of millions of dollars of taxpayers money, keeping anacondas from killing people. Things like this occur when people do not use good judgement. Is this not a step toward being like Europe. You will have chickens getting loose all over and more enforcement money will be required.
There are much more important issues to spend time on.

Yeah... look out. Soon there will be menacing hens running loose in the alleys of downtown Lexington.

The City can not even controll the messy yards in the town limits. Garbage in the side yards, carports with plastic side covers and the carport filled with junk. One house with limbs from trees buckets, boat covers laying in side yard. Just wait the chicken will be stinking this summer and the people in the town of Lexington has to put with our city council stupid idea that will embarass the city and the people who live here. Just like they are allowing the man he was running viedo poker machine in their front door to still keep his seat and collect his money. Chickens are and crooks are more welcome than clean , neat and honest people who won't stink up the enivornment.We should vote all of city council and elect people who know how to run a city. We have to much good old boy in this town.

My neighbor HAS chickens and roosters and turkeys! (Stupid birds, really!!) It stinks to high heaven and there are raggedy coops and cages all over his backyard. More than an eyesore, it's NOISY as heck. I'm an early riser, but 4:30 every morning is a bit much--no sleeping in allowed. He doesn't eat them, he doesn't pet or walk them--he just listens, with the rest of us, while they crow and cackle and gobble gobble all day. "Reckon" he likes it, but the rest of us have no choice. I love animals, but this is the pits, believe me. Can't we PLEASE keep chickens and roosters and all other livestock confined to rural areas? No one minds if he raises broods and broods of them, so long as it on a FARM or land owned in less metropolitan areas. In the city limits? Truly bad idea.

So what Lexington County department do you report people that have roosters in a residential subdivision ? I have read that Lexington County allows chickens but not roosters because of the noise.