There is nothing quite like waking up to the sound of chickens clucking, going out to your yard and collecting fresh eggs for your breakfast.
It's something more and more city dwellers are doing, deciding to go back to the good old days and raise chickens in their yards.
Before you build that coop though, the Douglas County Health Department says you need to have a permit first.
Health Director Adi Pour says having chickens in Douglas County is okay, just make sure you have a domestic animal permit.“Urban farming is a welcome growing trend in our county. These statutes exist to promote sanitary conditions and animal well-being.”
Permits are issued for one year periods from January 1st through December 31st and must be renewed every January.
The permit does not cost anything, and can be printed off of the Health Department's website here, and sent in to the Department.