Petition to amend city ordinances to Allow Backyard Chickens to be kept in Residential Areas of Oak Forest.
Backyard hens ensure that residents have access to safe, local eggs.
Backyard hens eat insects and weeds, improving the residential environment.
Backyard hens can reduce waste by eating food scraps.
Adult hens can thrive in small coops. Each adult hen needing about 1.5 - 2 square feet of floor space. This small space needed works perfectly with the yard sizes in Oak Forest.
Hens are prized by their owners as are any pet. Some for their personality, some for their beautiful coloring. Unlike roosters, hens are quiet, friendly, and entertaining.
Across the country, urban and suburban areas are allowing small backyard flocks of hens. Major cities allowing poultry include New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City.
Locally Palos Hills, Burbank, Tinley Park and others also now allow up to 4 backyard chickens.
Homeowners should be allowed to keep a small flock of hens kept properly confined in their owner's yard. USU Extension has published several articles to provide information for citizens interested in this hobby.
I support an amendment to current zoning laws governing livestock to allow for small flocks of chickens.
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Reached 1,000 supporters
June 12, 2026
March 18, 2021
I just checked the dashboard and saw 500 signatures which honestly feels surreal because I was worried nobody would even care about this. I keep thinking about how many eggs we could actually have in this town if the city council would just listen for one second. It is wild to think about that many people wanting the same thing so I am going to try and get an appointment at the municipal building this week to see if they will even look at this list.
Reached 500 supporters
March 18, 2021
Reached 100 supporters
September 25, 2018
305 Comments
I believe hens should be allowed in Oak Forest. In times when sustainability and self sufficiency are crucial, this would benefit the lives of many Oak Forest citizens on this path.
Would love this !! If families can have up to 4 (noisy ) dogs why can't we have 6 chickens? They are very quiet and help the environment and grocery bill . Win ,win if you ask me ! Good luck!
I think we should be allowed hens/chickens. It’s our property. They’re quieter and much more harmless than other poets and lots of benefits to owning them such as; controls rodent problems and gives us fresh eggs! What’s better than that?!?!
Im currently house hunting in oak forest and I was surpised when I found out you could NOT keep hens on your property! It is almost making me rule out living within the citt limist!
I am very interested in keeping backyard chickens. I already have a large garden, and would be overjoyed to be able to produce even more of my own food. Please let me know if there’s anything I can do to be of service.
They are just chickens lol people own horses and goats. Let us have chickens
Because we're all tired of oak forest corruption
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Petition to amend city ordinances to Allow Backyard Chickens to be kept in Residential Areas of Oak Forest.
Backyard hens ensure that residents have access to safe, local eggs.
Backyard hens eat insects and weeds, improving the residential environment.
Backyard hens can reduce waste by eating food scraps.
Adult hens can thrive in small coops. Each adult hen needing about 1.5 - 2 square feet of floor space. This small space needed works perfectly with the yard sizes in Oak Forest.
Hens are prized by their owners as are any pet. Some for their personality, some for their beautiful coloring. Unlike roosters, hens are quiet, friendly, and entertaining.
Across the country, urban and suburban areas are allowing small backyard flocks of hens. Major cities allowing poultry include New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City.
Locally Palos Hills, Burbank, Tinley Park and others also now allow up to 4 backyard chickens.
Homeowners should be allowed to keep a small flock of hens kept properly confined in their owner's yard. USU Extension has published several articles to provide information for citizens interested in this hobby.
I support an amendment to current zoning laws governing livestock to allow for small flocks of chickens.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
June 12, 2026
March 18, 2021
I just checked the dashboard and saw 500 signatures which honestly feels surreal because I was worried nobody would even care about this. I keep thinking about how many eggs we could actually have in this town if the city council would just listen for one second. It is wild to think about that many people wanting the same thing so I am going to try and get an appointment at the municipal building this week to see if they will even look at this list.
Reached 500 supporters
March 18, 2021
Reached 100 supporters
September 25, 2018
305 Comments
I am all for chickens with proper ordinances to protect neighbors and animal abuse. But from my research of local ordinances from cities near to us, I don't see any reason why this shouldn't be a thing here in Oak Forest!
I believe hens should be allowed in Oak Forest. In times when sustainability and self sufficiency are crucial, this would benefit the lives of many Oak Forest citizens on this path.
Would love this !! If families can have up to 4 (noisy ) dogs why can't we have 6 chickens? They are very quiet and help the environment and grocery bill . Win ,win if you ask me ! Good luck!
I think we should be allowed hens/chickens. It’s our property. They’re quieter and much more harmless than other poets and lots of benefits to owning them such as; controls rodent problems and gives us fresh eggs! What’s better than that?!?!
Im currently house hunting in oak forest and I was surpised when I found out you could NOT keep hens on your property! It is almost making me rule out living within the citt limist!
I am very interested in keeping backyard chickens. I already have a large garden, and would be overjoyed to be able to produce even more of my own food. Please let me know if there’s anything I can do to be of service.
They are just chickens lol people own horses and goats. Let us have chickens
Because we're all tired of oak forest corruption
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I am all for chickens with proper ordinances to protect neighbors and animal abuse. But from my research of local ordinances from cities near to us, I don't see any reason why this shouldn't be a thing here in Oak Forest!