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<br />(7) A run and exercise yard is required. <br /> <br />• Runs must be constructed and maintained to meet the following minimum <br />standards: <br /> <br />1) Location: rear or side yard adjacent to the coop. <br /> <br />2) Size: 25 square feet per bird to a fenced exercise yard. <br /> <br />3) Height: Six (6) feet in height to allow access for cleaning and <br />maintenance. <br /> <br />4) Gate: One gate to allow human access to the run. <br /> <br />5) Cover: Adequate to keep hens in and predators out. <br /> <br />6) Substrate: Composed of material that can be easily raked or <br />regularly replace to reduce odor and flies. <br /> <br />• Exercise yards must be fenced. Exercise yards must provide a minimum <br />of one-hundred seventy-four (174) square feet per chicken. <br /> <br />(8) Chickens must not be housed in a residential house or an attached or detached <br />garage. <br /> <br />(9) All premises on which hens are kept or maintained shall be kept clean from filth, <br />garbage, and any substances which attract rodents. The coop and its <br />surrounding must be cleaned frequently enough to control odor. Manure shall not <br />be allowed to accumulate in a way that causes an unsanitary condition or causes <br />odors detectible on another property. Failure to comply with these conditions <br />may result in the officer removing chickens from the premises or revoking a <br />chicken permit. <br /> <br />(10) All grain and food stored for the use of the hens on a premise with a chicken <br />permit shall be kept in a rodent proof container. <br /> <br />(11) Hens shall not be kept in such a manner as to constitute a nuisance to the <br />occupants of adjacent property. <br /> <br />(12) Adequate records should be kept on file noting the primary care veterinarian for <br />every chicken. A "new chicken" exam is required for every new flock addition and <br />then regular veterinary exams as recommended by the veterinarian. Additionally, <br />quarantine of new birds for a minimum of 7 days (or longer) will occur before <br />introducing the new chicken to the flock. <br /> <br />(13) Dead chickens must be disposed of according to the Minnesota Board of Animal <br />Health rules which require chicken carcasses to be disposed of as soon as <br />possible after death, usually within forty-eight (48) to seventy-two (72) hours. <br />Legal forms of chicken carcass disposal include burial, off-site incineration or <br />rendering, or composting.