No More Roosters Allowed Within City Limits in Arkansas Town

The 2025 new year has finally arrived and there will be no more cock-a- doodle do's allowed in Van Buren Arkansas.

Cock-A-Doodle- Don't in 2025

As of December 30, 2024, the city council of Van Buren voted overwhelmingly to amend the city code to ban roosters, chickens, turkeys, and any other fowl from roaming the streets freely within the city limits. Acting on a recommendation from the Planning Commission the city council held a public meeting to hear complaints about the nuisance the roosters have been causing the community.

Roosters Banned in Van Buren

According to a report from KNWA, under a new revised section of the municipal code 6.08.05 which prohibits keeping roosters within the city limits.

Fowl Play

The City of Van Buren now joins other Arkansas cities like Little Rock, Fort Smith, Fayetteville, and Rogers that prohibit roosters in the city limits. If an individual is caught breaking this new city ordinance a fine could be issued to the person or persons involved.

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Many residential areas in Arkansas allow chickens, but coop placement and health conditions are strictly enforced. Permits to obtain chickens are common in Arkansas. See a compiled list of laws from several cities and states on laws owning chickens.

Why did the chicken cross the road? Because he was about to be banned!