Backyard Hens Are Legal In Lubbock City Limits, And The Shelter Has Some Ready To Go - 93.1 KISS FM

The shelter recently posted that it has "tons" of chickens looking for new homes. The birds were surrendered by their owners, not seized for any behavioral infractions, according to the shelter's own post.

Backyard hens pull real weight around a home. They eat pests like ticks, consume kitchen scraps that would otherwise go to waste, produce fertilizer for gardens, and deliver a steady supply of eggs without a grocery run. That combination makes them more practical than most people realize, especially for anyone with a yard and a garden.

For Lubbock residents who have been on the fence, this is a rare situation where the supply is already sitting at the shelter and waiting. Adopting from the Lubbock Animal Shelter means skipping the feed store search and giving a surrendered bird a second home.

Chickens are one of the few livestock animals a person can legally keep inside a major Texas city, which puts Lubbock residents in a position most of their neighbors in other metros do not have.