All hens must be provided with food, water (unfrozen), shelter, light, ventilation, care, and opportunities for essential behaviours such as scratching, dust-bathing, and roosting to ensure they remain in good health.
All feed must be stored within a fully enclosed container.
All hen owners must follow biosecurity procedures recommended by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to reduce the potential for disease outbreak.
Urban hens are for personal use only and hen owners must not:
Sell eggs, manure, meat or other products derived from hens;
Slaughter a hen on the property;
Dispose of a hen except for delivering it to a farm, abattoir, veterinarian or other operation that is lawfully permitted to dispose of hens; or
Keep a hen in a cage, kennel, or any shelter other than a coop.
