My housemate and I recently became interested in purchasing a couple of chickens.  We only want two hens and NO ROOSTERS.  However, we are unfamiliar with the HOA's policy towards chickens.  What is the legal limit?  What is the HOA's policy? 

did you ever get a reply to this ? 

We live just outside the technical boundary of Scenic Brook (on Silvermine), but according to the City of Austin, you can have hens within the city jurisdiction provided any permanent structure is more than 30 feet from another residential structure.  This means that chicken tractors are exempt.  The code doesn't speak to roosters, though they can be cited as a sound violation if/when they crow.

We have two barred rocks that lay when they aren't ornery, and generally free range around our yard unless we've managed to herd them into their coop.

Kate on Silvermine.