kikipeepers asked
The City Council is poised to send a message to residents: We don't want your clucking chickens. Coming up is a proposal to ban chickens, a former barnyard denizen that is pecking its way into cities across the country as part of a growing organic food trend among young professionals and other urban dwellers. Chicken lovers say the birds make great pets, don't take up much backyard space and provide tasty, nutritious eggs. Cities including Madison, Wis., and Kent, Wash., have passed ordinances allowing people to keep chickens. In Ann Arbor, Mich., a councilman says he plans to introduce a resolution to allow hens to be kept for eggs, and the Board of Zoning Appeals in the upscale Indianapolis suburb of Carmel recently approved an exception to city rules to allow a family to keep three hens in their backyard. But the Chicago alderman who proposed a Chicago ban say chicken lovers forget that the birds attract rodents. There are also concerns about parasites the birds might carry, and the possibility that they could transmit bird flu if it makes its way to the U.S.
66 answers · 0 comments
Answer this yourself in the app
See how this splits by age, gender, and region in the app.
