Someone mentioned to me last week that one benefit of all of these chickens in your backyard classes is to create a voice for having appropriate laws regarding fowl in your backyard.
It looks like that may become more of necessity more quickly than I thought.
Val has a great post on chickens on the Cincinnati Locavore site about what is happening in Montgomery. She makes some great points about what should be regulated, but that outlawing chickens is a complete misuse of power and time.
I think that the sharing of information between chicken folk will become more important as we can speak to the actualities of raising chickens in your yard, and not let the voice of those not familiar with the subject be heard too loudly.
If you are interested in joining the "Cincinnati Chicken List", please contact me at michael (dot) e (dot) roman (at) gmail (dot) com.
Be a Happy Chicken Folk!
Update:
Another municipality taking away chickens: Sycamore Township
What is going on? Appropriate limits would seem the way to go. Say no more than six chickens in small lots, with the number increasing as your lot gets bigger. Sensible laws make sense for everyone, not just the people who complain.
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Thanks for the shout out, Michael! I'm definitely joining your cincinnati chicken list!
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