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From: "william" <[log in to unmask]>


> Day, Wally wrote:
>  I live in a rural subdivision, but one that explicitly
>> prohibits chickens.

Our city council just approved owning chickens in town; I think 12 per 
household.  No roosters...too much noise that can bother neighbors.

Hispanic people here in NM have raised a few chickens in their yards for 
hundreds of yrs.; recently they banded together to get approval to do it 
again & they won.

That said, we have a lot of animal abuse here .... horses, dogs, cats, etc. 
kept in truly awful inhumane conditions.  Many people are concerned abt. how 
the chickens may be raised (w/out water, shade..) and see it as abuse 
waiting to happen.  Pros & cons.

Kath in NM