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January 2008
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Chickens That Break The Law
| In some areas it is illegal to keep chickens
in your backyard. There was a recent news story in Florida about a
man named Jim Tucker who had been told he had to get rid of his chickens.
He had been fighting it for about a year and had at that point just
been given 6 months to resolve some code violations.
(I put the interview as 'restrictions on keeping chickens' under the general interest area of my blog a while ago but you can also read about it / view it here: http://www.nwfdailynews.com/article/7210/comments/ ) The main thing I got from the story was that it is possible to appeal an order, and at least buy some more time. He was also planning to ask for a change to a city ordinance that would allow people to keep up to five chickens within the city limits. Someone who has successfully gone through the process of changing their local laws is Olivia Collins (age 10), together with her parents (the news story can be read here
: Apparently one of the key points in her particular case was asking for the council to 'allow pet hens' instead of to 'allow backyard chickens' (of |
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