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Batavia chicken coop permit slow

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Batavia approved letting people raise chickens at home, but few people have applied for permits to build coops or runs since the law went into effect in May. These backyard chickens are being raised in St. Charles.

BRIAN HILL | Staff Photographer

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For all the hue and cry raised this spring over whether Batavians should be allowed to raise chickens in their back yards, only a few people have applied for permission to do so, according to the city.

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