Chicago considers residential chicken ban
Posted November 20, 2007 10:00 pm
Live chickens aren't meant for big-city neighborhoods.
At least that's how some Chicago aldermen see it and they're moving to ban the keeping of the birds in residential areas.
The phenomenon of city chickens is apparently on the rise. Animal control officials in Chicago say they've had more than 700 complaints about chickens this year. That includes hundreds of gripes about rosters crowing too loudly.
Alderman Lona Lane has taken the lead in pushing a hen and rooster ban through the City Council's Health Committee. It's expected to pass at a council meeting next month.
Lane says the chickens literally create a stink in some neighborhoods. She says chicken waste not only smells -- it also attracts rodents.
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