[RP TownTalk] Poultry

[JayRite at aol.com]

Then allow me to be the first to complain.
Having a token rooster as the town mascot is wonderful. I'm all for it,  it's 
very cute. 
But If I wanted to be around the..."essence" of chickens that I remember  all 
to well from my childhood and growing up on the Delmava Penninsula, then I  
would move back there. My Step Grandparents have a chicken farm in Roxana  
Delaware. Chickens are riddled with disease, they stink, and die rather easily,  
especially in the cold. Raccoons love them, (after all they taste like 
chicken),  and WHEN they escape, they are nearly impossible to catch. Our town 
resources,  that are already stretched to the limit, will have to deal with the  
responsibility of chicken wrangling which is added cost to Animal Control. 
 
This would require much more than just lifting a law. It would require a  
special licence, a hefty registration fee, to cover the towns expenses of  
chicken control, (wrangling, inspections, etc.), registration of each individual  
chicken (to hold chicken ranchers responsible) And very patient neighbors.  
COCK-A-DOODLE DOOOO!!!!!!!!
 
Sorry to be a downer on this. I'm all for naming our town mascot. But  
against a back yard chicken mandate. It is a cute idea though. 
 
Jay Wright
 
 
In a message dated 2/22/2009 10:26:18 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
sarah.wayland at gmail.com writes:

You  know, I kind of like the chickens and turkeys that live down the
street  from my parents. They are really beautiful, and they are quiet.
Honestly,  they are better neighbors than a house full of barking dogs!

I don't  understand these restrictions. In Albuquerque, the law is that
you can keep  poultry as long as the neighbors don't complain. That
seems completely  reasonable to me.

-Sarah

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