Chicago city officials have proposed a ban that would forbid residents from keeping chickens.
"Coming up for a vote this week is a proposal to ban chickens, a former barnyard denizen that is pecking its way into cities across the country as part of a growing organic food trend among young professionals and other urban dwellers."
"Cities including Madison, Wis., and Kent, Wash., have passed ordinances allowing people to keep chickens. In Ann Arbor, Mich., a councilman says he plans to introduce a resolution to allow hens to be kept for eggs, and the Board of Zoning Appeals in the upscale Indianapolis suburb of Carmel recently approved an exception to city rules to allow a family to keep three hens in their backyard."
"But the Chicago alderman who proposed a Chicago ban say chicken lovers forget that the birds attract rodents."
FULL STORY: Chicago considers chicken ban
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