Comments on: Town Says Family Can’t Keep Pet Chickens

By: stephen a.

stephen a. — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:52:33 +0000

im going through the same thing right now,god put chickens here for pets if you have no commercial activity with them they are definately considered pets,they are no worse than a dog or cat,this is a free country you should be able to keep livestock as pets,they shouldnt be treated no different.

By: Maria N.

Maria N. — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:07:36 +0000

People get a life…these are chickens. Take them to a farm and visit them. If you want to have livestock as “pets” then get a farm. Not everyone wants to have farm animals living next door to them. Be considerate of your neighbors.

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Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:01:34 +0000

[…] for our daily email digest or subscribe in a RSS reader.A recent Itchmo article told the story of a town that forced a family to give up its pet chickens despite pleas from the family claiming that the birds were pets and not farm animals. But in […]

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:47:29 +0000

Keep the pet. Remove the neighbor .

By: pat

pat — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:31:12 +0000

i find it amazing that you can run noisy machinery from first light, or play “music” and have noisy crowds of human beings on your property until pretty late at night, but a rooster crowing generates complaints that resound in the town council chambers. ridiculous. in general, i’d rather hear a rooster crowing than listen to my idiot neighbor’s chain saw all day.

By: Judy

Judy — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:03:45 +0000

I don’t like dogs barking in the middle of the night either but I wouldn’t suggest the dogs should be evicted.

Probably if they wanted to eat the chickens the neighbors wouldn’t have a problem with that.

I guess I am just sick of hearing about someone having to get rid of a pet (no matter the species) because of a neighbor complaining. People need to be worried about important things like is my food poisened.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:24:19 +0000

Would you want a rooster crowing in the early morning hours next door to you? I sure wouldn’t.

By: Nancy G.

Nancy G. — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:57:32 +0000

It always seems to be one neighbor who complains in these cases. Must be a new neighbor, if the rooster has been there for 8 years. Isn’t there an ordinance against noisy neighbors, disturbing the peace? There should be. Yeah, there needs to be an intermediate law for the people who do keep ‘livestock’ as pets these days. These laws were written back when no one did, if you had a pig in the yard or some chickens, they WERE livestock. If it’s one such animal, or a couple, and they are clean and well cared for and not raised for food, they should let ‘em be.

By: pat

pat — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:03:55 +0000

i look after a small flock of chickens, and they are nice pets with distinct personalities. They are very good at insect control and they get along well with the cats… oddly enough. roosters tend to be a little noisy, which is probably why the neighbor complained. a well cared for chicken can easily live for 20 years, so i doubt that the town will grant that request easily. if there’s to be a court case, much will depend on how the word pet is defined. i think we’ll see this type of thing over and over as more and more property is zoned to facilitate development.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:10:36 +0000

Here’s an idea for the township. Tell the anonymous complaining neighbor to fly the coop and get outta dodge.