Window on Cherry Pie Lane

I just had a quick comment about chickens today.  The urban chicken issue has reared it’s head again locally. I understand there will be a commission meeting this week about the issue. I still do not understand what the problem is. I would certainly be happier to have 5 clucking hens next door than to have a neighborhood of barking dogs. And to think those hens provide eggs for the family too.  They aren’t even talking about roosters and their crowing, it’s just hens. I suppose there is concern about the smell of manure too. Once again, maybe they should be comparing that with dogs/cats. I just don’t get it; what is wrong with having a few chickens? Have a pen law where they can not run wild and then enforce it. Sad when people are prevented from raising their own food. We aren’t talking cows, for heaven’s sake.  What would a few chickens hurt? They have the neatest pens/coups available too. There is something called a chicken tractor that is on wheels that you can move around, so they can graze the grass and are contained inside. Right on the edge of Great Falls are some really cute buildings that were made for that number of chickens to be kept in. So sad that our city can’t see the benefit. But then Great Falls also doesn’t allow portable vendors, like coffee kiosks, Beer Baron or Big Mouth BarBQ.  Go figure.

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