The chicken craze is at least partly a sign of the tough economy, something like the victory gardens Americans grew during other hard times and during the two world wars. Cities all over the country are changing zoning codes so residents can raise “city chickens.” New York City, Los Angeles, Madison, and Seattle are among the places that now allow backyard flocks. With this action, Chelsea is bucking a nationwide trend. Her approach to raising them is reflected in the title of a class she taught last year on backyard chickens-”The Beauty of Chickens.”īut this April, the city ordered her to get rid of the birds within ten days or face ninety days in jail and up to a $500 fine. For ten years they lived peaceably in her backyard, providing her family with fresh eggs. She had a flock-seven chickens, to be exact. You don’t have to know all the gruesome details to understand that chicken farms don’t belong in town. Where I grew up, down South, chickens are a nasty business. But this spring, Silverio was given a choice: get rid of her chickens or go to jail. Ten years ago at the Chelsea Farm Supply, Lucy Silverio’s youngest daughter, Antonia, was enchanted with the baby animals there, so Silverio bought her some chicks.
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