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June 7, 2009
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The backyard chicken movement is crowing.  People are setting up small chicken coops in urban neighborhoods for organic eggs, fertilizer, and extra bucks.  But neighbors waking up to cock-a-doodle-do before the crack of dawn are complaining.  From Atlanta, to Kansas City to San Francisco, local governments are mediating ruffled feathers. The Leaf Chronicle has the story of Mable Biccum, a retiree who set up a chicken coop in the alley behind her home in Henderson, KY.  She's trying to scratch out a living with fresh eggs. But Mable has run afoul of the city zoning board.  
   
Check out City Chickens for more information on the backyard movement.  And enjoy the webisode about life in the chicken coop. 
 

 
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