Add to ORKGThe locavore movement and similar trends in sustainable agriculture and health are renewing interest in backyard residential chicken coops. This Article analyzes some of the regulatory approaches cities and towns have taken to address backyard residential chicken coops. The Article focuses on how regulation can support and encourage the beneficial aspects of keeping backyard chickens while mitigating the potential harmful impact of excessive or irresponsibly managed residential chicken coops. In particular, the Article examines common trends in local regulation, like limits on the number and sex of birds allowed in each residential yard, setback and structural requirements, and animal welfare requirements, in the context of the correspondin...
Chickens raised specifically for meat production are the world’s most intensively farmed land animal...
Keeping backyard chickens is an important socio-cultural activity for many households, especially in...
Owning a small flock of chickens is increasing in popularity, particularly in areas where local ordi...
The locavore movement and similar trends in sustainable agriculture and health are renewing interest...
Locavores aim to source their food locally. Many locavores are also concerned more broadly with livi...
In 2007, the City Council of Missoula, Montana passed an ordinance allowing six chickens per urban l...
This project analyzed the last few decades of production and consumption of chicken eggs and broiler...
The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service periodically issues revisions to its publications. The mo...
Chickens raised specifically for meat production are the world’s most intensively farmed land animal...
This fact sheet is constructed to be used by local municipalities for training or as an evaluation t...
In the United States, most laying hens are routinely subjected to cruel treatment and forced to live...
Urban chicken farming, defined as the practice of keeping a small flock of chickens in an urban or s...
It is no secret that the vast majority of American eat animals and animal products. Because of the p...
OBJECTIVES: Backyard poultry ownership is increasingly common in U.S. cities and is regulated at the...
Backyard chicken flocks are becoming popular throughout the country in urban, suburban and rural com...
Chickens raised specifically for meat production are the world’s most intensively farmed land animal...
Keeping backyard chickens is an important socio-cultural activity for many households, especially in...
Owning a small flock of chickens is increasing in popularity, particularly in areas where local ordi...
The locavore movement and similar trends in sustainable agriculture and health are renewing interest...
Locavores aim to source their food locally. Many locavores are also concerned more broadly with livi...
In 2007, the City Council of Missoula, Montana passed an ordinance allowing six chickens per urban l...
This project analyzed the last few decades of production and consumption of chicken eggs and broiler...
The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service periodically issues revisions to its publications. The mo...
Chickens raised specifically for meat production are the world’s most intensively farmed land animal...
This fact sheet is constructed to be used by local municipalities for training or as an evaluation t...
In the United States, most laying hens are routinely subjected to cruel treatment and forced to live...
Urban chicken farming, defined as the practice of keeping a small flock of chickens in an urban or s...
It is no secret that the vast majority of American eat animals and animal products. Because of the p...
OBJECTIVES: Backyard poultry ownership is increasingly common in U.S. cities and is regulated at the...
Backyard chicken flocks are becoming popular throughout the country in urban, suburban and rural com...
Chickens raised specifically for meat production are the world’s most intensively farmed land animal...
Keeping backyard chickens is an important socio-cultural activity for many households, especially in...
Owning a small flock of chickens is increasing in popularity, particularly in areas where local ordi...