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3/21/12 at 3:24am

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This article was in the Journal News the other day.

http://www.LoHud.com/article/20120320/NEWS02/303200040/A-chicken-every-yard-New-Rochelle-Ossining

These stories have been making the news more frequently in this part of the state. Hopefully, it will lead to positive changes in the law.

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6/14/12 at 11:24am

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Al, I couldn't get that link to load, but found it here, I think...

http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012306130109

And to leave a comment...

http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2012/06/14/morning-conversation-chickens-roosters-and-east-ramapo/

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6/14/12 at 12:59pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JerseyHen

Al, I couldn't get that link to load, but found it here, I think...
http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012306130109

And to leave a comment...
http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2012/06/14/morning-conversation-chickens-roosters-and-east-ramapo/

The good doctor's wife is one of the early participants on our southern NY thread. She hasn't been on in a while and this may have been one reason.

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6/14/12 at 1:22pm

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Originally Posted by ChickenAl

The good doctor's wife is one of the early participants on our southern NY thread. She hasn't been on in a while and this may have been one reason.

This sort of thing is happening all over. Hopefully we can get some positive change made regarding the keeping of chickens. The ordinances are really at odds sometime (for instance, someone can have 6 large dogs, but no chickens at all).