One of my hens was squawking so loud today for several hours! She has never done this before, so I thought she might be laying her first egg. I kept checking, but no egg, and I had an appointment to go to. I told my son to check the coop regularly while I was gone and he said he did. However...
One of my best friends when she saw my chicks for the first time:
Her: So what are you going to do with them?
Me: Eat the eggs.
Her: Gross! How can you eat a baby chicken?
Me: There won't be a baby chicken because I don't have roosters.
Her: Don't you need a rooster to get eggs?
Me: No...I will...
It never occurred to me that there would be a law stipulating whether or not I could have chickens for laying eggs. I bought 3 Australorps and 3 RIRs and they are about 5 weeks old now. I had plans to finish their coop construction by the first weekend of May, but I just looked up the ordinances...
Maybe you could ask the alderperson to include in her "feeler" email the pros and cons of owning chickens and some benefits to the community or neighbors. I think that most objections would be due to the noise of roosters or smell from unkept coops/runs. Maybe the ordinance could include code...