Is a Chicken considered a "bird"?

[Buugette]

I finally got my hands on our township ordinances and they don't say anything about chickens, poultry, livestock, etc. Just dogs and birds. The chapter is entitled: "Animals"... and nothing else I can find says anything about other animals.

Perhaps I'm not illegal?

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Added: Okay, I'm probably still illegal... as it seems the Animals chapter is chapter 145... and chapters 146 through 166 are not included. Crap!!!!

 

[seminolewind]

Usually they do mention poultry as poultry.

 

[usschicago1]

Poultry are Birds. Period. You should piont that out to them.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

They also often use rules of construction wherein anything that is not specifically allowed is disallowed.

 

[EweSheep]

The way I see in a chicken would be this:

Cockerals and Pullets
|
Chickens/Chicks
|
Poultry
|
Pollo Gallus
|
BIRDS!


So does that clear the problem? Otherwise, they HAVE to be specific because "birds" are generalized term which it can mean anything from a hawk, eagle to chicken and kiwi/emus.

 

[jomercer]

There might be some other place in the ordinance or state regs that say something to the effect of chicken=poultry=livestock

Sometimes you have to dig deep to make sure you understand everything they're trying to say.

 

[FrizzlesRule]

A chicken is a bird and when people that I don't really know or trust ask me if I have any pets, I tell them I have some birds. If they ask me what kind, I say "Bantams." Some people know what they are, some don't, but a chicken is definitely a bird. After all they have wings and feathers.

 

[mom'sfolly]

I believe that Cab Calloway says "a chicken ain't nothin' but a bird".

 

[ConchRepublic]

If a chicken aint a bird, the avian flu was about parrots.

 

[FortWorthChicks]

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I agree... it has feathers so it must be some kind of bird!