But does outlawing something (instead of putting safety measures in place) speak more of hysteria or common sense?
Certainly something good to know for every chicken owner. But also will require serious and dedicated historical digging to find..... time and resources that not every chicken owner has, for sure.
Certainly not all laws are sensible or good ones. It's so very difficult to get back any right that has been stripped and taken away.
And clearly there is nothing hindering her keeping chickens... seems to be more of a rooster issue... roosters are loud, yadda yadda ...... and when people don't like something, they will grab hold of anything that works in their favor and hold onto it until death! (And sometimes then some
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It just seems like the whole country is turning into an HOA. If enough people complain about something they don't like.... laws will be created, ordinances enacted, people's freedoms taken away. And once started down that road.... it becomes a slippery slope.
An ordinance forbidding me from accumulating bags of trash in my yard isn't what stops me from doing it
People will live the way they live regardless..... it's just a matter of how much money the local governments can make off of fines and how much 'control' the 'neighbors' feel they have over those they feel superior to. There's a difference between a health hazard, nuisance, 'eye-sore' and a difference of opinion. But, the 4 seem to be slipping ever more readily into one category.
Ok, so maybe my ranting is not done yet....
This whole thing just really gets under my skin.
Also to add that SWAT was referred to in the second story of the small farm.... and it sounds like it literally meant SWAT