What do people have against chickens? Roosters should not be allowed but hens aren't loud or particularly smelly at all. Dogs can be a much bigger nuisance.
Ironically, the article depicts the homeowner holding a rooster; I can see why a neighbor would be pissed.
Backyard hens are thing in my city (dancing around HOA is another issue altogether), but our ordinance makes it abundantly clear that roosters are not permitted.
Government, not so much.
Why? We have a rooster. He protects the hens. He crows in the morning, just like dogs bark, and F-250s rev past the neighborhood road. Where do you think chickens come from in the first place?
It's just another small step to say "hens should not be allowed"
Hawks
Possum
Racoon
Coyote
Etc.
Because I have a right to sleep peacefully in the morning until a certain time. Just like I cannot host loud dance parties at 2AM on a Saturday or start mowing my lawn at 6AM on a Sunday. For people to coexist peacefully in a society, there have to be reasonable boundaries.
> just like dogs bark...
And that's not allowed either. Check out answers at https://www.reddit.com/r/Georgia/comments/17kpm52/barking_do... or https://www.reddit.com/r/homeowners/comments/13r23zc/would_i...