The University Park City Council denied a request to allow backyard chickens in the city Tuesday evening, following months of campaigning by invested residents.
The Council split, 3-2, on the decision.
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Another triumph for conformity and timidity! Thanks, council, for being true to core UP values and tradition!
Where is my pun? I distinctly remember one Mr. Bradford Pearson leading me to believe all related posts would include a pun.
I feel cheated.
Move to Forney if you want chickens! I am all for core UP values and tradition.
I live in a HP house that was built in 1918. I know this house has had chickens and probably horses. While I think it would be difficult to board a horse, I think it’s completely practical for a family to have a chicken coop. Maybe have a limit of 3 or 4 hens. I don’t see any harm in it.
Hens don’t poop in neighbors yards, bark or bite. But dogs do and the council would never forbid dogs.
umm, them chickens sure would (chuckling) really messed up the values (chuckling, harder) and tradition. sure would-ent want that messed up (chuckling, can’t stop).
i’m sure the UP community league did a pre-vote (chuckling).
Vote on Chickens!! Why don’t they vote on rebuilding the roads and alleys!
Poop Stinks, and its not confined to the owners yard. Not pretty thing when you have guests over for a BBQ.
When I lived in Austin, our neighbor had 4 fancy hens. No smell, and the clucking was quiet enough that you couldn’t hear it unless next to the coop. As tk noted, a hen is less imposing than a dog, and I’d say that 4 hens is less imposing than even my sweet lab mix. I suspect the city counsel vote was ill informed.
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