9 thoughts on “UP City Council Denies Backyard Chickens

  • January 17, 2012 at 9:15 pm
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    Another triumph for conformity and timidity! Thanks, council, for being true to core UP values and tradition!

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  • January 18, 2012 at 3:20 am
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    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.

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  • January 18, 2012 at 9:45 am
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    Move to Forney if you want chickens! I am all for core UP values and tradition.

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  • January 18, 2012 at 10:56 am
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    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.

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  • January 18, 2012 at 2:05 pm
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    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).

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  • January 18, 2012 at 7:06 pm
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    Vote on Chickens!! Why don’t they vote on rebuilding the roads and alleys!

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  • January 18, 2012 at 9:56 pm
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    Poop Stinks, and its not confined to the owners yard. Not pretty thing when you have guests over for a BBQ.

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  • January 19, 2012 at 8:27 am
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    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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