There’s a letter to the editor in today’s News-Gazette from Clarence Surma advocating for legalizing backyard chickens in Champaign.
In addition, he’s announcing a public meeting on the topic at the Champaign County Farm Bureau on June 2nd at 6:30 PM.
I would have liked to provide some useful links, but the News-Gazette doesn’t seem to have letters to the editor available on-line, Clarence Surma doesn’t seem to have any web presence at all, and I couldn’t find any mention of the meeting on the Farm Bureau’s website. So, not much to link to. I’ve got email in to the Farm Bureau asking for details, and will update here I find learn any more.
If anybody has any links, I hope they’ll share in the comments or by email to me.
I don’t know if you remember this when I posted it a couple of years ago: http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/311199960/%27Chicken%27-interrupts-council-meeting
I do remember! I’ll keep an eye out for any giant chickens attending our meeting.
Hi, Phil! The neighbor behind us has a pet chicken, so I guess it’s legal in our town. She runs around loose in their yard part of the time, and my dogs thrill to see her hopping down the neighbors’ deck stairs.