(Photo via The Epoch Times)
Looks like Toronto Chicken ain’t alone in fighting to raise chickens in a city. A Calgary gal and CLUCK are fighting the same fight on the West side of Canada. Even with more people going hungry, rising food bank use, increasing food waste and what not these brave souls are meeting stiff resistance from the powers that be. Apparently trying to be independent and sensible just ain’t allowed.
Calgary Food Policy Council: Calgary Bylaw 27: Calgary woman to fight ticket for keeping livestock in city – chickens: “A woman is going to fight a ticket in court for keeping livestock in her Calgary yard.
The woman keeps a few chickens on her property for eggs and to reduce organic waste.
She’s not the only one – Paul Hughes has four chickens in his yard and he is a member of the ‘Calgary Liberated Urban Chicken Klub,’ also known as CLUCK.
CLUCK wants changes to the city bylaw to allow people to keep six hens or fewer on their property.
Hughes says Calgary should be feeding itself and more people want the option to grow their own food.”
Last I recall, Ontario lets you get a certain number of eggs or an “egg quota” per day. In theory most cities still don’t want you to have chickens even if the province does have this maximum amount. They have this quota to keep people from trying to compete with big egg producers with permits. (Please do correct me I haven’t had a chance to check out the latest on chicken raising laws)
Resources
Calgary Mulls Backyard Chickens
Rise of the Chickens: An Egg Salvation: What’s the story on Toronto chickens?
Toronto Chicken: the Web site of Toronto Chicken a la carte
City of Toronto Bylaw: apparently pigeons and rabbits are allowed?
Toronto Chicken Flies Under the Radar
Backyard chickens on the rise – Los Angeles Times: “Reporting from Madison, Wis. — Jen Lynch and her family live in the heart of the city but roll out of bed to the sound of clucking chickens.
Their day starts with cleaning coops, scooping out feed and hunting for eggs for morning omelets. Eight families in a three-block radius and an estimated 150 families citywide do the same.
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