Cat is to Chicken as Lawn is to Garden

Cats are soft, pleasant, and produce nothing of caloric value.
Speaking of the distinction between pets and livestock, chicken diaper producers have seen a rise in sales.

Pluggers vote for birds

Poultry-related tune

Have a listen to "Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird," an old swing tune re-interpreted by fingerstyle master Duck Baker in the late '70s. This is an important rendition, as both song title and performer first name are poultry-related.

While you're listening, consider the theme of this song in the context of urban chicken keeping!

Another chicken-loving city

This article tells us that the city council of Columbia, Missouri (pop. 100,000) just amended their city code to allows back yard chickens.

In passing its urban-chicken ordinance, Columbia joins Springfield, Independence, St. Louis, Kirksville and Kansas City, Missouri.

Indianapolis chicken wranglin'

There are no ordinances about keeping chickens in Indianapolis.

Michael “Mick” Armbruster and Jay Lee have raised chickens in their backyard in the Meridian Kessler area of Indianapolis for the last 10 years. Armbruster, the chief poultry wrangler of the two, raised chickens as a child in New Mexico.

“I do it now for the same reasons I did it then: the satisfaction of producing your own food and the pleasure of caring for these beautiful creatures,” he says of the five hens and a rooster that reside with the couple.

CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF MUNCIE, Sec. 90.19

Sec. 90.19. Keeping or harboring of live-
stock prohibited in certain residential areas.
No person occupying property within the city of
Muncie, which is zoned under Title XV, section
150, of the zoning code, as R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5,
or R-6 residence zones shall keep or harbor any
livestock or poultry on such property.
(A) For the purposes of this section 90.19
livestock shall mean:
(1) All cattle, or animals of the bovine
species;
(2) All horses, mules, burros, and asses
or animals of the equine species;
(3) All swine or animals of the porcine
species;
(4) All goats or animal of the caprine
species;
(5) All poultry!