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    Citified Chickens: Backyard hens mean fresh eggs

     

    The Dispatch wrote Backyard hens mean fresh eggs — and they eat weeds and bugs, too 

    Monday, August 25, 2008

    BY KATHY LYNN GRAY

    So far, no one has complained to Kelly Provost about the chickens she’s raising in her Worthington backyard. If someone does, she has ammunition. “Once they’ve had the eggs, they’re intrigued,” said Provost. “People really like the eggs.”

    “A lot of people are getting into chickens because they want to know what’s in their food,” said Dawn McKinney, who works in customer service for Meyer Hatchery. The hatchery ships chickens across the country, and about one-third go to people in urban and suburban areas.

    Most Columbus-area cities don’t outlaw fowl but do require that they be quiet, sanitary, odor-free and penned. Hilliard and Grove City don’t permit them on residential properties. Columbus requires written permission from the health commissioner, a coop with a floor, and a habitat that’s “reasonably inoffensive” to neighbors.

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