Downers Grove Council to Discuss Regulations on Backyard Chicken Coops
Commissioner Becky Rheintgen requested the council discuss increasing the number of chickens permitted, decreasing setback requirements, banning roosters and requiring a license or permit for keeping chickens, according to village documents.
Downers Grove officials on Tuesday are expected to discuss the village's regulations on backyard chicken coops for the first time in 25 years. Under the "new business" portion of the meeting agenda, Downers Grove Village Manager David Fieldman has included a memo titled "Discussion of Village Fowl Regulations." The discussion, he wrote, was included at the request of Commissioner Becky Rheintgen. Downers Grove is one of several Chicago suburbs that allow residents to keep chickens, roosters and other fowl in their backyards. Other communities include Naperville, Plainfield, Brookfield, Westchester, Batavia, Evanston, Schaumburg and Western Springs. The last time the issue was discussed in Downers Grove was when the current fowl regulations…
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11:03 am on Thursday, December 6, 2012
It's amazing, Steve, but yes Chickens eat grass and A Lot of it. That's a big reason backyard chicken eggs are so much higher in Omega 3s then cage-raised chickens. more ›