Manfre

Chickens in Cary

Alissa and I want to keep a few hens as pets. The only hurdle is that we live in Cary, NC. We didn’t realize just how extensive the ordinances are in this town. It is a gorgeous place to live, lots of local shopping, and has a mindset towards maintaining a lot of green space.

We contacted the town council to get the ball rolling towards allowing hens within city limits. We are looking to have at most 10 hens (no roosters) on our almost acre lot.

Benefits of Chickens

• They eat ticks and other insects. Last week, I pulled a female lone star tick off my ass (literally)
• They eat poison ivy and kudzu
• Cheaper organic free range eggs. Last check they were about $5/dozen at trader joe’s
• Free range eggs are healthier. Less cholesterol, more omega-3, and other nutrients
• Chicken manure is a great fertilizer.
• Their scratching helps till the soil.
• Reduces our carbon footprint

• Less fuel is needed to transport eggs and fertilizer that we would stop purchasing.

The town council emails are public record and this is how WRAL found out about it and contacted us for an interview. The story (with video) by Renee Chou, Cary to look at relaxing chicken ban. It was a bit disappointing to have a 15 minute interview chopped down to 1.5 sentences, but I’m really happy that the story made the news. The comments on the story have mixed reactions from people in the area.

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Posted 11:23PM |