[CHICKENS-101] NJ town limits when roosters, hens can hook up

 

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey town has adopted an
ordinance that regulates when chickens and roosters can hook up in
backyard henhouses.
Roosters must show they're disease-free and they better not crow about
their conquests.
Hopewell Township residents can have up to a half-dozen hens on
half-acre lots. Roosters would be allowed only 10 days a year for
fertilization purposes.
Mature roosters are not allowed because they're too noisy. Any roosters
that crow too long can be banned from the property for two years.
Mayor Jim Burd told The Times of Trenton the ordinance is a compromise
between today's lifestyle and the township's agricultural history.
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Mike - Zone 6/7 - O.K.lahoma.

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