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Bac kyard Chic kens Survey 7 / 81 49 chic k ens are cool 10/14/2020 5:34 PM 50 Emotional s upport 10/14/2020 5:32 PM 51 Food Sec urity 10/14/2020 4:55 PM 52 helps to bring down bug population in neighborhood and yard, great f un for every one 10/14/2020 4:25 PM 53 They eat many bugs including a daily av erage of 80 wood ticks per bird.10/14/2020 4:11 PM 54 Benefits of Rais ing Back y ard Chickens •Chickens lay eggs . Thes e eggs are fresh, tas te great, and are f ull of nutrition because you control what goes into egg produc tion with the food you giv e your chic k ens. You can also try y our hand at s elling fres h eggs to mak e some ext ra money, which is a great idea for k ids. Expect one egg per day from eac h hen y ou hav e. Some breeds do not lay eggs daily, but will lay 3 to 4 eggs weekly. •Chickens create ex c ellent fert ilizer. Chicken manure c ontains a good deal of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium – the primary ingredients in lawn and garden fertilizers . Chicken manure c an be composted and added to the soil of your garden, flowers, trees, s hrubs , and lawns. The all-nat ural homemade fert ilizer will sav e you money and help produce great results. Speak t o the experts at y our loc al Grange Co-op to learn more about composting. •Chickens mak e great pets . Believ e it or not, chic k ens have their own indiv idual pers onalities and are affec tionat e toward humans. Each is its own bird, as they say, with s ome being sweet, s hy, grouchy, or playful. You will find yourself having a lot of fun with your unique flock of bac kyard c hickens . •Chic kens help clean your y ard. These hard-work ing birds will c lear harv es ted garden beds of weeds, and eat fallen fruit from trees before t hey s tart rot ting and attrac t bugs . •Chic k ens are like a natural garbage dis pos al. Chic k ens can eat many of t he food items we would normally t hrow away, including food s c raps f rom salads, vegetable peelings, ric e, fruits , nuts , and seeds. •Chic k ens are fairly easy to t ake care of. A low-maintenanc e animal, c hickens bas ically need to be f ed, watered, and giv en a coop to nes t in. You may find this less work in comparison to other liv es toc k . •Chic k ens help control bugs and weeds naturally. Without the use of c hemicals and ins ec ticides , you can control ov er-population of c ric k ets , gras shoppers, s nails , slugs and other pest s in y our garden as chic k ens eat t hem up. •Fres h, home-grown meat. If rais ing your chic k ens for meat, home-grown chickens tas te better and are healthier than factory f armed poultry. You’ll enjoy more flav or, less fat and c alories . 10/14/2020 3:51 PM 55 No chic k ens!!!!!!!!10/14/2020 3:38 PM 56 I don't want chic k ens my s elf . I think others s hould be able to have them.10/14/2020 11:36 AM 57 Noisy. Messy in Neighbor y ard. Smelly. Hobbies c an be a problem with neighbors .10/14/2020 11:25 AM 58 I absolutely lov e the idea of raising chickens in my backyard. Not only a respons ible and sust ainable food s ourc e, but a way to s how my c hildren how to tak e care of animals, where their food (eggs and meat) and to be more apprec iativ e of meat if and when they c ome across it. There's abs olutely no good reason not to allow chic kens in Arden Hills es pecially when every c ity s urrounding us allows them! 10/13/2020 9:27 PM 59 Bac k y ard Chickens : The Bird's Eye View Chicken Run Res cue https://vimeo.com/67854723 10/12/2020 3:44 PM 60 They are greatly at rec y c ling k itc hen and garden waste.10/8/2020 10:01 AM 61 To become part of a c ommunity that I can't c urrently participate in.10/7/2020 4:49 PM 62 Good s ource of natural fertiliz er 10/7/2020 8:48 AM 63 I think people s hould hav e another option for a food source in t heir y ard bes ides vegetable & fruit giv en the importance of loc al food to reduc ing pollution & energy use, and to improving food quality. People hav e a right to produce their own food in their own y ards. Chic k ens are a reas onable & realistic accommodation to that need. Its way better then having a herd of cows in the y ard! 10/7/2020 8:03 AM 64 They eat tic k s 10/7/2020 5:48 AM 65 Not s ure why the City cares if people hav e chickens. We had a neighbor who had them, sometimes they 'd get out but no big deal. Let people be happy. 10/6/2020 10:45 AM 66 Add ambianc e - I find the c lucking of hens to be relax ing 10/6/2020 7:26 AM 67 Freedom to use your property as you see fit ... I mean, isn’t this still the United States of America? 10/5/2020 10:32 PM