A coup on chicken coops: Residents in this Iowa town told to get rid of birds

OGDEN, Iowa (KCCI) -A fowl scenario is brewing in Ogden, KCCI’s Marcus McIntosh reviews. Residents who personal chickens are being advised the birds should fly the coop. They acquired letters final month informing them it’s illegal to maintain livestock inside the metropolis. Which fits towards what they are saying metropolis officers beforehand advised them.

“Metropolis Council members stated, repeatedly, we all know chickens have been round without end. We don’t have an issue with it, but it surely’s towards the town code,” stated Kari Sanculi, an Ogden resident who owns chickens.

She and different residents who personal chickens really feel misled. Saying those that had roosters removed them. They are saying now the noise is minimal, whereas the advantages of proudly owning chickens are bountiful.

“You possibly can eat the eggs. you may eat the hen. You get fertilizer from the manure. They eat the bugs out of your yard, and hold the pests away,” stated Wilfredo Fonseca, an Ogden resident who owns chickens.

They are saying they’ve six months to eliminate their chickens. They understand it appears the town has its thoughts made up and desires the chickens out. However they won’t cease efforts to achieve a compromise that lets the chickens keep.

“We’re going to use this grace interval to see what the following step is,” Sanculi stated.

We now have acquired no response to emails despatched to Ogden’s mayor, metropolis council, metropolis administrator and metropolis clerk.

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