...so the homeowner's association tells me. I am saddened by the fact that the homeowner's assocation in the development I live in has notified me that I must remove my hens from the premises of my home, or else they will pursue litigation (my hens, on trial :) I am truly saddened by this for several reasons- first of all, I love my hens like pets. I have four of them, (no noisy rooster) and they are the most quiet, gentle creatures ever. They each lay one egg per day, and they don't create any objectionable scents or noises! I've had my hens for for a year and a half now, residing peacefully in my backyard, despite the fact that the bylaws of the development do indeed forbid 'livestock' of any type, and I thought that I was 'getting away' with keeping my uncoventional (but not irrational) pets until one day a couple of weeks ago...here's how I was caught- my backyard gate was inadvertently left open and the chickens (who were out of their pen, freely roaming the backyard) escaped, and who of all people should discover them- the president of the homeowner's association! She asked a few other neighbors (who knew that we had the hens) and found out that they were ours. We were promptly told to remove the chickens within a specified time frame. And so, Mrs. Sweets, Ruby, Pearl, and Crazy Rae will have to go to a new home, and our family will be without their adorable backyard antics and fresh eggs. If I had four dogs, the homeowner's association could not ask me to get rid of them....what's the big deal about a few hens?
