Halifax city council will put off further debate on the idea of allowing urban residents to keep backyard chickens until a report is completed on how other cities handle the issue, CBC reported Monday.
That report isn’t expected for another six or seven months.
The discussion came to council after a woman in the city’s west end was ordered to get rid of three hens she kept in her backyard for the eggs. A neighbour had complained the chickens’ feed was a draw for rats, CBC reported.
The hens’ owner, who contended she has a right to food security and to produce her own food, was granted a month’s extension on an earlier deadline of Jan. 31 to get rid of the birds, CBC said.
