The South Portlander

Raising suburban chickens is not just a phenomenon that has taken hold in SoPo, it is happening in neighborhoods across the nation, according to a newly published article in Newsweek, titled the “New Coop de Ville,” which looks at the trend and mentions South Portland.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
“Over the past few years, urban dwellers driven by the local-food movement, in cities from Seattle to Albuquerque, have flocked to the idea of small-scale backyard chicken farming—mostly for eggs, not meat—as a way of taking part in home-grown agriculture. This past year alone, grass-roots organizations in Missoula, Mont.; South Portland, Maine; Ann Arbor, Mich.; and Ft. Collins, Colo., have successfully lobbied to overturn city ordinances outlawing backyard poultry farming, defined in these cities as egg farming, not slaughter. Ann Arbor now allows residents to own up to four chickens (with neighbors’ consent), while the other three cities have six-chicken limits, subject to various spacing and nuisance regulations.”

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