Responsible Hen Raising in Lakewood

Public Information Meeting about

Agenda

1. Br ief Int roduct ion to Ch ickens, Keeping Chickens, and the Backyard Ch icken Movement .

2. The C leve land Exper ience Mark D idonato Morgan Taggart

3. Round-Tab le D iscuss ion Mari lyn Bene, Rea l tor Howard Hanna Cher ise S ims, P i lot Fami ly Morgan Taggart , OSU Extens ion Mark D idonato , Ch icken Owner

Hens as Pets

Hens for Eggs

Egg Nutrition

What hens eat.

What hens poo

Chickens Build Community

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ODOR

Four chickens have the same output as a

medium-sized dog.

Chicken poo (if cleaned regularly) is less stinky

than dog or cat poo.

Diseases

Avian Flu Salmonella

Property Values

Cold-hardy breeds

Cochins

Plymouth Rock

Wyandotte

Chickens are Flock

Animals

A single chicken will get lonely.

ROOSTERS

• Roosters like to crow

• Hens do not need

roosters

Complaints?

Why Backyard Chickens?

CAFO

Unnatural Husbandry

What have cities done?

Outlaw chickens

Not say anything about chickens

Allow Chickens

COMPARABLE CITY

POPULATION2010 CENSUS

SQUARE MILES

DENSITY

LAKEWOOD, OH 52,131 5.5 9.957.3

ROSEMEAD, CA 53764 5.162 10,387

LAKEWOOD, CA 80,048 9.415 8,456.4

ALBANY, CA 18,539 1.788 10,368

SOMERVILLE, MA

75,754 4.1 18,147.6

REGULATE

Restrict Number of Hens

Setbacks Sanitation

Requirements Enclosure

Requirements Prohibit

Slaughtering Prohibit Roosters Permit if owner

would like to go beyond what regulations require.