What happy news!

A number of jurisdictions across British Columbia are contemplating by-law changes, which would allow people living in residential neighbourhoods to keep…chickens!! Kelowna for example (where we used to live for over a decade), is considering making changes to allow for up to four birds in a back yard, based on similar changes elsewhere in the province:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/02/27/bc-chickens.html

Needless to say, I am thrilled at this possibility! Now, not only can we fill the house with rubber chickens – we can fill the yard with real ones! Cock-a-doodle-doo!!

Imagine the fun it would be to have a few of those critters running around our patio furniture. Plus, we could have fresh eggs for breakfast every morning, and I could make a tidy sum in feather pillow sales when they moult every spring. This could be the big break I’ve been looking for!

If I could train them to fetch my morning paper, we could sell that useless old hound dog that just eat my slippers!

I know, it all seems a little bit far-fetched, but so did the possibility of mankind flying at one time – now look at us! Commercial jetliners frequently transport people to exotic destinations like…ummm…Las Vegas!

I say that if we could fill our backyard with chickens, no possible ill effect would come of it.

BRING ON THE CHICKENS!! (Cherchez les poulets!!)

Cluck (uh, I mean Chow) for now!!