58% Support / 40% Oppose Allowing Backyard Chickens

58% support / 40% oppose allowing backyard chickens

On Thursday, July 17, 2025, all Hay City Commissioners are expected to be present for a Work Session which will include a discussion of a Backyard Chicken Ordinance, including the results of the City’s recent resident survey. A subsequent vote on the Ordinance is tentatively scheduled to take place on July 24, 2025.

WJ to keep livestock ordinance

WEST JEFFERSON — The cluckin’ around is over for West Jefferson’s backyard hens movement.

‘Backyard farmers’ ruffle feathers with agricultural federation

It doesn’t generate the headlines or light the fuse like short-term rentals or cannabis production, but backyard chickens in Oro-Medonte is another hot-button topic that will surely divide the township’s residents.

'Backyard farmers' ruffle feathers with agricultural federation

Oro-Medonte council to take another look at allowing backyard chickens in the township, but Simcoe County Federation of Agriculture has concerns