Backyard chicken enthusiasts have organized a petition to revise the 2004 Philadelphia ordinance restricting flocks to homeowners with three acres of land.

Popularity of backyard chickens increased during the COVID shutdown.  Owners of birds maintain that they can produce eggs at a cost equivalent to certified organic and free-range product with shelf prices ranging from $4 to $7. They obviously cannot compete with generics and nutritionally enriched eggs and cage-free products.

And then there are flies, rodents and Salmonella - - -