The Marietta Daily Journal – Thumbs up for chickens in backyard

MARIETTA — A Kennesaw-area woman got the go-ahead from the Cobb Board of Commissioners to bring chickens into her backyard Monday just five months after the board loosened restrictions on raising fowl.

Holding her toddler in her arms, Summer Brown told the commission she wants to keep chickens in her home’s .39-acre yard to teach her four children — ranging in age from almost 2 years old to 11— responsibility and to educate them about where their food comes from.

“I grew up around chickens, and I would like to give that to my children as well,” Brown said, calling chicken “great pets.”

The board approved Brown’s request by a 3-2 vote with Chairman Tim Lee and Commissioner JoAnn Birrell, who represents part of east Cobb, opposing.

via The Marietta Daily Journal – Thumbs up for chickens in backyard.