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Co-director Robert Lughai poses with one of the "Mad City" stars. |
| By Julie Lawrence OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Julie Lawrence |
| Published April 20, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. |
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How much do you love chicken? No, not dead, barbequed and stuffed between a bun -- that wouldn't fly too well here. We're talking about the kind that is alive, living harmoniously with humans in the city.
If you're thinking that's illegal, you're wrong. In 2004 Madison passed a law allowing single-family homes the right to raise poultry in the backyard -- it used to be only legal to keep them indoors -- although it's limited to four hens and no roosters (and you thought that howling dog down the block was annoying...)
And no, butchering is not allowed.
Originally known as the poultry underground (yeah, that's right), the pro-poultry group responsible for the law is called Mad City Chickens, and its goal is to "educate the urban population on the benefits of raising ones own food, and to bring to light the misconceptions people might have about the raising of poultry in an urban setting."
To facilitate this, members of the group Robert Lughai and Tashai Lovington made a full-length documentary called "Mad City Chickens" and are taking it on tour. The film makes a Milwaukee stop on Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22 to screen at the Spring Film Festival at 7:30 p.m. at the Lakefront Brewery Palm Gardens, 1855 Commerce St.
Could this be the return of the urban backyard chicken?
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Posted by Broner on April 22, 2009 at 12:09 p.m. (report)
Oh yeah, duh.
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Posted by haaz on April 21, 2009 at 11:26 p.m. (report)
Eggs!
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Posted by jmoney on April 21, 2009 at 12:10 p.m. (report)
Raising chickens is legal in the city of Albuquerque. I really like this some of my friends have coops in there back yard. they eat bugs and and provide eggs and fun to have around. More and more people are doing chickens here. I got 2 chick for my friends daughters Easter. Barred Rocks. they will produce 200 eggs a year each.
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Posted by Broner on April 21, 2009 at 12:04 p.m. (report)
So it's legal to raise chickens for food but you can't butcher them? How do they become food?
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Posted by Teecycle_Tim on April 20, 2009 at 4:51 p.m. (report)
Good for Madison! Here's a good site about chickens in the city: http://www.urbanchickenunderground.blogspot.com/
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