Wednesday, July 01, 2015

She Should Have Counted Her Chickens

An acquaintance is breeding egg-laying chickens at her Honolulu home.

Living off the land indeed has a primal appeal. However, we don't live in the Fifties any more, when locals could fish in Hanauma Bay or cut the throats of livestock out where the neighbors can see and hear. The sons and daughters of kamaainas became civilized, went off to law school, and put in place lots of laws, regulations, and ordinances.

From the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu (ROH), Chapter 7:
"Chickens and peafowl. The number of chickens or peafowl shall not exceed two per household."
I'm hoping our acquaintance doesn't run afoul of the regulations.

[Update - 7/16/2015: And don't cuddle your chickens either because of salmonella.]

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