Cary is known for clean, cookie-cutter neighborhoods and landscaping that many people say make it a pristine town. So are Cary officials simply protecting the town’s reputation by not allowing homeowners to raise chickens, as many Triangle towns do?
The News & Observer’s Josh Shaffer has an entertaining story that outlines the debate in the town some refer to as the Containment Area for Relocated Yankees:
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Because Cary told it to scram.
That’s a growing joke in urban poultry circles. Long stereotyped for its rule-happy sameness, Cary refuses to allow backyard chicken coops. Too noisy. Too smelly. Too … well, un-Cary.
But the town’s defiance has stirred a grass-roots chicken push; its supporters hope to bust Cary’s reputation as a snooty killjoy.
Check out the new Web site carychickens.com, or the poultry fans flocking on Facebook, the popular Internet social hub.
