City Releases Draft Backyard Hen Bylaw - Give your Input by October 21

Vancouver Backyard Hens by Jenn Pentland

City staff has been working hard to write guidelines for backyard chicken keeping in Vancouver. The first draft of those guidelines have been released and staff is now looking for public feedback.

Here's the direct link to a pdf of the guidelines.

For a bit of commentary on the guidelines check out urban chicken aficionado Heather Havens' comments at the chickensinvancouver blog. (Includes a link to the guidelines.)

And if you're looking for more information and updates about the current state of backyard chickens in Vancouver you can visit the City's Backyard Chicken web page.