http://www.domain.com.au/news/the-rise-of-innercity-chook-pens-20160322-gnoad7/
Having chickens in the backyard could be a smart way to get freshly laid eggs.
But how practical is it for city dwellers?
“This is a very hot topic,” says Deb Campbell, owner of Barter & Sons Hatchery in Sydney, who says she has seen a rise in the number of urban families buying chickens. “I don’t know if it’s become very fashionable to keep chickens. Or whether they are easy pets as you don’t have to take them for a walk, or wash them, and they eat kitchen scraps.
“It’s grown every year probably for the last six years.”
