Would really like to raise my own chicken

The outdated bylaw needs to go, people should be allowed to raise any animal they wish on their own land

great pets

Very supportive of up to 12 backyard hens

i would like have up to a dozen in my back yard

I would be really good at raising chickens you just watch me...

the responsible keeping of backyard chickens might be part of classroom curriculum and school gardens of which we need more.

I am supportive of this initiative.

I would like to be able to raise chickens legally and responsibly in my backyard.

I would love to have some backyard chickens! I grew up helping my grandfather farm chickens, and not only are they funny and adorable animals, they provide nutritious eggs for my family!

I had chickens in Iran and would like to raise them in Toronto as well

We should have the right to produce our own food in Toronto.

I want to be able to keep chickens legally in my backyard. I think it is unfair that chickens are not allowed whereas many other types of animals are.

Hi, I think that we should be allowed to grow our own food.

I believe we should be able to legally raise chickens in our backyard.

I thinks we should be able to raise Chicken as it is fair when we can raise other pets

I thinks we should be able to raise Chicken as it is fair when we can raise other pets

we should have the same opportunity as other cities in Canada to be able to keep chickens in the backyard

These laws need to be changed. How is it that other large Canadian cities allow chickens and Toronto doesn't?

Nice gimme chickens

I thinks we should be able to raise Chicken in the City of Toronto.

This by law is absolutely ridiculous! Get with the times toronto

We should have the choice to raise chickens.

Let us have chickens

We should be able to raise chickens here in Toronto and not be forced to drive an hour for fresh eggs or buy from the inhumane egg factories.

It is so hard to find good, fresh eggs in the city. We just want one chicken for our family's needs

Let us have chickens

I don't see why we shouldn't be able to keep chickens. Why do we keep dogs and cats and not chickens?

Chickens are quiet, non-aggressive animals which require very little attention and do not pose a threat to anything (with the exception of a few earthworms or tasty garden vegetables.) And when taken care of properly, they can yield enough eggs to easily suit the needs of a family of four. So let us raise hens!

Raising backyard chickens not only richens our life but also offer healthy food.

chickens r cool

No downside to small scale urban chicken farming.

I love chicken!!

Part of me wants to say "give me chickens or give me death!"...but the logical side of my brain is looking at that other part of me saying "wtf is wrong with you?!? They're just chickens why do you care so much?". Then there's that middle unbiased part of me that's beginning to question why this was even written into our law in the first place. Like I just picture some lonely dude woke up one morning and said "I hate chickens! Screw them imma make 'em illegal" and everyone else just didn't give a damn so they made it a law to shut him up. Don't be that lonely annoying guy let us have our chickens!

Hello, I would like to raise chicken in my backyard but also believe it is a good thing to have.

There are very many variety of chickens which would be suitable for city coops. Considering that some larger properties fall within the boundaries of Toronto, it's unfair they would not be allowed to raise a few chickens though they would not be a disturbance for anyone. Even in the inner city small breeds would not be any more of a nuisance than any dog. For people wanting to opt out of factory farmed products, they should be allowed the choice. Thank you.

It doesn't make sense to allow pigeons but not chickens. Time to rethink this silly ban.

Hi, I do like to raise chicken in my backyard at Scarborough, if law permits

My neighbour's illegal burning doesn't seem to be an issue...why should raising chickens?

Regulating (ie. Allowing) chickens in Toronto is one of the most important decisions this city needs to make - it will help deal with our garbage issues (chickens eat kitchen scraps), and promote eating locally among other things.

It is ridiculous that in 2015 we are so behind the times.

I would like to house rescue hens inside my home. The government should not be allowed to dictate whether I can keep a harmless animal on my own property.

I don't understand how they can allow pigeons but not chickens which provide fresh healthy food through eggs.

I would like to explore the possibility of raising chickens because of the appalling conditions in which hens are kept when they are used for egg farming. Legalize it please.

Hens are safety animals and produces health eggs!

I agree with all the points you've made about the benefits of raising hens. I would love the city to allow this! I would look into keeping chickens if I knew how.

I'd love this to be allowed!! I wouldn't keep hens myself (as my life wouldn't permit that) BUT I'm sure a neighbour would likely give me some eggs now and again - or even care for them in my yard!!! I think this would help the community - kids could get involved. Many houses have backyards which could accommodate a coop.

I grew up in the balkan region and was exposed to farm animals so I grew to love chickens and ducks.Now that im older i would love to own my a chicken or a duck to tend and care too.

We need to get connected with nature, this include raising your own chicken.

Do like many other cities and have laws that will allow keeping chickens safely and effectively. With proper care chickens are great pets and have many benefits.

If the law will permit us to raise chicken in our backyard that would be beneficial to our health and to our children. Thank you

The more connected we are with the production of food, the more likely we are to make good decisions about what we eat and the conditions we condone for livestock and agriculture.

This is a movement I have to be a part of! It's unfair that cities just outside our's are allowed to enjoy raising chickens and we are not! Hopefully the day will come for us.

Owned chickens in brampton for 2 years.. Cut down on waste save money and a good hobby. Chickens are quiet if kept in good health Chickens are very clean if area is maintained atleast 1 time every 2 months

I love chickens they are my favorite animal and I always wanted one or two of them. I live in HK but want to move to Toronto.

I support this cause. I would like some chickens in my backyard.

I support this petition.I am a vegetarian and I love to eat fresh eggs,.I love chicken it is a pleasure and mind relax when you have them in the back yard. The city should permit the people to have few chicken who have interest and place.

There is nothing like a fresh egg! Plus chickens are so entertaining and sadly mistreated in our food system. The need for local food production and neighbourhood food hubs has never ween stronger. Let's respond to eaters and update our food policy to allow food systems to flourish to eliminate some of the shocking food waste. I'd would get 3 chickens tomorrow if it wasn't illegal...it's silly really.

I want chicken in my backyard. I would like to have organic fresh eggs everyday.

Considering how loud dogs are sometimes if left outside or chasing a squirrels, chickens make little noise all day. They can be very dosile creatures, and can be picked up and pet.

Toronto is a great place to live, let's make it better and allow people the freedom to grow more of their own food. Pigeons are legal, why not chickens?

If Torontnians are allowed to house loud & obnoxious pets & adults why can we all have the right to house quite/sweet Chancies?!

There's nothing wrong with keeping chickens as long as you have a good home for them. Unfortunately factory farms exist as well better with some of us then them.

It would make sense to legalize in other cities as well, such as auroa and oshua.

Allowing chickens in a city would give much more pros then cons, kids would love them, hens would lay eggs and produce healthy food, they are quiet, clean and easy to maintain!

It would be awesome to be able to increase food security as well as the educational value for kids. Git on it.

I want chiken in my backyarb, I would love to have organic freash egs Every day

I want and have been thinking for long time, but heard that we can not do that. hope the law change. thanks for the efforts.

I don't understand the logic behind the city's current list of prohibited animals. Chickens (among other prohibited animals) have no inherently harmful effects to people's health, the health of the city, and are easy to keep, just like dogs and cats.

I love to have chicken in my backyard. i live in Markham

I would love to have chickens. When I was small I has them and I reminder how much fun it was to get the eggs and then my mom would cook them. I remember they had soo much flavour.

Backyard chickens should be legal in Toronto for responsible owners and caregivers. It's the progressive thing to do.

It would be nice to have fresh eggs.

I would love to raise chickens in my backyard.

I'd like to be able to have a couple of laying hens. There is even a hutch on the back of my garage, so they had most likely been present in the past.

Chickens would be an excellent addition to the Toronto Community!

It would be so great if people could have this great source of nutrition coming right from their backyard. Not to mention kids would love it too and it would teach them about food.

Please permit the responsible keeping of backyard chickens.

we can have parrots as pets, or dogs, neither of which contributes to the ecosystem... so why not a chicken which DOES contribute?

Please permit us to have chickens in the city of Toronto... Brampton is aloud to have them why can't we.

Please consider letting have chickens in the city they are great animals and have many purpose's from fertilizer, to bug control and they eat all types of organic scraps so it helps on our composting too.

please allow us to have chicken's i have friends that own farms and they have chicken's. They are just as friendly as dog's and are great for cleaning up your yard and vegtable matter table scraps.

Please consider allowing to raise chickens in Toronto. From raising chickens there are many benefits like getting organic eggs, feeding them our food waste so the city doesn't need to dispose of so much and we could use the chicken waste as compost for our gardens. Chickens are just like any other pet that we are allowed to have.

Great way to recycle and have organic eggs.

Controlled raising of chickens in backyard will be a great source of affordable poultry and eggs for low income families.

Chickens are a beautiful people should have some sort of experience with there food

Chickens are beautiful birds and they should be aloud because they are honestly harmless what are they going to hurt nothing i have experience from owning chickens when i lived on 1 acre i had almost 30 and it was great what the harm of having 1-5 chickens in the city

Allowing people to raise their own chickens solves a lot of problems, from affordable healthy food to helping eliminate environmental and humane issues associated with factory farming. If people can be trusted to won dogs and cats, they should also be trusted to have a symbiotic relationship with a chicken.

I am in total support of having backyard chickens. Makes much sense.

I will be buying a home soon and would like to have chickens in my backyard.

Toronto is a very expensive city. This would allow families to offset the cost of living here. Their waste could also be valuable compost for gardening.

What a terrible thing that this is illegal.

I hereby demand that we stop the discrimination against keeping chickens. The choice to keep chickens as pets is a personal decision, one that should not require the permission of the city.

i am a resident of this city, Toronto, and for so many reasons having chickens in the backyard should be allowed, as long is well maintained a chicken house is beneficial for the owner of a house and for the soil. Chickens should be allowed inclusive as pet, because their are loving animals and they are not harmful to the people, they are not dangerous animals. The hens provide the owner with delicious and nutritious eggs. Chickens are beautiful animals and nobody should hate or ban these lovely fellas.

My family supports the back yard hens.

I want chickens!!

I would love to have a small chicken coupe in my backyard and teach my children how to care for them and get fresh eggs everyday!

We should be allowed to have chickens in Toronto because lots of people come from a country or place where they used to have chickens so they can lay eggs like me I grew up in a farm and I moved to Toronto and I would like to have chickens at my house and most people can't afford to buy all the groceries for the house including eggs

I grew up eating farm fresh eggs. It doesn't have to be only chickens but quail is also good and they produce great eggs. Toronto needs to understand that we can be urban, agricultural, and clean at the same time.

I want to raise chicken or quail to produce eggs

I am an experienced gardener who is well educated in the benefits of sustainable living and getting along with my neighbours. The bylaw against chickens in the city is outdated and tells the world how uninformed our city council is about sustainable living

I would love to feed my family healthier food, and seeing my friends raising their own egg-laying chickens in other municipalities has been eye-opening.

I would like to see this bylaw changed because Toronto is a progressive urban city that a lot of other cities look up to. With recent scares in misuse of antibiotics in factory farming, I believe owning personal chickens for eggs should be allowed. I, myself live in a condo and cannot have chickens for this reason, but I have many friends who live in houses that would benefit.

Let's give healthy, sustainable, locally grown produce a chance, in our own backyards! A city that believes in its people believes in their rights to nourish themselves.

Would love to be able to have chickens for fresh eggs everyday.

I think owning chickens would be valuable to us as a family.

I think it would be great if you have the space.

I'm looking forward for the bylaw to allow raising chickens.

I think its important to limit the number of birds in the city, but I cannot see a down side to this.

Bring in the chickens

Bring the chickens!

Yes, for chickens in Toronto and York Region! My family eats two dozen plus eggs a week and I'd love to have half a dozen hens in my backyard!

Let the people of Toronto raise some damn chickens!!!!

It is a healthy and natural resource that is becoming increasingly necessary to keep our food source close to home

We need to eat!!! This is the best sustainable way

I want to keep chickens in Toronto as pets, I want the policy to change

I certainly think is fair to own chickens in backyards. Because we don't get taxed, therefore the government assumes they've the power to not own chickens for eggs? One word, ridiculous. Gives me a higher reason to leave Toronto where expensive homes are at and we can't even do things our way to reduce costs.

I think the good attributes out weigh the bad on this one. This will definitely help with greening Toronto and Canada at large.

I was very disappointed to learn that chickens are not allowed in Toronto. Why would dogs be allowed and not chickens? Please stop allowing polluted eggs to be sold in stores and give us back our health.

Dear city Representatives. Please realize how morally wrong it is to prevent us from having pet chickensand having healthier lives. Please change the bylaw to reflect that of a progressive city.

The good FAR out weighs the bad!

Too many benefits - should be allowed!

No reason not to.

Please allow backyard chickens so people have a healthier option and so we can help in some small way to move away from factory farming

i love chicken

would like to keep some chickens in the city

Please allow backyard

I would very much like to keep a few chickens in my back yard.

Growing our own food gives us security. I think our right to food security trumps any aesthetic concerns my neighbours may have.

Was just ordered today by the city of Toronto to remove my chickens, this is terrible.

I love chickens and don't want their eggs I think that because chickens are domesticated animals we should be allowed to give them good urban homes as they are friendly and affectionate with humans. We are allowed other birds, why not chickens?

toronto residents should be allowed to keep chicken coop in their backyard to support less carbon footprint.

Chickens belong in my back yard

Anonymous

Love to have chicken in my garden

I grew up with Chickens when I was a kid, we enjoyed fresh eggs and fresh chicken every day, and we did this on flat roof of a house in the city. It was very easy to take care of, give them food, and keep them warm and out of the rain. I'd like my children to have the same experience in our own backyard.

I am looking to buy land to build a small house with a vegetable garden and where I can raise chickens here in Ontario, I believe we have the right to be able to grow our own food, thanks

The truth is ban on raising chicken in Canada is Political issue which is backed by few rich owners of industrial raising chickens in Canada. We want to eat our own healthy eggs.

Its time to change this outdated law.

I would like to have chickens in my backyard

But why not? There seems to be no reason why this is not allowed

I want to provide my family with real food. Our laws need reform!

This would be great. The eggs and chickens you buy in the grocery stores are disgusting and loaded in fat.

Lots of room for chickens in my backyard and thousands of others. If dogs and cats are allowed, why not chickens?

Yes, let's raise chicken!

I want to have eggs for my own consumption from my own property. Let's get this done.

Makes sense for us to be able to have and provide food for our families. Who is the government to tell us we cant do that?

I want to keep chickens!!!!

the benefits far outweigh any supposed negatives. If we are able to keep all other types of birds, there should be no restrictions on chickens or other fowl.

teaches children where our food comes from and demonstrates responsible pet ownership and Great pets - Chickens are people-friendly. Their behaviour is interesting and entertaining, moreover Chickens eat bugs, reducing our backyard pest. population

Please don't take away organic produce from the Toronto population

I don't see why its not legal.

Hope the same goes for Markham

Key words, responsible ownership and care.

Something I would like to look into myself

We should have the freedom to supply food to our families in any responsible way we feel fit.

I want my damn chickens toronto!

I would like the ability to look after 1 chicken per family member (4) on my 130 foot lot.

We need to take our health and nutrition in OUR hands, therefore why should we not be able to raise our own chickens???? Who will do a better job than I?

I would love to own a chicken but fear I can't have one. This is unfair.

people should have the option to take nutrition in their own hands and not in the hands of the state.

Permitting backyard chickens is a completely obvious, sensible step toward improving food security, the health of inner-city residents and the local environment (reduced truck transport, pest control etc.).

I Live in Georgina Ontario North of toronto. I Used to have chicken they were great pets for my five children they use to produce eggs wich I used to use to feed my family of seven we dont have a big income and I was always happy that we had egg for breadfast, eggs from my chicken that live free in my back yard and were feed organically we had a chicken cop in our t 1/2 agre back yard beside and rural lot. before I bought my chickens I called the town of geogina to see if i was allow to have my chicken and they said yes, I am so sorry that I did not got that on writting two year after a by law person fron the town of georgina came to my home and said that we are not alow to have chicken so we needed to get rid of them my five children were really sad and our healthy breadfast is gone my question is why is legal to have mariguana in some back yards in toronto and not some chickens to feed our families?

I love Hens!!!

Would like to keep chickens.

I want to raise chickens in my backyard.

I want to raise chickens in my backyard.

Chickens! Please.

I guess if you can't tax it you've gotta ban it right?? God forbid we're able to grow our own food and raise our own livestock,.....

I want to raise chickens in my backyard, please.

i want to raise chickens and still live in Toronto.

It seems like we live in a totalitarian regime. The law needs to change.

Chickens (female) should be allowed to be raised and to lay eggs in Toronto. They are quiet and unobtrusive, and are beneficial in many ways besides providing healthy food. (Roosters should not be allowed, though...too loud!) I should know: I raised 13 chickens in Haliburton.

I love chickens.

Hens are quiet and raising your own can help with food security issues! Thanks

Everyone should have the right to have a pet comparable to a dog or cat in their own home. Hens can be gentle, loving, fun to watch and give you eggs.

I love chickens.

Yay for chickens.

Chickens are awesome! I love to eat healthy.

I was raised by chickens. I love those wonderful beings

Other reasons are for the humane treatment of chickens for egg production and the ability to reduce reliance on the chicken manufacturing industry that genetically modifies chickens and offers terrible care for them to meet consumer demands.

There is no reason to restrict the ownership of backyard chickens. great cities in the US and UK allow and promote the ownership of backyard hens. they are quite and as their coops should be cleared outweekly, they do not smell AT ALL. please stop being so 'big brother' and let us have our backyarn hens!

i want to keep mine in coops free for charity in low income areas first

We need legal chickens!

I think the only think the city of Toronto has any right to be concerned about would be breeding of chickens and the need then for rooster but then again despite the crow of a rooster in the morning it might make a difference in the raccoon problem whether positive or negative as inconclusive butt the probability of it making a difference is almost absolute

Responsible chicken ownership should be legal

I hope that I can raise chickens

PLEASE!!!!!

I would love to care for chickens and hens.

Please!

I live in toronto and I want to have chickens in my backyard!!!

I would love to raise chickens in the city of Toronto. With proper rules and standards, this should be possible.

I see nothing wrong with raising chicken in the back yard under appropriate conditions and this practice had numerous benefits as well. I would encourage everyone to sign this petition

Please allow this to happen. Just another small change that would make Toronto a better, more progressive and environmentally friendly city

A healthy world includes urban farming.

For the environment, for our health, and for education purposes - owning chickens should be allowed and encouraged. Please change our bylaws!

When feasible, it is a good thing if we, as a society, can have less reliance on large centralized and inhumane ways of sourcing our needs to live.

REALLY ! A law for chickens ?

Let's make our food sources local

I would like to have a backyard chicken so i can eat healthy eggs and not the store-bought garbage.

Should do the same in Durham region.

You are taking away our right to feed ourselves.

Lets have our children learn about healthy food and where it comes from

Backyard chickens are allowed in New York city why not Toronto?

I grew up on a farm with chickens in Alberta. I fully endorse back yard coops, however I also fully endorse a cap on number of chickens and a regulating body to police the proper treatment, care and health of the animals. I believe in a license and tax for the privilege of having them. I do not endorse the raising of chickens for slaughter/ religious sacrifice, only for egg laying and as pets.

We should be allowed to have and raise chickens in our back yards

I have plenty of room/lawn to have 3/5 hens. And they eat grubs and tics!

I need a chicken for health reasons. I use to live in a country where you can keep chickens anywhere and I use to always have one. When I move to Canada I did not know that was illegal to keep them in Toronto. I suffer from depression and anxiety and my chicken pets always help me through it.

Raising chickens is sustainable, convenient, and easy! Why can't I produce my own eggs on my property?

Hens...not roosters

This would make a world of difference to have chickens at our Toronto home. The children would surely get proper nutrition from the eggs.

We actually have chickens in our backyard and they love it although one of our horrible neighbors called the city their name is Ralph by the way.

Why not?

I'd like to help my neighbour who has 2 beautiful birds (hen and rooster) well kept inside a heated garage and room to run in the garden. Animal control issued a notice to him on the weekend to remove these birds. We have a new people across the street who we believe made the complaint just to be nasty.

I strongly believe that we should all be allowed to keep backyard chickens if we have a backyard and can manage it. It's all so natural, us humans have been raising our own cattle not long ago. sadly our kids don't know where does all the food come from, we are going far away from the nature,

Lets raise so hens

Just licence it, so it can be monitored. There is no reason why small flocks of chickens shouldn't be kept by individuals.

Less than 5 chickens per house.

Make chickens legal!!!

Allowing people to raise backyard chickens improves the quality of the food supply, provides a connection to food. the eggs sourced are far healthier. Worldwide this is recognized by many governments. My space sadly is probably too small but it should be an option for people who have space. Noise, smell etc can all be handled though existing regulation without banning a great source of food and education for kids

There is no sufficient reasoning behind prohibiting Torontonians from keeping chickens. Backyard chickens are a sustainable, traditional, and healthy source of food.

I am starting a petition in the Fort Erie area.

It's about setting a limit for each home I only want 2-3

People need to learn about chicken before banning them. Chicken can provides many benefits to a small Toronto household

I am planning to move to the Dupoint and Dufferin area and would really like to keep a few chickens. I used to live in Richmond Hill 30 years ago and kept chickens and really enjoyed having fresh egg

This is not fair that we can't keep just wonderful animals. I think It will benefit the animals that are in need as well.

I stand by the "Leash cats, allow chickens!" Moto.

Enough said by many, time is now here to live alongside nature not in isolation. Given modern knowhow and technologies we can surely and safely keep backyard hens.

I would love to one day raise chickens. No more noise or risk beyond the usual family pets.

Please allow us to raise chickens and harvest eggs in our backyards.

If citizens in many other major cities around the world can responsibly raise chickens, the city of Toronto should be no exception. Also considering all the benefits listed in the petition, allowing chickens would be mutually beneficial. It is always better to legalize and regulate this issue than to forbid a practice that makes sense to many.

i want to raise my own chciken. stop political inteference in my eating organic foods and stop supporting corporate people. its our vote who choose you as our leader not the other way round.

I agree to all 6 items.

We need to get this approved!!

This is bs its because the city wants companys to make money thats why they do this i want it legallized.

Toronto

We need to change this one, regulating differently within city limits sure, but don't ban it for everyone.

Hello, I think we should be able to feed ourselves, why imposing restrictions to something so elemental as to be able to feed ourselves??

Chickens should be allowed to live in Toronto and contribute to the nutrition of people who like their eggs.

Chickens should be allowed to live in Toronto and contribute to the nutrition of people who like their eggs.

I want to have chickens and eat fresh eggs every day!

I too had hens and my 4 daughters learned so much, we kept it so clean until someone complained to City and we were forced to move them. I put my house up for sale as a result as I promised my youngest when they were wee chicks which we saved from being put down, that if they had to go we would go.

I fully support backyard chickens.

I grew up with chickens in our backyard, and it's an absolute delight to have fresh eggs on the table every morning. I think it's important for us to have the freedom of choice when it comes to our food sources.

I support the beleive people have the right to groe their food

We need to design a new future for sustainability. This is a good step into incorporating farming into an urban platform. We could be using our space and energy for better things that provide multiple benefits. Having chickens shouldn't be Illegal. There should have guidelines on to how they are taken care of. Other cities in Canada such as Vancouver know that this type of integrated farming is a benefit. Its time to take that step forward and realize our potential as a society.

Bring the chickens son, feed the silverbacks we work hard son straight up

In an effort to reduce pesticides and fertilizers used on lawns, chickens will eat the pests and fertilize at the same time. This is but one of many examples of how chickens are good for the city of Toronto in meeting greener goals. When responsibly taken care of, chickens can provide many sustainable solutions, especially for low income families. I hope council considers allowing backyard chickens in Toronto.

Interested in laying hens.

Back in it up

I want to raise a chicken in Toronto

I'm in.

I am going to raise chickens one day and I want it to be legal when I do so! There is no logical reason to prevent the keeping of happy, healthy chickens - especially when viewing the cause relative to the gross mistreatment of factory hens.

I look forward to, one day, people having a sustainable urban farm lifestyle in Toronto.

Looking forward to raise chicken in TO

I think this is absolutely necessary. Food security is of the utmost importance and hens due not make noise and cause complaints. The right to free choice is important

Great Idea.

I like to raise chickes in my backyard. City should allow in Toronto to do so.

My grandmother had chickens i would get fresh eggs everyday when I visited.

I support tending to chickens within the city limits of Toronto

My grandparents had chickens for eggs when they first moved to Toronto. I would love for them to be able to pass on this information to me and I would love to one day teach my children how to have organic eggs.

Chickens are wonderful animals and bring joy and nutritious eggs to families. I am interested in changing policy in Toronto.

having a few chickens in the back yard is a small gentle step towards eco-sustainability with so many (again small) social and economic benefits.

I just want to have my pet house chicken with me in the city. Theres no difference between having a chicken or a parrot.

Love the idea of owning chickens. See also rentthechicken.com Got my support!

Great Cause!! I am in. Also check rentthechicken.com G

Good job

I like to produce what I eat.

We would like to have 5 or less hens in an enclosure in our yard.

Let's do this...

what is the problem there?

HI - throw rabbits in also. Cheers, Mike

We want chickens!

Want to keep my own chicken. Let's get back to nature....

We want chickens

Here a chicken, there a chicken, everywhere a chicken, chicken! I love chickens!

If chickens are kept properly by well educated people there is no cause for concern. They can be quiet and productive pets.

Yes to chickens and food security.

yeah boi

One way to deal with noise complaint is to prohibit roosters. Chickens are usually quieter than some dogs.

Yes, i support the idea to keep on backyard up to 6 hens in Toronto area.

Great Idea, used to raise them when I was a kid. Nothing like fresh, natural eggs for breakfast.

I'd love to be able to raise chickens in my backyard!

I Live In Brampton with chickens in my backyard but i thought in Toronto you were allowed to have 2 chickens per acre which is crazy btw. Who Need 7000 METERS For 2 DAMN CHICKENS. Chickens FOR TORONTO!

my family wants to be able to have chickens in our yard - fresh eggs!!

This is an idea that is long overdue.

I Like to eat eggs free from man made chemicals.

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My mother wants to raise chickens in her backyard...

They allow my neighbour to have a "natural guarden" and by "natural garden", I mean they can't be bothered to mow or tend their backyard in any way. If that is ok, why not chickens, within reason of course.

As long as peoples neighbours are okay with it and their are guidelines, it is a wonderful opportunity to eat fresh food. It is a right.

Permit the responsible keeping of backyard chickens!

I have had chickens - It is a myth they smell! Dogs are worse

Would love to have a hen in our back yard, Great teaching opportunity about food for our two young boys.

I have raised chickens in rural areas. They give so much more than they ever take and are an absolute delight.

So many benefits of growing your own food, this can extend to animals for consumption. It's time for Toronto to join other cities and support backyard family raised chickens.

CHICKENS!

I strongly support the idea of raising chicken in the backyard

I want fresh eggs!

I support having chickens in Toronto backyards

Like to have chikens in back yard. It is good for kids too.

I like chickens. Chickens are my friends. Squaaaaaaaak

Chicken make good pets for kids, give healthy eggs, feathers and fertilizer for the garden. For thousands of years they have been kept in cities in Asia, even inside houses. Please allow chicken to be kept in Toronto.

My old neighbours in the city have had chickens for the past 20 years in toronro. No complaints, no noise, no smell. If that's what the city is worried about the fact that these chickens have not been a problem to the city or the neighbourhood for all this time shows we should just make it legal already!

Like to know what I'm eating

We love our eggs and we've developed a coop for backyard chickens which is like an executive suite at a hotel.

Fresh eggs please

Moving into a house, family doesn't want dog, but are okay with a backyard chicken

Why not?

I strongly support the motion.

Please don't use any of my information

I think it's a good idea

I'D SAY CHICKENS ARE CUTIE PIES IF IT WASN'T FOR THE FACT THAT THEY DON'T WANNA BE PIES

"we allow dogs, we allow cats, we allow pigeons, we allow rabbits and the one pet-slash-animal we don’t allow is the one that allows us to feed ourselves"

My family love to have chickens in our backyard to control insects, eat food scrapes, and produce nice fresh home grown eggs. Sincere petition for permit!

bock bock bock!

I want to have chickens in my yard

It would be nice to be able to raise your own hens

It's about time. I live in a Community Housing Building for seniors. It would be wonderful to have a chicken for the seniors to watch when they are just sitting around in the halls or in the courtyard like they do.

bokbokbaakkaaaaa *head bob*

Please, lets get some chickens in Mississauga legally

Great pets!!!! Fresh eggs!!! https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/mar/24/adopted-battery-hens-saved-my-life-experience Also, it is crucial to raise awareness to the nightmarish conditions animals are raised in factory farms!!!

I would love to have a few chickens to produce eggs for my family. A healthier and more affordable option for our family - considering the amount of eggs that we go through weekly.

I think we should be able to keep 2 chickens per family members

Fresh Eggs and a chance to educate your children where food comes from.

Chickens are not only great pets, not only good eggs, but I have heard from people that have it in their backyard and it helps a lot with depression and anxiety because they make us feel closer to the nature and the world that around us.

100% agree to this

I believe we should have chickens in our homes as pets, there not any different than cats & dogs. Please city of Toronto change the laws to have chickens as pets, My grand kids love them! please respect our world animals , I mean all! Albert

There are many reason why hens should be allowed in our backyard. Thanks for doing this petition. I fully support it.

I just made feedback on Toronto Website on "Bylaw enforcement - prohibited - restricted animals - chickens - livestock - in the City of Toronto". If anybody reads this, please spread to leave feedback on this site. http://www.toronto.ca/311/knowledgebase/32/101000040932.html

I like my chickens as pets I understand if I had a lot of them but I have 3 should be legal.

Would like to offset the cost of living through self sustainability, not to mention giving our children some hands-on knowledge on a quickly disappearing lifestyle.

Toronto needs to recognize that chickens can make a difference in the quality of food not to mention teaching the future generations about growing good food.

I understand it should be humain for backyard chicken. Well housed and properly care for. There should be a limit per home. And it's so beneficial, no doubt

Aslong as chickens don't disturb the community, then we have the right

Hens should be allowed by the city

Thanks for ur good work

I think city of Toronto should permit 2 chicken per house as long as people keep hens clean. it's good for children on having these pets, Teaching & responcabilty is good for children. so I say it's okay get the kid's off computers, cell phones...

It should be allowed to have chicken in Toronto backyards. Responsibly.

I love chickens ! I am a grade 2, and i want to take care of some!

I am grade 1. I love chickens! Their chicks are so cute and fluffy! I want to take one home.

lets do this!

There is no logical reason to prohibit chickens from being raised in Toronto

I want chixkens

There is no reason to have a by-law as Chicks make excellent pets.

i want to eat dress eggs

No reason why we can not have chickens being raised as pets.

Let's do this! I want two chickens

Why not?

Having a few backyard chickens is great, and if you take care of them the risk of smells and rodents are a non issue.

I would like raise chicken and quail and I live in north toronto and have plenty of space in the backyard.

This is the healthiest most natural way to have fresh eggs and teach children where our food comes from.

I was raised eating healthy chicken eggs.. would like the same for my kids. organic grown on grass. Also better for the chicken vs. being locked up and used just to breed in a commercial environment.

It really doesn't make any sense why Toronto doesn't allow backyard raising when other cities allow it. I hope this petition will really make a difference & help us get some freedom into raising our own food.

we need to be able to grow our own food with out getting a ticket! it should be a human right

This is one stupid law..

I also have chickens and am facing them being taken away. These are my friends as well as a food source (eggs). I will go to any length to make this happen!

this is my then beneficial. let us own chickens!

way to go "Toronto Chickens"!!!

Why we not allowed to have chicken in backyard.

I have absolutely no objection to neighbours keeping hens in their yard.. I believe the benefits of allowing residents to keep chickens in Toronto would far outweigh any possible negative impacts.

People who reside in Toronto and wish to raise hens for non-business purposes should be allowed.

I really think a reasonable amount of chickens should be allowed to be kept in Toronto!!

There is nothing unsanitary about having a small amount of laying hens in the city. Their eggs provide an excellent food source (at much higher quality than anything one could purchase at the grocery store), they produce just as much or even less waste than other approved household pests and it is even a great fertilizer, they eat up many insects reducing pests and they make almost no noise. If well taken care of they should not be bothering any of the neighbours. This is really a no-brainer.

I support you and hope to see legislation changed to accommodate thinking people such as yourself. Lizia

I would love to have chickens!

Chickens need a place to stay that is closer to our stomachs. Plus we will treat them better while they're alive

Completely unreasonable and unfair.

They are not loud and easy to take care of. They will not be smelly unless you don't clean it for weeks. They are low maintenence and provide fresh eggs for the household, while providing an expirience for the children of the family.

Just found out that you can't even hatch chicks and let them out of the incubator as a science project in a daycare,

I want chickens in my yard. Why stop me from doing what I wish on my property? I want to live healthy and survive in Toronto witout my wallet raped everytime my family needs food

No good reason not to keep chickens if you have a fenced in backyard in the city limits.

This goes far beyond infringement on basic civil liberties. The right to keep chickens shouldn't even be in dispute. The reasons for the bylaw need to be explained and subjected to scrutiny. The reasons in support of chickens in Toronto far outweigh any perceived negatives, however theoretical.

I support urban chickens!!!

If cared for properly, chickens are quiet and not smelly. I strongly support this! I want chickens in all back yards.

Great idea

Less of a problem than dog owners who don't pick up after pets or let them bark while away.

I support a trial project to allow the raising of chickens in Toronto.

I'd love to have a half dozen chickens in my back yard - if I could. I was raised on farm chicken eggs and they're far superior to what you get at grocery stores and way healthier. I fully back this project and hope Toronto City Council allows those who want to take part, to do so.

Having recently moved from the country where I had chickens, I miss them as they were 'my girls' and I would love to have them in the city. All my city friends loved their eggs too. Chickens are easy to care for. Food in your city back garden - what could be better!

If cared for properly, chickens are quiet and not smelly. And their soft clucks are very soothing sounds.

This should not even be disputed. I am all for chickens in back yard that I can control their well being while I cant control squirrels, rats and raccoons. We have all kinds of wild life and especially pest wild life living under decks and in attics infested with all kind of diseases yet we are contemplating if we should allow chickens in backyards!! Chickens introduce less of a health hazard than cats and dogs. Chickens don't hop onto my bed and dont march around interior of my house licking my new born. Dogs and cats walk about outside and to do thier business and then walk right through the door and up on your white linen covered mattress. If anything I think dogs and cats are more of a candidate in introducing jerms, fleas and diseases into one bedroom/house. I think Councillors should be busy drafting up bylaws for having pets wear boots ans shoes instead of being hung up on harmless chickens.

Do it.

Awesome!!!

So excited!

Good idea except expect a chronic rat or mice issue.

We should not be prevented from having chickens subject to reasonable rules. Please vote yes and don't put crazy rules in. People have been doing this for centuries in Canada

Great idea

Hens are quiet and great for eattpests in the backyard garden.

I grew up on a farm.....I raised chickens. It made me so happy.....I want my kids to experience that happiness ♥️

This city actively protects a destructive infestation of wild raccoons - but uninformed councillors go hysterical over prize winning, beneficent chickens. Hire Lawyers. Become Physicians.

Been wanting to keep chickens on our lot for a decade, we have tons of room on our lot in the Beaches. Teach our kids about the food system in real time

I support backyard chickens!

I fully support allowing backyard chickens in Toronto. I am confident that the people who raise backyard hens will ensure they are not a nuisance. (Chickens couldn't be worse than barking poop-everywhere dogs.)

Keeping chickens in our backyards is more ethical and economical.

Fully support the ethical and humane treatment of chickens!

I fully support this!

I'm supporting this. Educational and economical values.

I wish to know how my councilor votes on the bylaw change so I can vote accordingly in the next election.

Please change the bylaws to allow chickens for egg laying in the city of Toronto. Be a forward thinking green city!

It is time we allowed people to raise chicken in their backyards.

Please, Toronto City Council, if you put good bylaws in place to regulate backyard chicken ownership, it'll be great. The citizens of Toronto are tired of waiting for you to make a decision. Just do it already!

I would be interested in raising chickens in my backyard. I think this would be feasible if a limit to the amount of chickens per household were limited to 4 . The are no dirtier than dogs or other animals that we are allowed to keep. It would be for egg laying. We could be licensed just like our dogs are. Please consider allowing us to have chickens

I think it is a wonderful idea to allow chickens in the city. Finally, we might catch up to cities like Boston.

I want my own chickens!

With the right By-laws, proper regulations and guidelines, I think allowing backyard chickens in Toronto would be great and beneficial for many people.

Why on earth in this day and age we can't keep a few hens in our backyards is beyond me. Noise, come on man its not a rooster. Dirty, unsanitary give me a break.

Free the chickens!! Allow all Torontonians with yard space to raise their own chickens.

Missing my girls and their fresh eggs.

What I say is, allow chickens, ban cars. When was the last time a chicken killed anybody in Toronto?

i would much rather have my chicken and eggs coming from somewhere they are treated nicely than a place where they are stuffed into cages

I would love to keep a couple of hens in addition to my vegetable garden. Fresh eggs would be fantastic!

Great idea. Not offensive. I'll give it a go.

I would love to have chicken in my backyard, I fully support

I would love to have 2 chickens in my backyard. They are friendly and entertaining indeed.

Make it legal!!!

Should be aloud to have chickens

I want 3 chickens in my one acre backyard. They put a smile on people's faces.

Fresh eggs are great!

well... not quite since the dawn of time ... but chickens should definitely be allowed within the city

Allows for humane treatment of chickens that will produce healthier eggs than what you buy in the store.. This should be a no brainer

Yes to hens.

And Ducks!. Indian runners are lay better than most chickens

Just a simple lint on qty

I would like to raise my own chickens

yes to well cared for chickens.

We need to get back to what is good for us and our heAlth

Raising Chickens in Toronto is a great idea!

People should have the right to own chickens.

-backyard chickens should be allowed in toronto - this follows other major cities who have successfully allowed this

Here's to fresh eggs and happy, helpful animals. Let's bring solid farm traditions back to slow our fast-paced society.

If they give the chickens what they need as shelter in winter and keep them healthy with regular vet visits I have no problem with it. I have seen poor kept chickens in Brampton and wonder if anyone does check ups on these people...?

Would love to be able to get fresh eggs every day! Please allow backyard chickens!

I'm surprised with the way things are going with food sourcing that there is not more signatures or at least a larger movement.

I want reiz chickens in my back yard

It's absurd not allowing residents to keep chickens.

Please allow residents to keep backyard chickens. We want to be able to have healthy, natural, eggs!

GOTTA LOVE DEM CHICKENS

Free the chickens....

Every home should be allowed to raise chickens.

pilot projects for 4 wards in Toronto is now on the table.....I agree with William....FREE THE CHICKENS!!!

After a three hour debate that played out over two days, the birds will soon be welcome in: - Ward 5, Etobicoke-Lakeshore. - Ward 13, Parkdale-High Park. - Ward 21, St. Paul's. - Ward 32, Beaches-East York.

I want to have hens.

I would love to raise chickens in my backyard. My family are eagerly waiting for the approval of Scarborough to be able to raise chickens. Let's make this happen!!!

We want chickens

I will like to have Chicken in my yard

I support to have chicken in the backyard

i want to raise Chickens

I WANT CHICKEENNSSSSS

This is a way how to take care of our food once again GO CHICKEN GO!

Freedom has no restrictions. Free the chickens!

We want chickens!

I’m sure people already have chickens that are possibly hidden out of fear of losing their bird(s) and receiving a fine from By-Law enforcement. If it’s legal to raise them , then I feel this will give some freedom to both owner and bird(s).

I have been wanting to raise hens in my backyard. Please allow me to do so legally.

I raised chickens about 2 years ago but a neighbor reported us & had to give them away. Would like to do it again in my neighborhood.

Raising chicken can help us reduce stress. It's better to raise chicken than visit shrinks.

Chickens are great pets and friends! Got mine taken away about a year ago. :(

Chickens are very friendly. I would love to have chickens in my backyard to eat bugs and fertilize the garden.

I have the right to grow my own food for my family. Chickens are the way for me to do that.

Chickens in the GTA / Durham Region too!

I have found chickens to be benifical in the backyard doing the gardening while admiring thier cuteness. I feel in an enclosed backyard they benifit everyone with doing the gsrdening work and giving eggs.

Hens for Scarborough!

I would like to get chickens

They are clean and it just make sense to have your own backyard eggs

Interested in raising 3-4 backyard hens. Helps reduce global pollution and fosters stronger communities

If dogs and cats are allowed for people to have pets, so should be chickens. Chickens are adorable, sentiment beings with feelings. Why treat them differently than other companion animals?

If dogs and cats are allowed for people to have pets, so should be chickens. Chickens are adorable, sentiment beings with feelings. Why treat them differently than other companion animals?

If dogs and cats are allowed for people to have pets, so should be chickens. Chickens are adorable, sentiment beings with feelings. Why treat them differently than other companion animals?

If dogs and cats are allowed for people to have pets, so should be chickens. Chickens are adorable, sentiment beings with feelings. Why treat them differently than other companion animals?

I support raising of chickens in all parts of Toronto. During a trip to Key West Florida we stayed at the Duval Inn. We enjoyed the pet rooster and chickens. I'm sure that if customers found them to be a nuisance inn owners would have got rid of them.

raising your own chickens is a great way to get back to nature

Fantastic idea

Please have mercy on the animals. Thank you

Humane treatment of animals and our bodies!

If dogs and cats are allowed for people to have pets, so should be chickens. Chickens are adorable, sentiment beings with feelings. Why treat them differently than other companion animals?

I so want to have chickens for my own eggs.

Really love the website

I strongly encourage raising chickens in our backyards

I support havin chickens allowed in toronto

I love chickens

Why am I not aloud to have chickens in my yard & other parts of Toronto aloud, doesn't make sence

This bylaw goes against everything Canadians believe in.

Hi can you please tell me where to buy chickens to raise in the backyard? I live in missisauga, ontario. Thanks

I think Chickens should be allowed everywhere, there are only a handful of residents who actually want to raise chickens. There should be a limit on how many per family. I think 5 max and only hens is smart

Would like to see the pilot project extended to all Toronto neighbourhoods

I wish Warm 4 was part of the pilot project. I want to keep hens to provide eggs to my family.

I live in Ward 23 and would for my little ones to experience farm life in the city. Not only is it good for gardens, it is also educational in many different ways. Please allow the pilot project to be extended to all neighborhoods.

Would like to see this be available in durham region. A few hens would make a lot of eggs and much healthier eggs.

I live in Toronto and is very interested in raising chickens. My friends in Brampton does, but I am not allowed to. That’s ridiculous!

Given that Toronto is the largest city in Canada and the most multicultural, it boggles my mind that we are STILL not allowed to raise chickens responsibly in our back yards, but we are allowed to raise pigeons? Please get with the 21st century and legalize chickens in Toronto.

I need a chicken in my backyard too.

Can we raise chickens on rooftop gardens?

idk

Love to have/raise chicken in my backyard

We would really love to have a few chickens in our yard... please consider opening up the option to more neighbhourhoods!

I support having chickens in the GTA!

I want to be able to keep chickens on my own property!

I NEED A CHICKEN

We have a lot of insects in our garden, lots of open grass. Hopefully the raccoons will allow chickens and how could the smell get worse in the Stockyards?

I'd love to keep chickens in backyard! Let's update this bylaw and make this possible in Toronto:)

I will like a roster also!

I believe torontoians should be allow to keep a small number of chickens in the back yard

There are so many benefits and it will reduce operating costs for City of Toronto. Why wouldn't you?

I want to keep chicken in my backyard

I want chickens in my house. please

I am very interested to raise 2/ 3 chiken for eggs. Especially now in the time of the pandemic. I order my grocery evey week and they don't always have them. I'm vegetarian and eggs are essential for my diet. My son would absolutely love chickens and hens as pets.

I'd love to keep chickens in backyard!

Back yard chicken is good idea. It is a healthy lifestyle.

I like to hearing chicken’s sing on the morning!

Chicken at backyard could bring many benifits and it'a quieter than any other animal pets

Although I live in a condo, I have friends that have a back yard who would love to have chickens, and I can help raise them at their house.

In an effort to become more self-sufficient, my family would like to have a few chickens in our yard.

make it legal to have homegrown food!!

My family would like to have a couple of chickens in our yard for eggs and to be more self sufficient

Limited and properly kept I beleive this should be legal in homes with yards.

Chickens please

Legalize backyard ducks also please. They make great pets and get rid of your garden's unwanted pest!

I’m in favour of having chickens

I WOULD LOVE TO KEEP CHICKENS AS PETS AND COMPANIONS.

Save uncle Fouad’s chickens

self sufficient, home-grown food for urban dwellers

due to massive food insecurity it is absolutely necessary! Those who can should provide - if not for themselves, then for the children, elderly and other vulnerable people.

Those who live in houses with a backyard and are willing to properly provide and take care of chickens, should be allowed to keep chickens because they would make great pets and at the same time provide you with fresh eggs for you and your family. In addition, they should also be permanently legal in ALL of the wards in Toronto rather than the 4 wards that is currently allowed as a "pilot project".

I strongly believe that people all across the GTA should be permitted to have/keep chickens in their backyard as they provide fresh eggs, they make great fertilizer for the gardens, and they would make great pets. Why would the city allow other pets such as snakes, other birds, rabbits, lizards, and many other animals as pets but not chickens? It does not make any sense!!!

Make them chicks legal

Let the people keep chickens in Toronto!

Hens are quiet and clean if taken care of properly. If people can have dogs and weed levels of noise and smell, Toronto can tolerate a few chickens.

Thank you for bringing awareness to the mass suffering right in our own city. We can change now. We can stop it . We can choose at every meal

These chickens are the future

At least open for some certain square foot backyard for certain numbers of chicken.

we'd be much better off if people were growing/farming more of their own foods

Sgkukd be a Basic human right.

Food security. Plan and Simple.

With food insecurity being what it may, why NOT allow backyard chickens?

I would love to raise couple chicken in my backyard, I grew up watching them back home. I want to continue the tradition I had in the Philippines and share it with my family and neighbours. And my wife and I have a baby and I feel like I want to show him how I grow up with chickens.

WE NEED OUR CHICKENS!

CHICKENS ARE DOPE

I would like city to allow us to raise chicken in the city.

Allow with control!

Allow raising chickens anywhere with proper control as to other pets. Public nuisance is exactly what DOGS to in condo's, houses. There is no reasonable reason to avoid chickens as well with control!

I want my chickens

Please help make Toronto a sustainable city by allowing backyard hens.

If Dogs are allowed in Condo buildings, house etc. Why not chicken with proper control

We should be able to raise chickens. There shouldn’t be a pilot program. Everyone deserves the right to raise chickens and have fresh eggs. As a child of immigrant parents, my parents have taught me the valuable life lessons of growing our own fruits and vegetables in our backyard garden. It is such a great humbling experience to work the land and eat the foods that you can grow with your bare hands. Having chickens would greatly enhance the experience.

I am really interested in this especially now that I am retired.

All Torontonians should be able to keep chickens for food sovereignty and security, particularly during these times of inflated food costs. People should not be denied the opportunity to grow and raise their own food. If anything, create a hen-keeping permit/registration program!

I would LOVE to raise chickens when I purchase a home in Scarborough in the future

It's time to let the people decide how to grow and raise food.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE to be allowed to keep chickens in here in torotno. Please make this legal!!

Fully support the benefits of raising your own food.

if birds are allowed to be kept as pets so should chickens. They would help with loneliness and food insecurity.

Boyfriend want to be chickens

Eggs and meat for all!

Let people be self reliant.

Hi

Please make this legal.

I like eggs

i want egg

Please approve they are a welcome addition to Toronto

Stop infringing on our rights to raise and grow food, as well enjoy caring for these wonderful creatures.

let us control how to care for our animals and food chain

Back yard hens is the way to go.

Allows chickens

Food prices are so expensive. Sustainable living.

We should also be able to have a few chickens as many areas do- especially at this time when eggs and food are so expensive

Please legalise raising of chickens by individuals in Toronto.

What's the point of having a backyard if i can't raise chickens in it?

I have a great experience in my child hood with raising Chickens , It is not only my pet, buy also provided opportunities for training my responsibilities, caring and also got delicious eggs as a return of all the hard work. I want my kids to have the same experience as mine

Let us have our chickens

Why do we have rules against raising chicken anyways?

This is a food security issue.

Self-sufficiency should be allowed!

I would like to raise chicken in my yard if possible. The fresh eggs would be great plus it would be nice to get my kids involved with this. I think it would be a great addition to our lives here in the city.

Allow people to keep poultry in their yards in Toronto! Up to 6 or so. Ducks or chickens!

I love my chickens so much. I see no negatives to chickens, I don't understand why we can't keep them??? Food security, pets, tick control, fertilizer for garden, less waste to green bin. Avian flu already exists with all the wild birds out there, which should a small flock of chickens take the blame!

Can’t wait for it to be legal!

I want to keep chieckens

Save the chickens. Healthy eating. Natural.

I want chickens

I would like to have a few chickens in my backyard, wish it was allowed in Toronto

I wish the city would consider changing by-laws so residents with the appropriate amount of space in their yards could have chickens.