New Jersey Girl, 10, Told to Get Rid of Her 4-H Chickens

Published January 13, 2015

LOWER TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A 10-year-old girl is the latest to run afoul of a southern New Jersey town's livestock ordinance.

Brianna Lyman has until Sunday to get rid of the two chickens she was raising for a 4-H project because her family's yard falls short of the acre that Lower Township requires for farm animals.

A neighbor complained after the Rhode Island Red and a Black Silkie got loose and rooted through the neighbor's yard.

The fifth-grader, who spent two years raising the chickens in hopes of winning a 4-H prize, told The Press of Atlantic City she was shocked.

A family that has a child in 4-H has offered to take the chickens.

An 80-year-old last week was forced to give up six chickens that violated the ordinance.

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