QUOTED: Mary-Margaret McMahon on the relative noisiness and smelliness of backyard chickens

QUOTED: Mary-Margaret McMahon on the relative noisiness and smelliness of backyard chickens

The biggest concern that I’ve heard is noise and smell. I’m saying your neighbour’s dog is noisier and your green bin is smellier.

—Rookie city councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon in a Globe and Mail article, in which Joe Mihevc also points out that hens can go through nine pounds of compost in a month [Globe and Mail]