New Hampshire might outlaw the chicken crossing the road

[TexasTowelie]

A chicken stands in the middle of Allen Road in Webster. Monitor file photo/Elodie Reed


Being “free range” is a good thing if you’re a chicken, duck or other domestic fowl – unless you range onto the property of an irritated neighbor, that is.

Under a proposed addition to state law, such trespass might make the bird’s owner liable for a fine.

“A constituent showed me some video of some ducks – I think they were ducks – coming onto their property. He was looking for some relief,” said Michael Moffet, a Republican from Loudon.

“I’d like to think that neighbors can solve these sorts of issues, but if not, it’s helpful to have something to back you up,” he added.

Read more: http://www.concordmonitor.com/traspassing-fowl-law-nh-13216649

[democratisphere]

1. What a bunch of chicken sh't.