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Colwood council votes to allow backyard chickens

Bylaw amendments permitting residents to keep up to four chickens on properties as small as 550 square metres were approved this week by Colwood city councillors. Roosters are prohibited. The bylaw regulates size and location of allowable coops.
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Rachelle Smith brings water to some of her charges at her backyard chicken coop in Victoria. Chickens are also permitted in Esquimalt, View Royal, Saanich, Oak Bay, Langford and, as of this week, Colwood.

Bylaw amendments permitting residents to keep up to four chickens on properties as small as 550 square metres were approved this week by Colwood city councillors.

Roosters are prohibited. The bylaw regulates size and location of allowable coops.

Backyard chickens already are permitted in Victoria, Esquimalt, View Royal, Saanich, Oak Bay and, as of February, Langford.

— Times Colonist