Burlington resident Frank Poppa would sing to one of his six hens, and she would sing back to him. Not only did his hens provide fresh eggs to the Poppa family of five, but he said they also felt like family.
So in 2023, when the police showed up at his doorstep ordering him to get rid of his backyard chickens or risk being arrested, Poppa was shocked.
“We love them, they all have names and they feed our kids, so it’s strange to be kind of like, ‘You’re doing a bad thing,’” Poppa said…