BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — Now that it has embraced chickens in the city, the Bremerton City Council is fine-tuning its poultry policy.
In a unanimous vote Wednesday, the group approved Councilman Roy Runyon’s motion to raise the upper limit on hens from four to five.
The Kitsap Sun reports (http://is.gd/9vId0s ) that resident Carolee Valentine asked for eight, saying that would help prevent a lag time between when old hens stop laying eggs consistently and new chicks become old enough to produce.
Runyon says he might favor more, but five was a number the whole council could accept. In his words, “We’ve got to be pragmatic.”