Collected Item: “Cooped-up Gatineau residents flocking to new hobby: backyard chickens”
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Cooped-up Gatineau residents flocking to new hobby: backyard chickens
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news article
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While Ottawa itself does not allow backyard chickens, its sister city of Gatineau, across the Ottawa/Outaouais River does. As with other locations, the pandemic has led to a spike in the raising of chickens. This can be attributed to the sense that people finally have the time to take care of the birds and a feeling that during difficult times the ability to be self-reliant and 'get back to basics' is safer than relying on supply chains and big stores.
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home, animals, food
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/chicken-gatineau-backyard-hens-1.5602536
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Joseph Tunney, CBC News Ottawa
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2020-06-08