Illegal Chickens Forced Into Hiding

Image of chicken and owner in San Diego backyardPhoto Credit: Sam Hodgson

By Adrian Florido
Published May 15, 2011 on
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On a quiet San Diego cul-de-sac, behind a house perched at the edge of a canyon and concealed by a thick canopy of trees, Oscar and Owl, fugitive hens, are in hiding.

They’ve been lying low since January, in a makeshift coop, a ramshackle pen nothing like the palatial wood frame setup they once called home in North Park. But it’ll have to do for now. Oscar and Owl can’t go back.

They’ve been banished.

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