New Hampshire might outlaw the chicken crossing the road

A chicken stands in the middle of Allen Road in Webster. Monitor file photo/Elodie Reed


Being “free range” is a good thing if you’re a chicken, duck or other domestic fowl – unless you range onto the property of an irritated neighbor, that is.

Under a proposed addition to state law, such trespass might make the bird’s owner liable for a fine.

“A constituent showed me some video of some ducks – I think they were ducks – coming onto their property. He was looking for some relief,” said Michael Moffet, a Republican from Loudon.

“I’d like to think that neighbors can solve these sorts of issues, but if not, it’s helpful to have something to back you up,” he added.

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