The Daily News Record has been covering Harrisonburg's city council discussions about preventing residents in single-family homes from having backyard chickens. The discussions have, and will likely continue to be, focused on residents desiring an organic lifestyle and residents concerned about property values.

"The City Council on Tuesday set July 28 for a public hearing on the future of chickens in Harrisonburg. The hearing's venue is to be named later. The council will be seeking comment on whether backyard chickens should be allowed with single-family homes and, if so, on two proposals that would determine how the egg-laying hens are to be governed.

The hearing is likely to highlight the debate between residents who are part of a growing organic food movement and want the birds for their eggs and as pets, and others who have concerns about the spread of disease and the impact backyard poultry would have property values."

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Also, check out WHSV's account of the council's previous hearing on the issue.