Jeff Himler | Tribune-Review Kristin Kuhns, in foreground, and son, Mick, remove two of their 20 chickens from coops on Aug. 12 in the backyard of their home in Unity Township’s Lawson Heights.
TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Neighbors complained about noise and odor from backyard chickens in Unity Tuesday as the owners concluded their testimony in pursuit of a zoning variance needed to keep the birds. Kristin and Jeff Kuhns are appealing a July 13 ruling by township zoning officer Harry Hosack that they can’t keep a flock of 20 chickens on their Range Street property. Hosack testified that the couple’s yard measures less than the 2-acre minimum required to keep fowl, which are classified as farm animals under Unity’s zoning ordinance.