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A resident later told deputies that the outbuilding was a 10-foot-by-12-foot chicken coop housed with six chickens and said there was a heat lamp inside the coop.

Eggs are collected from Jim Irwin’s chicken coop in his backyard in Albany Park on March 17, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) A hen drinks in Jim Irwin’s backyard on March 17, 2025.

Both the chicken coop and chicken pen would be required a distance of 20 feet from any home, the ordinance reads, and both must be at least 10 feet from property lines or any adjoining lots.

Personally, I don’t mind the droppings chickens create — either white and dark-brown offerings or treacly caramel messes — but perhaps this is because, as a gardener, I know their values. Like the ...