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food or fiber. Anytime there is a restriction on agriculture, all agriculture is restricted. He <br />pointed out that many other species are used for food and sport. He suggested that the <br />County was taking something and making it something it was not: a chicken is a chicken. <br />This issue was about someone's complaint about noise. He thought it was a mistake to <br />legislate for one complaint. He suggested they treat this issue as a noise complaint. <br />Chairman Adams asked Mr. Gomez to describe the entertainment provided by these <br />roosters, and he replied it was the testing of fowl to see if they would be allowed to <br />reproduce. <br />Commissioner Macht wondered if that meant people stood around watching for two <br />chickens to mate. <br />Wayne Henderson, 11120 CR507, Fellsmere, questioned the grandfathering and <br />whether a rooster is poultry. He wondered if this issue would affect his raising of pet <br />chickens after having done it for 11 years. He stressed that his chickens were not fighting <br />chickens. <br />Chairman Adams stated that if he has 25 or more roosters, then his farm would <br />become a specialty farm. <br />Mr. Henderson thought his chicken -raising should not be affected by a complaint over <br />noise. He wanted to go on record by saying he felt that the County did not have a right to <br />regulate or tell him how many chickens -or roosters or ducks, etc. he could have on his five <br />acres. <br />John Luke, 14050 109' Street, has lived in this county all his life and has had game <br />chickens since he was 4 years old. He described his chicken and other fowl farming in <br />detail, all of which are considered game fowl. He advised of his time with folks from the <br />University of Mississippi's poultry division which infuses game fowl into their domestic <br />poultry to increase their disease immunity which has been bred out of poultry in the pursuit <br />November 7, 2000 <br />138 <br />BK 1 15 PG 847 <br />