Kindra Garrabrant and her daughter, Jerry , 12, hold chickens at their home in Wheatland Township near Plainfield Tuesday, June 19, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
The chicken coop on the Garrabrant family's property in Wheatland Township near Plainfield Tuesday, June 19, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Chickens are shown in a coop June 19 on the Garrabrant family's property in Wheatland Township near Plainfield. The Will County Board could vote Thursday on allowing backyard chickens in unincorporated areas of the county. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Manoalani Ramirez, 4, peeks into the chicken coop on the Garrabrant family's neighboring property in Wheatland Township near Plainfield Tuesday, June 19, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Ocean Ramirez, 7, holds a chicken on the Garrabrant family's property in Wheatland Township near Plainfield Tuesday, June 19, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Ocean Ramirez, 7, Manoalani Ramirez, 4, and Jerry Garrabrant, 12, hold chickens on the Garrabrant family's property in Wheatland Township near Plainfield Tuesday, June 19, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
WHEATLAND TOWNSHIP — Jerry Garrabrant sold half of her video games, and gave up a lot of time in the air-conditioned indoors, to make her family’s backyard chicken coop possible. Jerry, 12, has helped raise five chickens in the coop since the early spring, when … Read More