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A prize-winning show rooster awaits feeding in its cage in the yard of Immokalee residents Gayla Brittain and Jay Lawrence on Thursday, September 18, 2008. Brittain is scurrying to find homes for her prize-winning show chickens after code enforcement officials cited her for having 13 of the animals in her backyard. Brittain has pleaded unsuccessfully with the Collier County Commissioners for an exception for her pets, citing the hundreds of chickens that run loose in the community. She has found homes for all but six. "I would be happy if they at least let me keep what I have left.," Brittain said.
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Immokalee resident Gayla Brittain is scurrying to find homes for her prize-winning show chickens after code enforcement officials cited her for having 13 of the animals in her backyard. Brittain has pleaded unsuccessfully with the Collier County Commissioners for an exception for her pets, citing the hundreds of chickens that run loose in the community. She has found homes for all but six. "I would be happy if they at least let me keep what I have left.," Brittain said.
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An identification band links "Blue," a rare "cracker blue" breed of show rooster to his pedigree and disease testing. Owner Gayla Brittain is scurrying to find homes for her prize-winning show chickens after code enforcement officials cited her for having 13 of the animals in her backyard. Brittain has pleaded unsuccessfully with the Collier County Commissioners for an exception for her pets, citing the hundreds of chickens that run loose in the community. She has found homes for all but six. "I would be happy if they at least let me keep what I have left.," Brittain said.
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Immokalee resident Jay Lawrence holds "Blue," a rare "cracker blue" breed of show rooster belonging to his fiancee, Gayla Brittain. Brittain is scurrying to find homes for her prize-winning show chickens after code enforcement officials cited her for having 13 of the animals in her backyard. Brittain has pleaded unsuccessfully with the Collier County Commissioners for an exception for her pets, citing the hundreds of chickens that run loose in the community. She has found homes for all but six. "I would be happy if they at least let me keep what I have left.," Brittain said.
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"Blue," a rare "cracker blue" breed of show rooster is one of six chickens remaining in Immokalee resident Gayla Brittain's cages. Brittain is scurrying to find homes for her prize-winning show chickens after code enforcement officials cited her for having 13 of the animals in her backyard. Brittain has pleaded unsuccessfully with the Collier County Commissioners for an exception for her pets, citing the hundreds of chickens that run loose in the community. She has found homes for all but six. "I would be happy if they at least let me keep what I have left.," Brittain said.
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Wild chickens trot around the yard of Immokalee residents Gayla Brittain and Jay Lawrence on Thursday, September 18, 2008. Brittain is scurrying to find homes for her prize-winning show chickens after code enforcement officials cited her for having 13 of the animals in her backyard. Brittain has pleaded unsuccessfully with the Collier County Commissioners for an exception for her pets, citing the hundreds of chickens that run loose in the community. She has found homes for all but six. "I would be happy if they at least let me keep what I have left.," Brittain said.
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