[I am bigjohn]

“but if he really wanted to live with farm animals in the living room, he needed to move to a 20 acre parcel rather than stay in a densely populated suburban neighborhood where everybody else had to put up with it. “

Just how many people were in his living room putting up with it besides himself?

Article states his property was 2 acres, that's a fairly large piece of ground for a hundred chickens.

BTW, I live in a small, ruralish town, and driving down the street to my house entails an obstacle course of cats, dogs, kids, and yes, chickens. I wouldn't have it any other way.

[Kirkwood]

Do you keep livestock in your living room? Didn’t think so. And why not? Maybe because you are sane? It is obvious that this man was mentally ill.

[AnAmericanMother]

His property was not 2 acres, it was less than one according to the local TV station, though not much less than one.

This is a fairly densely settled area in the city of Roswell proper, just a couple of blocks off the main street. The lots are long and narrow, and the houses are therefore quite close together. You can google Alpine Drive, Roswell, GA and see for yourself.

I love the country. This is not the country. Over 100 birds in a typical small suburban cul-de-sac is just way too many.

[AnAmericanMother]

I don't keep chickens myself, although I've helped clean the chicken houses for friends who do (yuck!)

One acre with a house on it is not enough land for over 100 chickens and turkeys. Assuming that you want to keep some vegetation, not have soil and runoff problems, and allow some actual free ranging and foraging for your birds, a dozen or so is probably all you should have. My friends outside of Woodstock (a smaller and more rural community west of Roswell) have a dozen Rhode Island Reds, ten guinea fowl, and a goose. They also have almost 10 acres and live next door to an 80-acre working farm.