Ottawa’s bylaws today, it bears mention, do allow urban residents to keep as many as five rabbits (provided they’re pets) and 40 pigeons (owners must be members of a recognized racing or homing pigeon club and provide adequate loft space: one square metre for every 10 birds), but chickens — and ducks and geese and other such traditional farmhands — are not welcome. http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local...ss-the-fowl-line-as-hobby-comes-home-to-roost