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"  The word out of Georgia is that celebrity chef Paula Deen is engaged in a serious game of chicken. Deen, who keeps five rescue hens in a custom-built chicken coop on her property in Wilmington Island, Georgia, has been cited for violating county zoning ordinances. Although there are two &amp;quot;residential agricultural&amp;quot; zones in Chatham County, where Deen&amp;#039;s waterfront home is located, her property isn&amp;#039;t in one of those areas. &amp;quot;She was cited and given time to address the violation,&amp;quot; Gregori Anderson, director of Chatham County Building Safety and Regulatory Services, told SavannahNow. The authorities learned about Deen&amp;#039;s claque of cluckers when the zoning administrator cited her neighbors for raising 22 hens on their Wilmington Island property. More from Delish: A Taste of Paula Deen  In a video made last fall, Deen showed-off her prized hens, assuring them that they wouldn&amp;#039;t end up in her famous fryer. Instead, Deen said, she uses them for their &amp;quot;incredible eggs.&amp;quot;      Paula&amp;#039;s Chicken Coop from Paula Deen on Vimeo. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m glad to give these chickens a nice home,&amp;quot; Deen says in the video, adding that the birds are calming animals to have around. &amp;quot;If you have an opportunity, get out in your yard and build you a little chicken coop,&amp;quot; she recommends. Around the country, would-be city farmers are following suit. While hard statistics on the number of urban and suburban chicken farmers are difficult to come by, anecdotally, the trend is on the rise, with a surprising range of pre-fab urban chicken coops on the market and a flock of online forums like BackyardChicken, where urban farmers swap advice on feed, coop design, and breed traits. Like Chatham County, other urban and suburban residential areas are struggling with how to handle a surging interest in raising backyard animals. From Denver to Kansas City to Sarasota and Portland, Oregon, cities and counties around the U.S. have been changing or considering changes to legislation to make raising backyard poultry legal. More from Delish: Easy Elegant Egg Recipes Despite the citation against Deen, Chatham County is also exploring the option of easing restrictions on backyard agriculture. &amp;quot;I think I&amp;#039;d like to look at it,&amp;quot; the county&amp;#039;s Commissioner, Patrick Farrell, told SavannahNow. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s a certain following of people that own chickens or would like own them and take good care of them and not be a burden on their neighbors.&amp;quot; Until changes are made, however, Deen isn&amp;#039;t counting her chickens. Her publicist Nancy Assuncao says the star chef will &amp;quot;comply with whatever needs to be done.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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