Whether people should be allowed to raise laying hens inside the city limits has turned into a matter for discussion in many communities in recent years, and that’s more the case since the bird flu has impacted egg prices so dramatically.

In fact, it’s becoming trendier for townsfolk to own hens, then eat and/or sell the eggs.

One of the ways you know if something is becoming trendy is through nomenclature.

Used to be, people called those hens town chickens.