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I would love to have a few backyard chickens, and if it were allowed where I live; I would get just a few hens to cluck around the back yard and produce some eggs.
As long as a person only had chickens for their own use, there would be no need to have anyone else take care of them; and if you did have so many that you needed help in caring for the chickens, then it would certainly NOT be backyard organic chickens, it would be a chicken farm.
Chickens are very intelligent, and are considered to be as smart as most dogs, and even comparable to primates for intelligence. They are happy little bug eaters, and will fertilize your lawn as they go about their bug-hunting activities.
Unless you have a rooster, chickens are pretty quiet little creatures, making only contented little clucks and a few squawks if they get upset with each other, or you disturb their nest.
I can see not allowing roosters in town, but I see no reason not to allow a few backyard chickens.
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