An Amherstburg woman is allowed to keep her therapy chickens.
Miranda Ronholm wrote a letter to Amherstburg town council pleading to be allowed to keep her chickens after a complaint was filed against her for housing backyard chickens.
In her letter, she says her 'epileptic seizures have been severely reduced since she purchased the hens.'
She has three laying hens and a medical note to use them as therapy for her epilepsy.
The chickens have their own coop enclosed in an outdoor brick shed and is cleaned daily.
A bylaw in town does not allow for chickens in urban areas, but council made the exception for Ronholm.
Councillor Michael Prue says the issue of urban chickens will likely be raised at town council in the next few months so there was no point in causing any disruptions in Ronholm's life.
"There you have a woman who wants these chickens and our bylaw may eventually allow for them anyway so there is no sense yanking the chickens away from her, causing her disruption and problems in her medical life," says Prue.
Prue is confident everything will work out saying the town is 'pretty level-headed.'
"I would think they may give that opportunity to urban people when three-quarters of Amherstburg, at least in terms of space, can already have chickens."
Prue expects the issue of urban chickens will be dealt with early in the new year.
Ronholm said removing the therapy chickens would cause a great deal of depression and anxiety.
She was also willing to undergo inspections, obtain a permit and install a privacy fence if needed.
--With files from AM800's Zander Broeckel