Cluck, cluck, cluck: A contentious debate over hen-keeping

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You could say that the fur is flying in Bishop.

But this is a story about chickens.

A city council member’s desire to have chickens has helped stir an emotional debate that goes beyond domesticated poultry. It’s caused the Eastern Sierra town of 3,600 to examine its very identity: Is Bishop city or country? It’s pitted natives against transplants derided as “flatlanders,� and uncorked resentments rooted in -- of all things -- the long-ago water grab. Read more in Mike Anton’s report from the front lines.