Now that spring is upon us, it’s time for those “yard birds” to start enthusiastically laying. I’m speaking of the ever-growing Virginia tradition of keeping chickens in the backyard. While there have always been chickens here, they resided in the rural areas that once comprised the majority of the commonwealth. However, as metropolitan areas have cut into the once-uncompromised countryside over the past half-century, a new trend of urban farming has taken hold.