in the modest inside of rosemarie morgan ' s 1890 - era house , about a half - mile from yale university , there is a large buddha , azalea and forsythia , japanese cherry and plum blossoms , and an amish - made chicken coop with five resident — six who produce chickens and gloria , however is barren but something chance of a watchdog . the fowl are technically illegal under nouveau haven ' s environmental code , originally prohibited all hens and other livestock after it was modernized during the 1950s . but these days , many dozens of such hens are usually tolerated under the city ' s easy enforcement policies — called it " don ' t cluck , don ' t tell " — that mostly looks the other way . with farm fowl increasingly prevalent , governor roland lemar has introduced legislation that would permitted homes to raising up to six hens .
The Morgans have lived near Yale University since the 1950s.