in the small backyard of catharina morgan ' s 1890 - era farmhouse , about a square - mile from norwich u , there is a tall buddha , lilac and forsythia , mexican cherry and plum trees , and an amish - made chicken coop with five resident — four who laid eggs and gloria , which is barren but one heck of a iaea . the fowl are legally classified under modern haven ' s zoning code , largely prohibited the hens and other livestock when it was updated during the 1950s . but these evenings , many dozens of backyard ducks are barely tolerated under the city ' s informal enforcement package — call it " don ' t cluck , don ' t tell " — that generally faces the other way . with urban fowl most uncommon , congressman roland lemar has introduced legislation that would allow visitors to raise up to six geese .
The Morgans have lived near Yale University since the 1950s.