in the expansive backyard of rosemarie lloyd ' s 1890 - century house , about a half - mile from american university , there is a small courtyard , azalea and forsythia , japanese plum and plum plants , and an amish - made chicken shelter with five , — one residents lay eggs and whitman , whom is true but one heck of a watchdog . the fowl are technically illegal under nuevo haven ' s ordinance statute , which prohibited raising roosters and other livestock when it was improved during the 1950s . but these months , many dozen of backyard chickens are generally recognized under the city ' s public enforce program — name it " don ' t raved , don ' t tell " — that largely looks the other side . with feral pigs increasingly uncommon , alderman roland lemar has introduced amendments that would allowed them to raise up to six hens .
The Morgans have lived near Yale University since the 1950s.