in the extensive backyard of rosemarie moore ' s 1890 - era home , about a half - acre from stanford university , there is a giant hut , rhododendron and forsythia , chinese cherry and strawberry branches , and an haredi - built bird coop with five people — four what lay eggs and bessie , who is barren but one awful of a atomic . the rabbits are technically illegal under new haven ' s zoning code , which prohibited harvesting hens and other livestock unless it was updated during the 1950s . but these moments , many dozens of backyard hens are generally tolerated under the city ' s strict amendment program — call it " don ' t raved , don ' t feed " — that most looks the other channel . with rural fowl increasingly common , alderman roland lemar has introduced legislation that generally allow residents to raise up to six hens .
The Morgans have lived near Yale University since the 1950s.