Chickens in mass migration to new $3.2 million farm

URBANA – For years, Chet Utterback has known his chickens stood squarely in the way of Division of Intercollegiate Athletics plans to extend its turf on South Farms.

This week, Utterback, manager of the University of Illinois poultry research farm, supervised the move of thousands of chickens to a new $3.2 million farm on Race Street south of Curtis Road. The move was motivated by the campaign to put an outdoor tennis facility where the farm now stands – and it was enabled by DIA's financial contributions and cooperation.

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