Chicks on a plane! And coming to a Yukon home near you

Roughly three thousand newly hatched chickens andturkeys will arrive in Whitehorse and find new homes on farms and in backyards throughout the Yukon in the weeks to come.

The latest batch was hatched in Edmonton on Wednesday and flown on Air North to Whitehorse. They were kept overnight at The Feed Store for pickup by customers on Thursday.

"Often there's a gasp because people forget how small and dainty they are," said Megan Bradley, the floor supervisor at The Feed Store who'saffectionately known "The Chicken Lady."

"They're cute. They're really cute"

Three thousand chicks is similar to the number that were imported in 2015, but over the past few years there has been a change in who's buying the birds.

"There's definitely a lot more urban gardeners sincethe city approved the bylaw,"said Bradley.

Whitehorse city council approved raising backyard chickens on a limited scale in July 2012.