The year long pilot project for backyard hens in Turner Valley has come to an end.

And the report presented to Town Council by Administrative Assistant Bridget Lacey paints a rosy picture of how it went.

"I think it was a big success. I think all of our participants and our hens did really well. They (the hens) had a better life, in one case they were rescued from a commercial operation, so you know they've gone onto better things in Turner Valley. So hopefully more hens can have the same fate."

The report shows no one had any complaints about the hens, or the people who own them.

"One of the neighbours was very much against the project to begin with. Her survey results came back very positively, and she said she was very pleasantly surprised, how well cared for they were, but there was really nothing intrusive about them, either smell or noise. And even the clucking. One of the neighbours said they really like the sound of the clucking."

Lacey says there were a couple of issues raised around how old the chickens need to be when first brought in, and the size of their coop, but otherwise the pilot project was a huge success.

The town will make a decision on whether or not to allow backyard chickens, or whether to extend the pilot project another year at their next council meeting on Monday, October 5.