Overview

• Wolfgang Rombach, a carpenter in Kirchzarten, sets up homemade blue-and-white traffic signs to shepherd his 15 chickens and roosters across a private side street.
• Drivers have responded by slowing down at the signs, and a Südwestrundfunk inspection confirmed they meet legal requirements.
• Mayor Darius Reutter says the privately placed signs on Rombach’s property are allowed but warns that similar installations on public roads would be prohibited.
• The flock forages for fresh grass and worms in a meadow before finding its own way back to the coop each evening.
• Rombach also relaxes with his hens in a designated ‘Hühner-Yoga’ area beside his home.