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WHAT THE CLUCK?: Politics is not for the weak or timid. It is a bloodsport where one has to be willing to take a pummeling from any and all directions. But there is one issue so divisive, so heated, that Worcester city officials have sidestepped it for years, quickly dodging and hiding as soon as it rears its ugly head. What is this third rail of Worcester electoral politics that causes so much political carnage that it s usually shuffled out of sight almost as soon as it s raised? Is it residential vs. commercial real estate tax? Defunding the police? Sex education? Well, yes. Actually all of those, but also … backyard chicken farming. It s an issue that brings strife every time it arises, revealing political fault lines, fracturing friendships, ruining reputations … and now it s back. According to an article in the Telegram & Gazette by Steve Foskett, “Members of the Planning Board said Wednesday they liked the idea of reviving a discussion about allowing