OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha woman whose backyard chickens ruffled her neighbors’ feathers plans to continue fighting to keep her domesticated fowl.

A judge ruled Wednesday that Stacy Williams must get rid of the chickens because they violate 40-year-old neighborhood covenants banning livestock and poultry.

Williams and her attorney plan to appeal or challenge the ruling and collect signatures on a petition seeking to abolish the covenants.

Williams has been raising backyard chickens since 2014. She says her six hens serve as “therapy chickens” for her 17-year-old son and help him cope with depression and anxiety.

Her neighbors complained after Williams expanded her garden from a small plot to a 2,000-square-foot area. The chickens stay in a coop.