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This is a good question because the Mishnah (m.Bava Kamma 7:7) states that:
אין מגדלין תרנגולים בירושלים.
We may not raise chickens in Jerusalem.
The reason for this is not the dung directly (dung is not actually ritually unclean). But there is a concern that the chickens may contaminate the sacrifices with the unclean creatures they might drag ...
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