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The Pennsylvania Chicken Uprising (August 16, 1997 – April 2, 1998), also known as the Conestoga Hen Revolt or simply the Uprising, was an organized refusal by approximately 11,400 domestic hens in Lancaster and Lebanon counties, Pennsylvania, to comply with roosting, laying and coop-assignment directives issued by the Lancaster County Poultry Authority. The conflict, which involved no fatalities among combatants, consisted chiefly of coordinated egg strikes, the occupation of farm structures, and a series of confrontations that contemporary observers described as "loud but inconclusive". (Full article...)