A group of Arlington County residents wants the right to scramble, fry or poach eggs laid in their very own backyards. And they’re now trying to convince county officials to revise a zoning code that prohibits most homeowners from raising hens.

There are actually a handful of properties in the mostly urbanized county that are allowed to raise hens in their yards, according to Tycie Horsley, a co-founder of the Arlington Egg Project. But advocates want to relax the current rules to allow more residents to keep chickens in coops or pens so they can harvest their own eggs.