EASTHAM — The board of health wanted to tighten the town’s regulations on the keeping of noncommercial farm animals. But blowback from the public has made the board think again.

At a Dec. 9 workshop, the health board dropped from its proposal the suggested maximum numbers of animals that would be allowed, scrapped a list of prohibited animals, and agreed to exempt from permitting the keeping of 10 or fewer fowl and three or fewer rabbits.