The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa — Five chickens live in artist Alicia Rheal's backyard in Madison, Wis., and when they age out of laying eggs, they may become chicken dinner.
"We get egg-layers and after a couple of years we put the older girls in the freezer and we get a newer batch," Rheal said.
Rheal is a pragmatic backyard chicken enthusiast who likes to know what's in her food. But others find the fun of bringing a slice of farm life into the city stops when the hens become infertile. Hesitant to kill, pluck. . .
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