People used to raise chickens for eggs and meat. This led to eating the chickens that could no longer could lay eggs. The meat might be tougher, one reason there are so many traditional chicken stew and soup recipes.
Even in a subdivision lot, there is plenty of room to raise four or five chickens for pest control. In some cities, there are limits on how many chickens per amount of land. In others, chickens are not allowed.
When choosing to add chickens to your yard, consider the pesticides you use, and the pesticides on the other side of the fence. Pesticide covered bugs will jump, or burrow under, the fence and be eaten by the chickens. That pesticide is carried in their bodies and passed into their eggs and meat.
Chickens that have not been fed antibiotics will cost more, appear smaller, and their meat will taste different.
Store bought chicken may have a gluten based juice in the package.
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