Urban hens often abandoned when egg-laying days end

Sunday, November 17, 2013

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.

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