My dad did the chicken thing when I was in elementary school, butchered 40-50 of those ones that eat themselves too death in 3 month.....and eggs from another 8 or 10 layers......thought I was 'da man for lopping those heads off with the 2-bladed axe and spraying blood everywhere, laughin at the lab trying to catch them.....good times, loved the fresh eggs. Cleaning out the chicken house with that pungent ammonia makes me puke in my mouth a little to this day.

Builds character in the youngins, for sure. Would I have chickens today? NO WAY