On a sunny morning in a small courtyard at Walt Whitman Middle School, a 14-year-old with a purple buzz cut cradled a plump chicken in her arms. “Her name is Betsy,” Maicy Nealy, an eighth-grader at ...
In general, chickens make amazing pets. Getting chickens “for the kids” is a heartwarming idea that conjures up images of sun-dappled yards, giggling children collecting eggs, and cuddly hens nestled ...