"CHICKENS NEED STRUCTURE," SAYS LOCAL POULTRY COUNSELOR
Free range chickens have more behavioral problems than birds who are subject to strict rules and guidelines, according to nationally acclaimed Ridgefield poultry therapist Topaz Corpel-Klotz.
"What I'm saying might surprise people, but I see the problems affecting these free range birds every day in my practice." And the cause, she says, is a lack of structure. "Free range chickens have no one telling them, 'No, it's not okay to stay out with the rooster until all hours of the night," said Corpel-Klotz.
A lack of discipline and boundaries, says Corpel-Klotz, who works primarily with White Leghorn and Golden Comet chickens, results in angry, rebellious poultry. "Last week, I had an agitated Leghorn free-ranger stomp out of my office during a session, light a cigarette and peck a hole in my car tire. He calmed down after I threatened to Foster Farm his ass." Corpel-Klotz added that chicken farmers "must be disciplinarians, not their chicken's best friend."
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