Montreal animal shelter grappling with growing number of abandoned chickens

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Anita Kapuscinska says part of the problem is that a lot of people don’t know what they’re getting into when they decide to begin backyard egg production.

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In some cases they fail to consider what they’ll do once the chicken stops producing eggs, or if they end up with a rooster.

Kapuscinska says the SPCA does not encourage urban chicken farming, even though the practice is driven by not wanting to encourage factory farms.

The Canadian Press