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If chicken can freely walk around, there immediately occurs the problem of people stealing others' chicken. I grew up in a Soviet village and it happened a lot,

• brianwawok 10y ago
  Don't worry, the next charity can donate guns to protect your chickens. /s So Charity is really hard to do right. Bill Gates seems to try to do it right. Hopefully he has thought of this already?
• CuriouslyC 10y ago
  In a larger, more populated village, this is definitely a potential concern. In the smaller, less dense villages where this program is likely targeted, everyone knows everyone, and chickens usually have sufficiently distinct markings that if you have a small flock you could probably identify your stolen bird without too much trouble. Just for reference, I've seen roaming chickens in small villages in the Philippines/Caribbean, it is very common. I even saw it in some decently sized towns, though it was less common. In cities everyone kept their chickens in pens, so I never saw them (though they woke me up every damned day, so I know there were plenty of them).