Yes and no. Owning the chickens means owning capital, not being a waged consumer. Chickens also have inherent value, being able to lay eggs and have more chic

Yes and no. Owning the chickens means owning capital, not being a waged consumer. Chickens also have inherent value, being able to lay eggs and have more chickens. Also many suggestions in the article about empowering women, which compounds the impact of capital ownership. Mainly marxist interpretation. Owning chickens means a surplus of chickens, and therefore there will be no more grain. Malthus. Price of grain/feed will change, but assuming chickens eat grain + anything, it might not change that much. Added benefits of immunized chickens. Unknown effect of price of chickens, perhaps deflationary pressure on price of other goods. Ricardo, perhaps. The network effects will be interesting. Every house with a couple of chickens is very worthy selfsustainment. A form of basic income.