> Alas, I don’t have the impression that chickens are very competent to live on their own in a modern city downtown, nor really in the suburbs either, nor reall

> Alas, I don’t have the impression that chickens are very competent to live on their own in a modern city downtown, nor really in the suburbs either, nor really in the wild. The author's impression would be incorrect. Chickens survive fine in the wild. We even had a few escape and they have built a small wild chicken population in our forest. It goes well with the wild turkey flocks that wander the area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_chicken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_chicken