Well it was just part of their lives that most people do not do anymore.
I remember my sister would not eat chicken for years because she saw the head of a chicken chopped off and the bird ran around in a frenzy afterwards for a bit.
I think I could butcher poultry if I needed to, but I...
They must have had lots of ducks and chickens, but I remember my mother saying they had a turkey farm.
She did have a pet duck that used to stay under the front steps waiting for her.
So along the old photos line: These are my grandparents who had a large poultry hatchery in Northern California. We were allowed to play with the chicks (under careful supervision) when we were young children. I stll have his huge egg baskets.
Unfortunately I only had one Sebastopol, Curley...
Well, I have had hens lay in them, not often, but it has happened. The roosters tend to use the boxes for shelter or to get away from another rooster if they are fussing.