Bertha is a not-so-free-range-chicken. Her owner doesn’t want Bertha to be cooped up, so she walks the pet chicken — this time along Nantasket Beach — on a six foot long leash attached to a chicken harness. Yes, you read that correctly; this is no yoking matter. There are several chicken harnesses for sale online. “Teach your fowls to walk on a leash and find your peace of mind again,” says one company. Bertha was unruffled by the excursion, munching on apple treats while her owner bragged that she lays the tastiest eggs.
Bertha is a not-so-free-range-chicken
“As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. This week, a chicken on a leash.
