t Helps Aged People

Emotional support chickens are effective, especially for men who are less social than women.

That’s why they’re used in elderly or nursing homes these days.

One example of how therapy chickens can be beneficial is the case of an elderly patient at Shadon House nursing home in Gateshead, England.

He was perturbed and kept repeating names over time.

Why?

Eventually, the staff realized that the names he repeated were the names of the hens he had when he was younger.

When Jos Forester-Melville of Equal Arts offered an old hen house and bought six hens along with her team for the nursing home, they were elated to see that the staff liked them, and the man calmed down and settled.