They raise chickens.
A brief search of FR will reveal a multitude of crazy chicken lady stories.
They make cat ladies look positively well adjusted.
You should read Craiglist “Pets” section sometimes.
One thing I find both amusing and annoying is when someone posts an Ad for a pet, and the Ad is supposed to be written
‘First Person’ from the pet’s point of view.
“Hi! My name is Rudy. I am the most AMAZING Rooster you will ever meet! Everybody loves me! My Carer-Partner has just lost her job and has to move back with her parents. Her Mom is ‘allergic’ to chickens, so she says. Jury’s still out on the veracity of that diagnosis. Anyway, I like eating grains, bread, grasshoppers and Boll Weevils when I can find them. I only crow for 5 hours a day, honest!”
My first drinking buddy was a hen named Gertrude.