A couple of years ago, there were stories about chicken retirement homes in somewhere like Portland or Seattle. Yuppies would have chickens in their city yards. When the chickens stopped laying or the owners had to move or the owners just got tired of taking care of the chickens, they couldn’t bear to kill and eat them. So they pay monthly rent for their chickens to live at retirement farms.
Old hens aren't good for meat. However, they are better off being made into chicken soup.
That’s what stew pots are for.