By Kathy Shea Mormino
Grandma’s chickens spent their days walking around pastures, scratching and pecking for breakfast, lunch and dinner; they consumed few, if any, treats and racked up the miles in search of meals. Many modern-day chickens are confined to a much more limited space due to the risk of predation or legal restrictions; if they wore tiny pedometers, their daily totals would pale in comparison to grandma’s active birds.