2011-07-11 · by Heidi Strawn July 11, 2011. Photo by Rachael Brugger. When layer hens no longer lay eggs, chicken keepers can consider culling them from the flock to be used as meat. When Ken and Heidi Chester moved to a 19th-century farm in Hancock, N.H., in 2004, it seemed like a good opportunity to grow and process some of their own food. Heidi was