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Abba House chicken coop helps to heal women
Residents of recovery ministry program learn about responsibilities by caring for 25 hens
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A 15-month recovery ministry for women, Abba House uses its chicken coop and the 25 hens to teach the women residents how to care for something other than themselves. It also teaches them how to be responsible by requiring them to collect the eggs, clean the coops and ensure the chickens have food and water on a daily basis on the facility’s campus in Cumming.
Three times a day, Amy and the other “chicken mamas” walk to Abba House’s chicken coop and check on the hens. The women collect eggs, clean out the coop and ensure the 25 hens have food and water. They also bathe the chickens as needed, catching each chicken individually and dumping them into buckets of soap and water.