“It’s a hobby.” However, Hager’s hobby is raising and showing some 240 bantam chickens at his home in Mount Ulla. Hager says he’s been raising the birds for about 35 to 40 years now.

She's the chicken taking the community by storm in more ways than one. Aptly named "Chicken", this old English game bantam is more interested in what's above her than scratching the ground beneath ...