Manchester: Avabella Mitrano pets Rosie the chicken sitting on the lap of Barbara Emerson at the Manchester Public Library Saturday morning. The chicken lives in Emerson's yard but is owned by Erin Carlson, right, who lives next door to Emerson. Because chicken's are social birds they like to be kept in groups of at least two or three. Mary Muckenhoupt/Gloucester Daily Times

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