Woman Charged with Using Her Backyard Chicken Coop as a Brothel

After allegedly spending a lot of time behind chicken wire, a 27-year-old Wisconsin woman could be spending time behind bars, after being charged with three counts of prostitution for performing sexual acts for money out of a chicken coop on her property.

According to local news outlet FOX 9, Polk County police began receiving complaints that Sarah Bradehoft was "neglecting her children and was involved in prostitution." Police had been on Bradehoft's tail for a while, even arranging for an undercover officer to respond to an ad on Back Page to set up a meeting with the mother of six at her home.

With enough red flags to obtain a search warrant, police interviewed Bradehoft at her house—the heart of darkness. There, she confessed that she had been using the chicken coop on her property as a place to exchange sexual acts for money with five clients because she needed money "to get back to Florida." But the human sadness and misery don't end there; not even close.

After the police interview, Child Protective Services immediately took four of her children into custody and it was later revealed that her two-year-old child tested positive for amphetamines, methamphetamine, and cocaine. Bradehoft has also been charged with one count of child neglect.

This is usually the point in the article where we throw in a funny kicker, but there really isn't a whole lot to laugh at here; it's pretty much the darkest story ever. It's also not the first time that places usually associated with food or drink—espresso stands, bars, and rotisserie chicken joints—have been used as places of business for sex workers.