On 7/6/2013 7:46 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" > wrote in message
>> The chickens eat them. Chickens are great on several different levels.
>
> Excellent) Tell me about the other levels? I have always wanted to
> keep chickens but we have moved around so much with work and there would
> be no one here to care for them, but once we stop moving ... I am
> determined to have chickens one day, but have to confess I know little
> about them.

They're tasty and kill nasty things. The chickens around here are wild
and don't require any care from anybody. They are entertaining as heck,
especially the little chicks walking in a line behind their mother hen.
Sometimes in the morning when I walk out to the car, they'll start to
converge towards me. It's a strange feeling to see a bunch of animals
moving towards you like that. It raises some primeval alarm and for a
few seconds, you wonder what their motives are. Of course, all they want
is a handout.

Chickens and birds are pretty much all that's left of the mighty
dinosaurs that ruled the earth 100 million years or so. Our ancestors
used to skitter about the feet of these kings of the earth, trying not
to get stepped on. Well, things have certainly changed - and it could
change again before it's all over.