"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> 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.

Heh you could be right Mr D)

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