Chicken Logic

I have property and like eggs so I decided to get chickens. When got them I didn't have a clue I would end up with a collection of comedians, I just wanted fresh eggs, Knowing nothing about chickens observing their logic became a fascination. Really it's quite profound because it's primal, they are built for survival! Apparently humor is necessary as part of the survival package! Facts are they are the only pet that has made breakfast for me! Too many eggs? no problem! Sell them, throw the money in a jar and decide what they are going to buy me!

My husband and I had talked about getting a few chicks, it makes sense, we eat a lot of eggs and feel uncomfortable about the inhumane treatment of the little egg makers. I can buy free rang eggs, but why not just let them range right here? And so it began........

As chicks I began to notice that there was a perfect order. I had heard of it before, the pecking order! It's brutal at best and I had to use some restraint not to intervene! But here's the thing, when it got cold, they set it all aside, bunched together and did a very clever rotation so that they all got an equal amount of heat. They had a job to do, so that's where they put their focus, they got it done. Congress needs to take lessons.

My fascination grew and I started posting my daily findings on facebook, my friends have been trying to get me to start a blog for a while now. I plan to go back through what I have learned thus far from chicken logic, primal knowledge is amusing and sometimes profound. If you have chickens you will know what I'm talking about perhaps through your own observations. What will follow will be past observations of my own from this past year.

Julie