chicken police

[swedeheart]

Afternoon, animal lovers. I don't have any animals anymore but lov'em and often watch all sorts of animal clips on YouTube. This one featuring the chicken police really intrigued me - is there anyone among you that could come up with a theory as to why two fighting rabbits should annoy the roosters to such a degree??

The second video is just a bonus for you cat lovers, no question attached, although if any of you have your own little roomba driver at home, do tell!

[eash]

I love the roomba driver clip! lol

[wildwood]

Err... I really don't think they were roosters. They were hens.
Domestic animals have a somewhat misguided sense of propriety and the chickens probably regarded the wabbits as part of the flock. Any fighting within the flock means the hierarchy is being challenged so the chickens (being higher in rank at the moment) thought they'd put them in place straight away.
A friend on a farm in NZ hatched a crossbreed duck under a chicken and now, years later, it has a daily fly with the pigeons and lands back among the chickens. Eventhough it is a lot smaller, it is the 'top dog' among the chooks and sorts out any disturbances just like on the clip.

[swedeheart]

Yes isn't that cat a cutie pie, eash :-)

Rooster, chicken... whatever... *in female Manuel voice* I'm from Sweden, I know noothing... Thanks wildwood, it would never have occured to me that those hens might consider the rabbits part of the flock. But I'm thinking you're probably right. Loved the duck story! Now if you'll excuse me, as I've gotten a thing or two wrong I should probably retire for the evening and catch up on my zoology...

[swedeheart]

Welcome to the barnyard, biddies of all sexes, be you roosters or hens! (I'm still confused about that one...) There was a request for a sunny location and I'm proud to say this *is* a sunny barnyard... and I brought back a bottle of wine... http://i45.tinypic.com/2ns3uhf.jpg ...couldn't be better!

[woofgang]

Hi Kit and thanks for the invite. I could certainly do with some sun and vino.can't look at the pics andclips as i am on my iphone how posh is that lol

[swedeheart]

Welcome Woofy! I loved your story about the lads going outdoors in the middle of the night and running around for an hour:)

Anyone wants to tell me if not about the birds and the bees then at least about the roosters and the hens, go ahead, because I think maybe at 51 I sort of should know the difference ;-) I used to think only roosters have combs but obviously that's not it! And the word chicken, that seems to include adults, but does it include both the rooster and the hen? Questions, questions...

[jno]

eek - chickens! Salmonella! Is this place safe?

[Robinia]

good evening...oooh, it's bad enough I've had to pack my sledge & drag it on over here at this ungodly hour to sleep in a BARN! without having to answer complicated questions...you'll be asking 'egg or chicken first?' next...tut.... ermmmm, I'll look into it tomorrow...meanwhile it's goodnight from me
and it's goodnight from him...........or her...
http://i49.tinypic.com/2e4zsc6.jpg

[netibiza]

Sun and vino? - I'm heading off back into some snow somewhere!!!!!

[swedeheart]

So what's your score on the snow test Neti http://news.bbc.co.uk.../magazine/8443487.stm Mine's 3... but I made 1 stupid and unnecessary mistake.

Go dress a dog up in clothes, jno ;-D

Looking forward to my lesson tomorrow, Miss!

[jno]

beats me how anyone can sleep for all the cackling in here

http://www.jansworld....s/giant%20chicken.jpg

[Robinia]

Good morning..rise 'n shine...I'd have done the breakfast but I forgot to order some eggs from the milkman & the chucks in here seem a bit confussed as to whether they're Arfa or Marfa...

Let's see if I've got this right...
Chickens - the general name for domestic fowl
Hens - refers to females only...as in many birds..
Roosters - the American for what we call cocks...can we say that? If not it said c0ck...c0ckerels are under 12 months old

and the difference between hens & c0cks/roosters? ...
http://www.ehow.com/v...en-hens-roosters.html

Look out! there's a rooster rustler about....oh no, looks like that's one for neti's pot ...
http://lh5.ggpht.com/...ogspot.com%5B7%5D.jpg

[jno]

the reason Americans say roosters is the same as the reason ABers say it: the Other Word is rude and gets censored.

[netibiza]

Wow, I got 7/7 - yay !

[VINNY100_2]

Good moaning.
Whats everybody on about chickens for.Well Im sat ere waiting for this mother of all blizzards....spose to be happening about 21 minutes past 1:0.That wind is a right ******* tiz. goes right through you it does..braaaa.! but I got stocked up with some becks in case I never see civilisation again.Somerfields will only let you have two loafs....they can keep there manky bread,Im gonna make me own*where the bloomin eck did I put that breadmaker I bought ten years ago?I remember I put it in the loft with some weird jumper some one gave me one xmas..(think it says knitted in derby) hehe..!
Joke.
A man walks past an asylum and hears the residents chanting..."thirteen thirteen" being a curious fella he looks through a hole in the fence and someone pokes him in the eye-then he hears the inmates chanting.."fourteen fourteen,fourteen.. hahahaha..that one tickles me.(:O)later>>>>

[Robinia]

neti, was that the first time you did the quiz or the second?

[Robinia]

tut...soft suvvener crept in...
love the joke Vinny...now get yer woolly pully on!

[netibiza]

I take the 5th ammendment on that one Robi!!

Now shall I bother to put Wallender onto disc or is it too borind and hard to follow - can't afford to waste discs these days.

[woofgang]

love that joke vin. I don't bother with Wallender i find it both confusing and depressing...if I want to be confused and depressed, I'll go look at my dining room lol, its still full of the kitchen.

[netibiza]

Right, thanks woofy, that's Wallender down the drain!!