I have to say that I fully understand the expression “chicken”. Chickens are exactly that. From birth, they are afraid of everything. My parents/ mother decided to raise chickens on their farm. Mom had it in her mind that there was nothing quite as tasty as a freshly laid egg.
The property where they lived had an old chicken coop that hadn’t been used in years. Mom cleaned it out and made it ready to receive her new hatchlings. She was excited to start her new project.
All was going well until they added a pair of work horses to help with the farm chores.
One day, as the horses roamed the field behind the chicken coop, one of the horses became curious about the old chicken coop and it peered through the window just to see what was inside. Six chickens died of fright. Oh, my!
One day, my husband and I were invited to a friend’s farm to see the two hundred and fifty hatchlings he had just purchased a few days earlier. We went with another couple who had a dog that they took everywhere with them.
When we arrived at the farm and opened the car door, the first one out was our friend’s Husky. The Husky spied the chicks and started to chase them. It was a chase of very short duration. By the time I got out of the car, the deed was done. Within seconds, there was a yellow carpet of seventy-six dead chicks that had died of fright.
Our friends paid the farmer for the loss of his chicks and we left immediately. As we drove off, no one said a word. I know it wasn’t funny, but our friend started laughing. We had driven over two hours to visit with this proud farmer and in less than ten minutes, we were back on the road again. What a day that was.
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December 31st, 2012 at 5:46 pm
Have to agree; chickens are funny little creatures. Easily frightened by anything out of the ordinary. I don’t blame your friend for laughing; it was very funny. Enjoyed the story.