In Australia you may now find bottled water in flavors like chicken and corn, or liver and bacon. It's supposed to be for dogs, althought it's apparently safe for people as well. This water IS purified.  "It's like a sports drink for dogs," said Andrew Larkey who thought up the idea. "Dogs get bored with plain water — they deserve variety just as much as people."

Has your pet ever told you it was bored with water?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031202/ap_on_fe_st/australia_dog_water_2

You need: a dissecting kit, chicken wings, latex gloves, newspapers, paper plates.

Steps:

1. Cover the tables with newspapers.
2. Put on a pair of latex gloves.
3. Take a chicken wing, a paper plate, and a dissecting kit.
4. Put the chicken on the table.
5. Remove the dissecting kit from the box.
6. Examine the wing.
7. Carefully remove the skin.
8. Count how many bones there are.
9. Try to pull on a muscle to move another part of the wing.
10. Remove the muscles and tendons carefully.
11. Locate ligaments.
12. Look for the veins and nerves.

Once you are finished:

1. Clean up the area carefully with a diluted bleach solution.
2. Eat the chicken wings with chips on the side.

 The role of a chicken sexer consists of sorting out the males chicks from the females chicks. This highly respected technique was developed in 1924 by three Japanese scientists. “The skill, say the experts, requires great concentration, accuracy, long hours of training and practice examination. “

Specialists in chicken sexing are getting worried about their future: “species have been developed that can be sexed by visible characteristics such as feathers, colours and markings.”

There is still a future for the chicken sexers; and this future is in France – in the Bresse region – where about 100 chicken sexers practice their specialty on the expensive “Rolls-Royce of chickens”.  “Sorting the boys from the girls is crucial to determining the feed and the fate of the birds, thus vital to the economics of the farm, but it is no easy task. “

It’s probably an easy task for a former European champion sexer who said he had won his champion's title for "treating 100 chicks in around four minutes with a 100 percent success rate."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030728/od_afp/lifestyle_food_chickens_030728064209

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030728/241/4t74m.html

Someone famous is now the proud owner of my chicken feet shoes. We had a garage sale this week-end and sold the chicken feet to someone named "Puck" who claimed to be a famous San Francisco character for his infamous time on the MTV show, the "Real World: San Francisco". He apparently was the one kicked out of the house for being rude and obnoxious (such as leaving boogers in his housemate's peanut butter or not showering for 10 consecutive days); and he even got arrested and jailed during the show...   I laughed when I found out that he also played in some minor roles for the TV show "Law and Order".

Jerry Mahoney noted: "Puck was one of the first people ever voted off a reality show – not because the rules of the show demanded it and not because the show was giving away a generous cash prize, but simply because he was unbearable to live with."

David "Puck" Rainey assured me he would take good care of the chicken feet and party in them, a lot. I'm sure he will. May the chicken feet have a long and properous life, and appear on TV.

http://www.realitynewsonline.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl?mode=1&article=article1920.art&page=1

A Kansas man has been jailed for urinating on packets of chicken in a supermarket. He claimed that he couldn't find a toilet, so he urinated on packages of chickens in a walk-in fridge.

The man has apologised.

http://www.kshb.com/kshb/home/article/0,1925,KSHB_9410_2100011,00.html

The French National Bird came from a silly pun: the Latin term "gallus" has two meanings: it means coq and it means Gallic.

The Coq Gaulois or the Gallic Rooster is one of the national symbols of France. The French Flag during the revolution was decorated with the image of the Gallic Rooster. In 1848, this bird was found on the seal of the Republic and in 1899, the rooster was the motif of 20 franc coins.

Apparently, in Slovakia chickens can lay eggs shaped like a boomerang. It probably hurts. 

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_788926.html

Try shooting baby chickens, it's supposed to be fun.

A nature park in China is allowing its visitors to use real guns to shoot baby chickens because it's entertaining.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_787193.html

Rio De Janeiro: Barrels of cocaine found in a chicken coop.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030522/wl_nm/crime_brazil_cocaine_dc_1

England: Plants of cannabis found in a barn disguised as a chicken farm.

http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=102060&command=displayContent&sourceNode=100885&contentPK=5731797

On May 1, KFC announced new standards to ensure humane treatment of its chickens; and has agreed to provide "mental stimulation" to its chickens.

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)  claims that "Chickens enjoy watching television and listening to music, especially classical."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/fo/20030522/bs_fo/3a3eeb95237dacb2306db7bfb5932c08

A group of Chilean farmers are accusing vampires for the mysterious death of their chickens. One of the farmers said: "It is spooky, there wasn't a drop of blood left inside the chickens. Some say it was a vampire and others that it was an alien."

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_767501.html

The Peep came into this world in 1953. They are one billion Peeps are hatched each year.

You can lead a Peep to water, but you can't make it drink. Peeps are not kosher.

People who do weird things to Peeps are called Peepophiles. Yellow is the favorite Peep color, followed by pink.

Blue Peeps are as effective as Viagra. About 75 percent of people bite off the Peeps' head.

Peeps feel pain. The first Peep was created by squeezing marshmallow through a pastry tube.

A rolling Peep gathers no moss. It takes six minutes to make a Peep.

Peeps that peep into people's windows are called Peeping Peeps.

It's Easter. People in America eat Peeps for Easter. A "Peep" is a marshmallow type of candy that is in the shape of a chick.

I discovered that people in American do more than just eating them. See this very disturbing example:

http://www.peepresearch.org/surgery.html

After a long day at work, I go home to my chicken house http://www.nps.gov/tapr/VirtualTour/VTchickenhouse.htm 

Then I make dinner and eat a chicken flavored burger http://www.alisana.com/htms/ingles/htms/chickenburger.htm

Before going to bed, I make sure to brush my teeth with a chicken flavored toothpaste http://www.macpet.com/dogproducts-dental.html 

I read my chicken book http://www.geocities.com/mjloundy/ 

When I am tired, I turn off the chicken lamp                                            http://www.fun-lamps.com/item196985.ctlg 

I fall asleep. I sometimes dream about chickens and usually wake up with a chicken flavored breath.

If you loved the "The Wrong Trousers" featuring the vilain pinguin; you'll most likely enjoy "Chicken Run" featuring the organized chickens.

http://www.aardman.com/chickenrun/

"Chicken Run" is about British chickens who think they will be saved by an American rooster.

Rent it soon!

Did you know....

• Today's domestic chicken most likely originated from Asia.
• In poultry markets, fowl commonly means a full-grown female bird.
• Young birds of both sexes, such as broilers and fryers, are called chickens.
• Male chickens raised on poultry farms are called cocks and/or roosters.
• Female chickens more than a year old are usually called hens.
• Females less than a year old are called pullets.
• Baby chickens of either sex are called chicks.
• Castrated males are called capons.
• A modern poultry farm may have several hundred thousand or even more than a million laying hens.
• They mainly have short wings that make them incapable of flying (unless it is across a very short distance)
• Laid head to claw, KFC chickens consumed worldwide would stretch some 275,094 miles.
• Roosters crow. Hens don't(they just cluck).
• Chickens are injected with hormones for juicier thighs and a meatier texture.
• Chickens will eat just about anything put in front of them.

or .... Cluck! Cluck! Bu-Cawk!!! (in English)

This is a very happy day in my life, as I just came accross a site from someone who is more obssessed than I am with chickens.

http://shanmonster.lilsproutz.com/chicken/index.html

Please savor. This is a treasure. I have not devoured everything from this site yet because I want to save some for later.

Chickens are working with the US Army in order to detect a possible Iraqi chemical attack.  They are trusted sources of information because they are alive; and the soldiers will trust a living thing's reaction to gas before a sophisticated chemical detection system.

Apparently some of those chickens had to take a sick leave and have been replaced by pigeons.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030402/ap_wo_en_ge/na_gen_us_iraq_critters_1