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

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

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.

Pedro the Chicken is a robot who must escape from a robot pet store before he gets scrapped.

http://www.columbia.edu/~jes141/robot_pets.html

HFC and Mecca Cola or .... KFC and Coca-Cola?

hmm... what is the difference? Is one really healthier than the other?

http://www.islamonline.net/english/news/2003-01/02/article05.shtml

Al Gore's suggestion is to hold a chicken's head on the ground and take a finger or a stick and draw circles around the chicken's head. This circular movement should put the chicken under hypnose; and most importantly, give Al Gore entire control over the chicken's actions and thoughts.

http://enquirer.com/editions/2000/03/24/loc_gore_does_chicken.html

Scientists have bred a featherless chicken, which they say is faster growing and requires no plucking.

Those type of chickens are fed intensively to achieve fast growth, which means they produce body heat; therefore would suffer tremendously in hotter countries - not to mention that they would likely suffer sunburn.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2000003.stm

Scientists have discovered how to make chickens lay eggs containing drugs inside.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_556649.html