POOK! Blog about chickens

Chicken Flavored Water

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

How to dissect a Chicken Wing

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

Steps:

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

Once you are finished:

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

A reputable occupation

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

Puck baught my chicken feet for a buck

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

Chicken pox

According to sciencenet.org, chicken pox is called "chicken pox" because "of the mildness of the disease, compared with small-pox, or that it has some distant connection or possibly even origin with the chicken. Another explanation is that this name is an allusion to chick peas, via the Latin word "Cicer" meaning chick pea, due to the vague resemblance of the eruptions to chick peas."

http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/bio/humans/healthmedical/b00672d.html

Robert Steele, M.D. says that chicken pox has nothing to do with chickens; but has to do with the fact that the red bumps look like chick peas. "When chicken pox was first described, it was noted that the pox lesions looked more like they were placed upon the skin rather than being a part of the skin themselves. In fact, people long ago felt they looked like chick peas placed upon the skin. The Latin word for chick peas is cicer which is the original word that chicken pox got its name. "

(thanks Sally!)

Chicken fridge mistaken for a urinal

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 Coq Sportif

A Bastille Day fact:

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.

Chicken lays a boomerang

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

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

How to be entertained in a Chinese nature park?

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

Important Change effective today - please comply asap

I utterly dislike the smiley faces that most of you use in your email correspondence. Therefore I am announcing today that I will no longer tolerate smiley faces in the email correspondence that I receive. I propose that instead of smiley faces, you start using chicken faces.

I am including below examples of chicken smiley faces - and I am asking that you start using them going forward every time you must convey any type of emotions in your email correspondence.

:->8

;->8

<:->8

(:>

~:>

;-~~8 (The double chin chicken face - this face was submitted by a friend who represents the NY populace)

If you have suggestion for other chicken faces, please add them to the comment section under "ajouter un commentaire".

Sneaky chickens busted for hidding drugs

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

The Chickens at KFC prefer classical music

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

Chickens: watch out and eat more garlic.

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

Things you ought to know about Peeps

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.

Don't try this at home with your 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

My eventful evening

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.

Eggscluvise animation film

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!

Chicken Facts

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.

Pook! Pook! Poodook!!! (in french)

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 have been hired to help protect U.S. troops in Iraq

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

Chicken Robot

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

Fashion for Chicken

I heard this was the new fashion in the Poultry House: The "Burburry Raincoat" :

http://www.hug-a-chicken.com/chickenclothes.htm

Hallal Fried Chicken

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

Chicken Bones for Peace

A lawmaker who proposed exhuming the remains of U.S. servicemen buried in France has received a smelly package of chicken bones in the mail.

Because of France's lack of support for the war in Iraq, U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida proposed that the remains of American soldiers buried in France and Belgium should be exhumed and returned to the United States. The "Bones for Peace" campaign by the German magazine Titanic encouraged its readers to mail bones to Brown-Waite in response to her proposal.

Why the readers choose to send the bones of chickens remains a mystery.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030401/ap_wo_en_ge/na_gen_us_american_dead_france_1

Poulet d'Avril (April Chicken's Day)

I have collected a serie of chicken jokes you can use if you're out of gags for April 1st:

1- The Rubber Chicken: Find out new ways to create histercial laughter around you with this classic gag!

http://store.yahoo.com/thegag/13-0025.html

2- The Chicken Joke: Test your neighbors' sense of humor by trying out this fabulous joke on them:

http://www.electricscotland.com/humour/h7.htm

3- Ask the obvious question: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" I found two sites who provide various answers to this very important question:

http://www.infiltec.com/j-chick3.htm

http://www.walrus.com/~gibralto/chick2.html

Chicken not War

Lieutenant Michael Moran is a very busy man during this war. His most important job is to find a funny cartoon every day; a cartoon that he puts on the back of the fight plans for 70 warplanes. The current theme is chicken. It can take up to eight hours for Moran to come up with an amusing cartoon.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030329/80/dwk4h.html

Al Gore knows how to hypnotize chickens

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

Picture of a famous celebrity

Last time I went to LA I spotted this celebrity:

http://monblogue.branchez-vous.com/images/pook/Famous.jpg

It�s a normal chicken, except for the fact that it�s not really a chicken.

And it�s the kind that needs to be covered in sunscreen.

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

Children�s Book: "Grandpa chops off chicken�s head"

Grandpa says to the little boy: �See that little white string thing? It's called a tendon. If you pull it, the chicken foot opens and closes. Try it.�

The children book "Tom" is a story about a boy named Tommy and his grandfather. The two of them do different things together; including hanging out in grandpa butcher shop. The cover of this children�s book shows the grandfather smiling at his meat counter with a row of dead chickens hanging upside down in shackles.

http://www.upc-online.org/summer2001/tom_alert.html

It reminds me a time when I was a little girl. I was in my grandparent�s kitchen, hanging out with my grandfather who was preparing something for dinner. He was pulling out the feathers of a bird on the kitchen table. I was so fascinated that I called my cousin to come and watch grandpa killing a penguin.

Pharmaceutical omelettes

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

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

Cocorico

1- I would like to know what this means:

http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/animals/rooster.html

2- I would also like to know why baby chickens don't speak the same languague as their parents.

http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/animals/chick.html