Posted on 02/23/2006 6:41:48 AM PST by GreenFreeper
Ah yes, another sucessful 'speciation.' (Not!)
The evos are on the run, and they will grasp at any straw! (remember the long-legged toads a few days ago? :o)
"Maybe the are arming up for a revolt against the human oppressors."
Man, I hope not! I raise laying hens as an extra income source. My hens are treated better than some children are, so I'm pretty sure they'll only kill me after they've killed off the rest of you, LOL! :)
However, I will check them for teeth later and report back.
Oops! Meant to add that chicken eggs are very useful in research of all kinds. They've used them to study fetal alcohol syndrome and a whole host of other human baby-in-utero related illnesses and defects.
A friend of mine is a Professor at the UW Research labs, and I visit his four huge chicken barns from time to time. He taught me how to hypnotize a chicken, which he does while he's giving some of his lectures. The chicken just lays there at his feet, staring off into space. How much more fun can you have than that? (They'll stay that way for about 30 minutes. They're not real bright...)
Congratulations! - You've just been accorded an honorary PhD from the University of PETA
"French special forces
adjust their glasses
as they prepare
to meet the rebels in Bouake. . ."
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(I'm ashamed. That was
a totally uncalled for
attack on the French,
but, well, you know, when
the title of a thread says
"chicken" someone must
do a French post and
I'm just doing my duty
as a good Freeper . . .)
My first job out of college was with a mosquito management company. In addition to taking blood samples from wild birds (tested for encephalitis etc.), we would set out chicken coops in the middle of woods and even in cities. We would let them get bitten by mosquitos and then take blood samples and test it. I can attest to the intelligence of chickens- not bright is an understatement. We would 'hypnotize' them by holding them by their feet and swinging them upside down for 15-20 seconds. This made getting blood samples much easier. I only did this for a summer but it took me about a year before I could eat chicken again.!
Sweet! I've been looking for something to line the chicken coops.
That's odd. One would think
chickens with teeth would compete
better than chickens
with just a bill, so
one would think evolution
would have selected
chickens with teeth as
the norm (over time) rather
than the plain old bird
if the genes are there
to make teeth in the first place.
A strange design choice . . .
Chickens are turning into alligators ... is that the thesis here? But we already have alligators, so why do chickens need to become alligators? Meat-eating chickens would be pretty scary ...
That totally makes sense I don't know why I didn't think of that. *slap "bad Reaper!"*
"Ah yes, another sucessful 'speciation.' (Not!)"
Evolution is, at best, speculation and nothing more.
But a dozen alligator-sized eggs for $1.25 sounds like a deal!
Keep trying, you're almost there.
Excellent point.
The way we do it is to hold the chicken for a while and pet it, so it's calm. Then you lay it on the floor (wood or cement is best) on it's side, and with your finger trace an imaginary line from the chicken's eye, away from them for a few feet. For some reason, they stare at the line your finger "drew" and they are zombie-like for about 30 minutes.
I do it to amuse City Kids who come out to the farm to buy eggs with their Moms. It's always a great hit, LOL!
Tancredo for President - YES !!!!
Evo's expect us to believe this is the way "evolution" worked ... or "works".
Yea. I get it now.
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