Chickens are really nice, when you get to know them. Down the lane from me (in the other direction), lives a retired Major, and he has free-range chickens. The other day I was walking down the lane and encountered a bunch of them foraging. I talked to them, and they looked up, their heads on one side -really listening to me. One went in a ditch, and didn't seem too happy down there, so I said "Come out you silly thing!" And it came out and came up to me making those little chicken-noises. I had a feeling one could make a real bond with a chicken, and be great friends.
They seem to be very intelligent and affectionate -which they are probably not always given credit for, because people don't often keep them as companion animals.
They seem to be very intelligent and affectionate -which they are probably not always given credit for, because people don't often keep them as companion animals.
