that's actually... a real chicken

but i still think it's funny to call it a 'floatation device'

; A; Holy crap I miss having chickens for petsakjfdhlksgs

i got to 'have' chickens when i was in Europe

one of the places we stayed had a half-dozen of them and a couple of sheep

the silly things were always getting out (there was a bit of chickenwire that wasn't totally secured) and i spent a lot of my time

catching them

mostly b/c i wanted to XD

silly things would get out and then not remember that the way back in was way down at the other side of the fence

they wanted to get in the gate b/c it was closest to the rest of the chickens

LOL the first pen we gave my chickens had an enclosed house with some fencing attached to it, and they were getting out everyday...but never

wandered off too far, so it was never a huge issue.

yeah

someone i know put it best when i described the behavior to him...

We were just concerned about coyotes, so we had to build a new one with a fully enclosed 'yard' area.

'they want to get away from teh rest to find food the others aren't getting, but then they remember that they're lonely'

Aww ; w;

I got to raise mine from chicks; THEY'RE SO CUTE.

omg

i got to hold a chick once, it was so... teensy and scared and a;dfjls;fjl

also i think it peed on me XD

Yeah they do that ;__;

Mine were pretty chill...so much so that they would fall asleep in the feeder or water dish. ; A;

awwwwww

well the ones i got to hold had also just experienced a scary car ride, so i could hardly blame the poor little things

;__; oh my god nooooooo

We brought mine home in a deluxe-sized cereal box, so I understand their shock.

they had a nice big cat carrier, i think... but yeah, they were pretty scared

You know what's also awesome? PET TURKEYS.

woah, how are they as pets?

i've always heard that the tame ones were stupid..

Mine weren't...in fact after all of my poultry-pets got older, the chickens became more skittish and the turkeys were more friendly with me.

(The chickens did more in the means of hunting insects, but...)

huh, interesting

I had three females, and one ran away never to be seen again. ;__; And the two remaining were depressed for a few weeks.

Chickens!