Posted on 05/17/2005 11:36:43 AM PDT by lizol
Russian suicidal chicken hangs itself on a fence (pic)
A chicken killed itself on the fence of one of the village residents in the Tula region of Russia. An eyewitness of the unimaginable bird suicide says that he was resting on a couch, when his wife rushed into the house and said that a chicken had just committed suicide by hanging itself on the neighbor's fence.
When then man came out to have a look at what was happening, he saw a chicken hanging on the fence indeed. The chicken was apparently trying to fly over the fence, but did not have enough force to surmount the obstacle.
The man's son said that the chicken probably decided to kill itself being unable to lead the horrible life in the provincial village. The chicken is a vulnerable and sensitive bird that might not have the energy to handle stressful situations. Most likely, the Russian suicidal chicken has lost the will to live.
The poor bird was not left hanging on the fence: it was cooked and eaten.
Well if I was trapped in Russia....
Anxiously waiting for the chicken jokes to begin.
Couldn't stand Putin probably.
As god is my witness...
Erm,
That knothole looks into the henhouse.
I think we have a peeping chicken.
Chicken puckey. I think this was staged. Not just the pic but the quotes are suspect.
Was Jason Blair in the area?
The chicken choked himself.
He knew the job was dangerous when he took it.
What a waste. I just can't imagine why that chicken would throw it all away. Just plain selfishness is all.
As god is my witness...
'god' as in God as in God Almighty?
My first thought was that Ground Force had finally gone too far.....
No, some lesser god if I didn't capitalize it. I wouldn't want to offend The Big Guy.
Chickens lead a very boring life.
We have Buff Orpingtons's in one stall of a four-stall barn.
When my son goes out to take care of them he leaves the stall door open. Their favorite activity at that point is to walk out of the stall, walk over to the stairs leading to the hay loft, hop up the stairs to the hay loft, cross over the floor of the hay loft so that they can see down to their stall below, and then....JUMP!!
I'm surprised that they don't lay cracked eggs...
You want to give them some excitement? Toss a small ball of bread dough to them, and watch them play football with it.
We just toss small spiders and insects into their food bowls. They go absolutely WILD over those! :-)
My son has one chicken trained to where he holds it still and then yells 'ATTENTION!'. He then releases the chicken and walks away. They chicken just stands there perfectly still.
My son then yells 'AT EASE!' and the chicken goes running off. Pretty funny!
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