TUESDAY, JANUARY 10TH
Ok......seriously. If I can't have a Unicorn, I want these guys.
Smart Assed Chicken Guy went on vacay over Christmas break and apparently a few of his chickens were murdered. (His word).
I wondered what he meant by "murdered".
Like if a wild animal got at them, wouldn't they have been eaten? (Cuz you KNOW they taste like chicken.)
Or if they weren't tended to in his absence, wouldn't they have just died?
Maybe he meant murdered in some sort of sociopathic, ritualistic, way.
If you saw this movie, then you are laughing right now.
If you didn't see this movie, please spare yourself.
Anyway, however manner his chickens were murdered, he was fairly distraught. And that makes me sad because he is one of my only friends in Grad School. But today he sent me a picture of the little tykes in the above photo (no not the directly above photo......the one at the top.)
And DAMN those are some cute critters. Seriously. Like mini-llamas. Or alien Chewbaccas. (Assuming you accept the fact that Chewbacca is NOT an alien to begin with.)
Smart Assed Chicken guy had a name for them but I wasn't paying attention because I was too busy trying to figure out how to make little hats for them.
Or sweater vests.
It's hard to believe they are really chooks, as we call them in Australia. As you say, they're more like llamas.
ReplyDeleteOK these are awesome and you probably should know what they are called if you are going to get one, or two, or a flock or herd or whatever.
ReplyDeleteI once had 3 bantam hens and a rooster. They were very fluffy and cute and I named them. The rooster was Jeremiah and my favorite hen was Gertrude. I never knitted them anything. And now they are gone. Woe is me.
I also once had a very large dog that broke in to the chicken house and murdered many of my chicks. He didn't eat them he murdered them and left them around the yard. I hope this didnt happen to your friend. It was sad.
They may be called Silkies. Keep us posted on this murder situation.
ReplyDeleteI like my chickens to look like CHICKENS. Just saying.
now I want them too !
ReplyDeleteAnd - great movie with grat character played by De Niro!
Got an email from Smart Assed Chicken Guy. Here is what he said:
ReplyDeleteJapanese silkies.
When pets are friends and something kills them, they get murdered. The perp didn't eat any of the 4 chickens, just murdered them. I have gone with "eat" in the telling of said story, a couple times. But like I said, just a killing - blood splattered against the coop door, poor Bruce, Jesus, Phil, and Snow White (or brown - depending on if she'd rolled in the dirt yet). My brother (via law) cleaned them up and buried them in the back yard. Happens a lot I guess, just bummed me out!
I hope he gets his Japanese Silkies. And now that I know their name, I have revised my decision to knit them hats and instead make kimonos for them. And little bity ninja swords to defend themselves with!
Little hats or sweater vests FOR them; or, FROM them?! PS: I hate sweater vests like I hate Santorum. But forget about the accessories, I love to eat chicken (not Santorum). Pardon my double entendres...
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