If chickens had cell phones with cameras
they could take chicken selfies.
Wouldn’t that be fun?
They could even choose
to spend their free time
chicken photobombing
on the run!
But alas!
What if some chickens think
that others who take selfies
are annoying and quite rude?
Those birds would soon get cranky
and develop ‘attitude.’
Then those selfie haters
might fight to have their say,
as they poop, snoop,
and loop their way
around the chicken coop
each and every day.
(instead of laying eggs).
Oh no!
Simple chicken lives
could become stressful
and extremely complicated.
All things considered
(as a precautionary measure),
new coop rules should be
immediately instated:
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This is so clever! I love the expressions in the photos……. they fit the attitudes!
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Thanks Mary Lou! I didn’t post the photo of the 2 chickens that fell asleep while I was taking pictures. They didn’t care about my presence there at all.
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I have had 5 chickens of my own in Maryborough Qld and I loved them so much but unfortunately we had to leave them down in Qld cause we are living in Melbourne now.
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I haven’t been around chickens very much, but each one definitely seem to have quite a unique personality!
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yeah true ive been around chickens befre I have had 3 black ones and 2 brown one
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Sweet. I stayed on a farm for 5 months and I had chicken duty 🙂 Great photos.
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I hope you enjoyed your chicken duty. 🙂
As expensive as eggs are these days, chickens that lay eggs are golden!
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our chiickens are really good they lay like 4 evry morrning
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Chickens don’t get enough credit. Chicken paparazzi can’t be far behind.
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I think the chickens would agree with you 100%.
For whatever reason, they don’t get enough credit.
They are just like eagles, but not! 😉
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Eagle wannabees 🙂
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Ah yes…it’s so hard being a eagle wannabee!
But, not all of us were meant to soar high into the sky. Some were built to walk steadily through life, with feet firmly on the ground. Would be nice to fly though, wouldn’t it (without paying for an airline ticket).
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We can still be strong as an eagle, flying above distractions, things that don’t really matter.
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Excellent!
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Great photos Mary. You really captured the essence of chicken 🙂
Alison
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Thanks Alison.
It wasn’t that hard to capture the essence of chicken.
I think they wanted to have their pictures taken…
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What a bunch of cute chickens!
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Quite interesting, for sure!
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Loved this post!!! Fabulous photos!!!
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Thanks! I stayed sitting in the chicken coop for about a half hour, maybe longer. The chickens were probably starting to think I was one of them–some strange featherless breed. 🙂
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You always make me smile!!! Have a wonderful weekend. 🙂
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Thanks….I hear that most people don’t want to spend a lot of time sitting in a coop with chickens. I am sure I smelled like ‘chicken perfume’ when I left.
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You have some very attractive chickens there! And a good poem.
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I’m just passing through!
The chickens belong to my daughter and her family (the chickens are about 5 months old). Hopefully, the hens will start laying eggs soon… 🙂
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This post is so much fun, thanks for sharing 🙂
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Thank you so much! It was fun meeting the chickens, getting the photos, and writing the story.
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Such a fun post, Mary! Made me chuckle…lovely chicken too 🙂
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Thank! I’m not sure why I connected chickens with selfies…Maybe it’s because some of them seemed to enjoy having their pictures taken, while others seemed slightly annoyed.
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hahaha – love it
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Thanks!
I couldn’t sleep, so I stayed up and put this together.
Sometimes strange things get written due to insomnia and sleep deprivation.
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Some chickens just can’t tolerate selfies :D.
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That appears to be true! I have also heard that some people think it’s silly to sit in a chicken coop for almost an hour taking pictures. 😉
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I just found a very humorous post about Selfies called: “The Beast that Ate America. Made me laugh!!
https://unclebardie.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/the-beast-that-ate-america/
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Great pictures and beautiful chickens. They are smart to keep the cameras out so that they can lead a stress-free life. We should follow their examples. 😉
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Ah yes…listen to the cluck 0f chicken wisdom. The more technology advances, the more stressful our lives have become. Those little electronic gadgets were supposed to make things easier so we would have more time. But instead, they seem to have swallowed our free time whole!
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It would be even worse if cats had cameras. They already are obnoxious. Can you imagine?
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I don’t know if cats would resort to taking selfies…they already know they look good and don’t care what anyone else thinks about that, one way or the other.
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Oh but they want everybody else to admire them.
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I don’t know about that. I Someone once said that cats are much like women. If you know how to treat a cat, you will be able to get along with women too. 😉
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Hmmmm….one of the mysteries of the universe. As someone owned by three cats for quite some time, I still have not figured that out yet. Mostly I try to behave and do their bidding. They let me know if I am not up to their standards.
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I am owned by 2 cats…as it can be clearly seen. 🙂
They also let me know if I am not living up to their expectations!
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I never live up to mine’s expectations. I ask them and they say, “Get outta here.’
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They love you
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Yeah right. In their devious little brains I am good for one thing. To serve them caviar.
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Oh, I love this chicken post, Mary. Gorgeous photos. Now we are looking forward to the kittens. 🙂
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Thanks.
I think the chickens were starting to wonder why I was spending so much time in the chicken coop. It is rather ‘odoriferous’ in there!
My daughter and her family bought baby chicks hoping that they would start laying eggs one day. Even though they appear to be all grown up now, maybe are still too young for ‘egg laying’–they are only 5 months old. (I don’t know much about chickens) 🙂
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Chicken selfies, that’s too funny. But I suspect they would have a hard time with a selfie stick.
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With no arms, it would be a real chicken challenge!
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Awesome!! Cute chicks here! 😉
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Thanks! My daughter told me that they are all only about 5 months old. The rooster is trying to crow. Doesn’t have it quite right yet. 🙂
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Delightful! 🙂
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Thanks Bette! When my grandson found out I had been sitting in their chicken coop taking pictures, he said: “Are you going to burn your clothes now?” Hahaha…
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But with a cellphone camera they could come out of their shells and not feel so cooped in,….
or,…..Would they be combing the internet for roosters/hens ?
Perhaps they would leave pithy comments on Clucks,…… Twitter is so passe. 🙂
Sorry, but you got it started with your creative what if and it is hard to stop pecking at it. 😀
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Good heavens–I hadn’t thought of all that! Yes, that is exactly what they would do.
If all of the chickens had cellphone cameras, it would open up a huge can of worms.
What a treat that would be! http://www.themodernhomestead.us/article/Earthworms.html
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You are one incredibly talented woman. I feel I know these guys personally now.
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Thanks!
I was in the chicken coop for around 45 minutes or so, taking pictures of these chickens. After a while, they were starting to think I was one of them (a big featherless chicken).
The second to last (7th) photo above, where the chicken’s eyes are half-closed….they really aren’t stressed at all. I was singing to them and making them drowsy.
I was just singing “Ah” and slowly going up and down in pitch–a very simple ‘sing-song’ sound. A couple of them fought to keep their eyes open, but it didn’t take long before they all sat down and went to sleep.
Now what does that say about my singing? Boring?! Hehehehe!
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Like the seat by the lake ..nice !!
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Thanks!
I think that maybe you meant to leave this comment on my post “Autumn Leaves Shapeshifting,” because there are no seats by the lake in the chicken coop, although I am sure the chickens would love that. 🙂 Hehehehe!
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this is too good Mary!
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Thanks Sharmistha! The chickens probably thought I was a little crazy. 🙂
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Perhaps we can learn from the chickens. ☺
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This was so clever and great photos! Delightful!
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Thank you! I was in the chicken coop long enough for the chickens to think I belonged there. 🙂
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