Kittens’ Baby-Sitter–A Hen

How does this even begin to happen? We’ve seen hens trying to hatch ping-pong balls–but kittens? They aren’t even orphans, their mother only stepped out for a minute.

Maybe the Peaceable Kingdom is closer than we think.

Your Huggable Chicken

Never mind the affectionate chicken! I want to know about the cat who didn’t freak out when the little boy jumped over him. How many cats would let you do that?

And yes, the chicken is very nice, too.

So Who Needs a Chicken Coop?

This family keeps a rooster in their home. He crows when his favorite girl comes home from school. He also plays hide-and-seek, and runs around in that funny way that chickens have–always makes me smile.

The Kittens’ Baby-Sitter

I keep telling you, domestication brings out hidden gifts in animals. Like this hen deciding to baby-sit two kittens… and the mother cat doesn’t seem to mind. She’ll even share her food with this chicken. Best of friends, I bet.

Chickens’ Love Story

Here’s a rooster who’s crazy about his hen. Their names are Steve and Margaret. Steve lives in the big house with the humans. Margaret has this cute little chicken house. See Steve run to Margaret’s house in the morning. Gotta love it.

When You Really Chicken Out

There’s something about the way chickens run that just gives me the giggles–can’t help it. Even funnier, when they chase people and dogs. Yes–dogs, too. No foe is too formidable for a chicken with her dander up. And ghat goes for roosters, too.

We Couldn’t Get Liberace, So Instead…

Who knew a chicken could learn to play the piano? If you think it must’ve been easy, try it yourself–without using your hands. Imagine what she could do if she had hands instead of wings. Or if you had wings instead of hands.

Rooster Dominates Man

I know it’s terribly late, but I just couldn’t resist this video.

The man is 25 times the size of the rooster, but guess who’s in charge here.

I’d like to be there when the rooster tells the hens about it.

A Mother Hen for Kittens

“Mother hen” is no figure of speech: this hen really is acting as a mother to three kittens. It’d never happen in the wild, but once you domesticate animals, all bets are off.

And you thought the story of Romulus and Remus was a fairy tale…

Chickens Show Kids Who’s Boss

Actually, there was a video with some really funny clips, but I rejected it because it showed stupid kids, old enough to know better, picking on chickens. Mostly the chickens got the better of them: so there was justice.

The kids in this video (by contrast) don’t truly deserve to be pushed around by chickens, but no humans were harmed in filming it and maybe some lessons were learned.