Nov 27 2006
On Saturday night, Jen and I went to Opera for dinner to celebrate our friend Jodi's birthday. We ordered some drinks, and I started to peruse the menu. After appetizers, they section out the menu in the categories 'From the Land', 'From the Air' and 'From the Sea'. I was incredibly amused to find the entire 'By Air' category consisting of 4 chicken dishes. Now I know they can do crazy things to animals with hormones these days, but I have yet to see them do anything that would land a chicken in a category called 'By Air'.
Dec 01 2006
I've seen a chicken fly. It was being chased by a dog and it flew for about a stretch of fifty feet, and about ten feet high.
Dec 02 2006
Would you really consider that "From the air?"
Dec 04 2006
Domesticated chickens have one wing clipped so they don't fly away. It is true however, that they aren't good fliers. But they can fly. Clipping one wing is enough to unbalance the flight for a chicken. Of course farmers don't want their chickens to fly away.. hence your ignorance that chickens can't fly. They're just like ducks. Haven't you ever seen a duck fly?
Dec 04 2006
Well, after reading that I decided to look into it further - which is something I should have done to begin with. What I have learned is that Jackson isn't entirely wrong, yet not entirely right either. Chickens can fly for a few seconds at a time and usually only a few feet off the ground - much unlike a duck who can actually fly like a normal bird. A chicken is closer to a turkey who also can barely fly. So, my point still stands. If a chicken is put into the "from the air" category, then it would also be eligeable for the "from the sea" because it can probably fly as well as it can swim.
Dec 07 2006
do you have any friends? you seem antisocial.
Dec 07 2006
Penny, it's interesting you'd post that in a blog about being out with my friends.
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