Petty Theft & Petty Vandalism by Petty Chickens at Fernbrook Resort, Freelton

Petty Theft & Petty Vandalism by Petty Chickens at Fernbrook Resort, Freelton

Well, I was talking to a Fernbrook Resort neighbour and it looks like some chickens escaped the hen house for a rollicking night of fun off the farm.

And what was on their chicken-brained minds?

Theft and vandalism.

Of the petty nature.

What was it this time?

A neighbour has an old cedar chest in their always open garage. The chest was empty other than for some paperwork advertising the chest's maker, warranty etc. Nothing of any value.

Well, some dastardly chicken(s) managed to find their way into this unguarded fortress of riches and, using their tiny brains, somehow figured out how to open up the complicated chest. And then took that worthless (but pricelss to someone with a chicken sized brain I guess) paperwork. Next using their talons (or perhaps their beak) they broke one of the stays (that keep the chest from falling shut). Before they closed the chest back up and silently flew off into the dead of the night.

Are these chickens (a) Criminal masterminds? or (b) Or what?

I think selection (b) the 'or what?'choice is the appropriate answer to this mind-boggling multiple choice question.

If the stay had not been broken then you might think this to be simply a sad case of some kleptomaniac chicken(s).

But because the stay was broken you would have to assume that some (of the) Fernbrook Resort chicken(s) are holding a silent grudge against the robbed and vandalized neighbour. And were trying to make a point.

But because they are too chicken to confront the object of their rage (and the object of their rage most likely does not have a rare chicken-to-english dictionary to understand their clucks and cackles) no one is ever going to know what the point of these cowardly chickens is.

Andddddd I know what your thinking... how do you know that it was chickens who comitted this awful act of terror and destruction?

Well, having read the highly regarded 'Abnormal Behaviors in Domesticated Fowl' by Hamilton Hickmman (a book previously cited by this blog) I learned that chickens are only brave when a target's back is turned and, also, when the sun goes down. And since the back was turned and the sun was down there can be no doubt that this heinous crime was conducted by one or more chickens.

Cock-a-doodle invite your enemy over for a microwaved bowl of Delicious Purina Instant Rooster Chow ™ and settle your differences once and for all.

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