My hens spent about 2 hours fighting over a hairband thingy (that stretchy round thing you can use to make a ponytail). I couldn't get it away from them and they thought it was GREAT! Wish it would've been a ring like yours.
Sounds like a game plan to me. Seems like DH kept shouting something about how freeloaders always made the best chicken and dumplings so better ante up.
My hens are always stealing shiny things. Bits of glass, foil and parts of plastic bottles show up in the run. We're on old settled land. They hoard stuff like crows! Unfortunately my husband lost his wedding band a month ago. It's made of muted golds so we couldn't find it. I'm still hoping it will turn up by the water dish...
I say LUCKY YOU!
Now the birds will have something to hold over your head the next time you talk to them about the price of feed!
Keep the ring! Years ago, I found a ring in the men's room at the university. I turned it into the lost and found. Three days later I noticed it on the finger of the guy that worked there. Keep the ring!