You know you're chicken-obsessed when...

[Cowgirl71]

I do the same thing, except I do it with chickens, horses, and cattle.

I've had some pretty good laughs about it. Like this wild west movie that included a cattle drive. The steers were Texas Longhorns, Herefords, and HOLSTEINS!

Or another movie where somebody has a large herd of "cows" for breeding purposes and all that I saw were steers!

Or how about the scene in Pirates of the Carribean with the Golden Comet hen? Yeah, I'm sure they were a common hybrid back then...

The English Longhorn cattle in Braveheart were impressive (and accurate!).

And I do love to drool over the beautiful Andalusion and Friesan horses!

The thing that really drives my family nuts is when they're deep in the movie and I say "That's not the same horse he was riding two seconds ago," or "That's not a stallion! That's a gelding (or even sometimes a mare

)," or at the end of the movie "I wonder why they had to use four very similar horses to play the one cowboy's horse?"

 

[Jloeffler]

You know you're addicted to chickens when...

You find yourself stuck in the middle of a boring conference for work, happen to have Internet access, and just happen to find yourself alternately checking in with BYC and Craigslost for chicken adds!

 

[awesomefowl]

This thread is hilarious. And yes, I can identify breeds on television and in movies...when I even bother to watch it.
Partying? No, thanks. I'm the person who sits in the corner devouring your bookshelf content, and slyly consuming the food table. My idea of a fun party would be one with no people there.

Just me, and either a good thick book (once I read some Plato at a Christmas party) or my classical-music dominated iPod. Maybe this is why I don't have any friends?

 

[eenie114]

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I was watching a movie with a chicken in it one time and I said, "Wow, leghorns are idiots." Everybody looked at me like I had developed another head.

Whaaaaaat?! They ARE!

 

[darkmatter]

wood&feathers :

...when you're looking at BYC late on a Friday night, looking up weird crowing roosters on youtube...

And your kids rub it in. I was also watching some youtube roosters one day when my adult son walked behind me and hollered out to his mother: "Mom, Dad's watching (term for rooster) videos again"​

 

[Cowgirl71]

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[gamebirdboy]

My little sister had some friends over and I was watching TV with them. We saw a Buff Orpington and I lectured them about the breed and how they come in different colors. One girl said, Just like people!

Now they are scared of that boy staring at a styrafoam box waiting for chickens to come out of it.

 

[TheBrumstead]

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Oh that's me too

Have you seen "Lightning, the White Stallion"? Older movie with Mickey Rooney? There is a jumper class scene that is perfect for that. The "white" "stallion" changes color, changes from horse to pony, his mane/tail is braided/unbraided, her show jacket changes color, her breeches change color numerous times, etc. It's hysterical.

 

[Mei&Popcorn]

You are reading a book, and there happens to be a picture of a chicken. You know exactly what breed they are!
You have to make a boat for a school project, and you want to name it the Fluffy Chicken, but no one else agrees...
You want your team name to be Crazy Chickens, but everyone thinks you're too obsessed...

 

[Marcymom3]

... you rubberneck to see peoples' chicken coops and runs, and actually pull over to look at free ranging chickens.

... you compare notes with the people in the chicken aisle at the feed store.

... a trip to the hardware store always means something new for the chicken coop or run.

... you dream about ways to keep the run's roof tarp from sagging when it rains.