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Chicken Eyes
Posted on June 7, 2008 at 9:46 p.m. by Jill.
The chickens in our backyard are growing. I'm fond of their intensely alien eyes. People say chickens are stupid, but I'm not convinced. Their eyes appear sharp and crisp, like the eyes of a raptor, and they show no emotion.
I sometimes have a clear idea of what the mammal in our house is thinking. (AKA the Dog.) Her sheepishness at doing something wrong shows all over her face and in the way she carries herself. Her eyes dance when she's excited and shrink when she's scared.
Not the chickens. I have no idea what is in their minds.
Yet despite my unsuccessful attempts at empathy, I find myself captivated and genuinely fond of them. I enjoy their otherness, and the fact I get to touch their soft feathers.
Caroline commented, on June 7, 2008 at 9:50 p.m.:
Can you schlep them to work and leave them in the recycling carts in front of the museum?
Jill commented, on June 8, 2008 at 11:56 a.m.:
My daughters, the chickens and the Streets & San guys would probably not appreciate that much.
Christie commented, on June 9, 2008 at 10:33 a.m.:
Chickens seem to have more of a dinosaur-like quality than other birds.