Daily Archives: July 1, 2012

Great Chicken Scenes #2: ‘Stroszek’ (1977)

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Michael

Since Werner Herzog was quoted earlier today, and since his 1977 film Stroszek was cited in the first (and so far only) comment posted on this blog, it was a natural for number two in this series.  Indeed, like the … Continue reading →

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Mucking out

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Michael

As with any other pet, there are downsides to keeping chickens, and the main thing that I’d been putting off as long as possible was cleaning out their house.  In theory, this is supposed to be done weekly, but based … Continue reading →

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Werner Herzog on chickens

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Michael

One thing that’s very hard to ignore about chickens, especially if your only previous experience with pets has been with intelligent animals like cats, is that they’re very very stupid indeed. Which isn’t too surprising when you consider that their … Continue reading →

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