Hens Gone Wild

I discovered today that chickens might even be harder to capture than bees. I'm going back to flowers...

We had a fire/barbecue on our fire pit tonight and my husband convinced me to let our chickens go "free range" for the last hour before dark, "because it would be a great photo." Uh, not so much. I chased six chickens around the back yard trying to capture just one good shot. I got 58 bad ones and the one "eh" one posted here. The thing I actually liked about it is that it really shows the nature of chickens. They always think the other one has it better and watch each other obsessively before pushing each other aside to take over. There might not be any greedier or more jealous animal on earth.

Don't ever invite your children to join you on 365, unless you are completely comfortable being upstaged. My daugher got the money shot on one of the bunnies in our yard that I've been working on for weeks and my son got a better pic of a random (not ours) chicken as he walked to the nearby store with his friend. Gotta love that!

[Paula Cook-Farkas]

I think this is a pretty great shot of your chickens...your story is still cracking me up! Someone should've captured you chasing chickens!!

[stephanie dp]

those are some pretty chickens! your story is hilarious though. i think you did a great job here under obviously difficult circumstances! :)

[Laurie Higgins]

Thank you, Paula and Stephanie. The funniest thing is that my son captured the funniest photo of a person chasing a chicken. He and his best friend came across a chicken on the way to the local store where another friend works. Keep in mind these are 15 year old boys. His photo can be seen here: http://365project.org/tommyhiggins/365. I honestly do think it is much better (and more humorous) than mine.

[lorihiro]

Your chickens are beautiful! They look like they are wearing lace! Fancy chickens! Nice capture!

[Rose]

Hehe its a cute capture and one well worth taking the effort!

[Peter Auliciems]

love chooks - we have 4 of them - good girls give us eggs each day. Are these Sussex chooks?

[Rick Schies]

Well you didn't do too bad here.

[Carol Olejnik]

Laurie.. sounds to me like you had FUN! And you got a great shot.. my daughter-in-law would love this.. she has 11- 10 gals and 1 rooster.. hers are all different breeds.. from Silkies to Rhoad Island Reds.. and what you are saying about hem is way true.. thanks for sharing a part of your holiday.. sounds like it was wonderful.

[Hillary Torrey]

Hehe-What a story. And to think I was planning on trying to capture some chicken photos this month..maybe I will wait... But I love this shot. Love how their heads are and their markings are so clear!

[Terry]

while these are some big chickens.

[Karen Sylvia]

I think it is a nice shot. I am giggling at the thought of you chasing them around the yard, sorry! LOL

[Netkonnexion]

LOL... They tax all of us. They have such jerky movements.

[Brian Buccigrossi]

Great capture!

[robinwarner]

oh this is great....just great. thanks for your comment on my photo...i have not posted my website cuz i think it is embarrassing...i just am not quite comfortable with that yet...i will post a link for you on one of your photos...would love to get your opinion...

[Melissa]

what is with everyone's animal shots!!!! I very rarely see anything of that sort aroung here except an occasional ugly duck that doesn't go for a good picture! This is a good shot though. Can't believe you let them run around free! I'm sure that caused you some stress lol!

[Naomi]

I like the colours on the chickens :]

[Bill Dodsworth]

Haha, wonderful comments, pic!

[Beverly Carmichael]

I think your chickens are beautiful. Ours on the farm were rather plain.

[KeithDavid]

Look for "Hens Gone Wild" on your local Fox stations this fall.... It's sure to ruffle your feathers!!

Hey stranger, missed you all... I'm Baaaack!!!

[Anne ❀]

You need to write a story about this ... or maybe you have already! lol Very cool shot! Tommy's was story worthy too!