"Ancient poop gives insight into first North Americans"

was the headline for this article on cbc.ca today.

Poop on the street

So I thought I already published this photo, but apparently not. Here it is, just outside the Royal Palace in Gamla Stan..

Horse poop on the street.. I wonder who cleans it up?

Sexing Chickens

So I'm watching "Dirty Jobs" on Discovery Channel where the dude is at a chicken hatchery. He just keeps saying the funniest things.

"I'm sexing chickens."
"We're just a couple of guys squeezing the crap out of chicks."
"This is a can full of poo. and the reason it's full of poo is because you're squeezing it [out of the chickens]."
"A dull flat look for the girls and a shiny hiney for the boys."
"Can't you see if there's a bump before you squeeze the poo out?"
"Chicken sexer.. it's a dirty job."

Mmm.. grilled chicken

L. & I cooked this while camping on Öland this summer.. it was yummy.

"Do the chickens have large talons?" revisited

In response to the question on all our minds...

Yes, yes they do. For the low down on chicken feet, see:

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res13-feet.html

Poop and Chickens on Google

So, because I apparently had nothing better to do, I decided to do a google search using the terms "poop" and "chickens". Here are the 1st 10 URLs that came up..

1. http://www.ilovechickenpoop.com
2. http://www.ilovechickenpoop.com/boutique.html
3. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chicken+poop
4. http://www.ksn.com/news/stories/10241981.html
5. http://www.songsfortheillinoisriver.com/thefoulpluckers.htm
6. http://www.songsfortheillinoisriver.com/chicken_poop_in_the_news.htm
7. http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2006/mar/science/kc_chickenpoop.html
8. http://www.kooterbrownsmusictavern.com/EarthDayMusicianPics.htm
9. http://www.drugstore.com/qxp155686_333181_sespider/chicken_poop/free_range_chicken_poop_lip_balm.htm
10. http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2006/01/23/chicken-coops-and-chicken-poop.aspx

Do the chickens have large talons?

For those of you who were inspired by the makeshift hatcheries we all seemed to have in our grade three classrooms (i.e. a cardboard box cooking under a very bright lightbulb and filled to the brim with little yellow chicks, some newspaper, and way more chicken poop than the ventilation system was able to compensate for), here is some how-to info on starting your own chicken farm!

http://www.chickenvideo.com/?gclid=CLOQv9-85owCFQzDYgodYHX-6w