Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French farm

Re:Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French farm by mykowebhn on Thursday March 14, 2019 @11:47AM (#19390306)

After reading many of the comments here, I sort of understand the need to make chickens seem like monsters. Sometimes they can be quite mean. However, I've known many chickens and their personalities are really quite diverse. Most chickens, when raised humanely, as pets, are quite docile and friendly, even some of the roosters I've known.

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Re:Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French farm by cal5k on Thursday March 14, 2019 @12:16PM (#19390639)

In my mind I replaced "chicken" with "developer" and had a good chuckle.

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Re:Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French farm by mykowebhn on Thursday March 14, 2019 @12:18PM (#19390668)

Reminds me of this developer we were interviewing once. He asked if we treat our developers like mushrooms. I asked what he meant by that. He said do you keep them in the dark and feed them sh*t?

He didn't get the job.

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Re:Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French farm by tonyarkles on Thursday March 14, 2019 @01:08PM (#19391202)

Funny enough, that statement would have won points with me. The first time I heard that phrase was in "Soul of a New Machine", and it would have been a good ice breaker :). That being said... definitely not something I would personally drop in an interview.

Edit: also, there's a final piece of that that's critical:

> Tom West practices the "Mushroom Theory of Management" – "keeping them in the dark, feeding them shit, and watch them grow."

Many companies stop after the first two parts and miss the third.

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Re:Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French farm by gibolt on Thursday March 14, 2019 @12:19PM (#19390680)

So the answer was yes?

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Re:Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French farm by hrktb on Thursday March 14, 2019 @12:25PM (#19390742)

TBF I interviewed companies where floors were mildy dark, people packed, and the air moisty.

That was just not a place to keep workers 8 hours a day. If I was more witty I’d precisely ask that question at the end of the interview.

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Re:Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French farm by monsieurbanana on Thursday March 14, 2019 @12:50PM (#19391013)

Either he's socially handicapped, or the company really needs to improve it's working environment.

Fifty fifty really.

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Re:Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French farm by joejerryronnie on Thursday March 14, 2019 @12:36PM (#19390859)

Also, replace “fox” with “product manager”

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Re:Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French farm by stanski on Thursday March 14, 2019 @03:48PM (#19392888)

And "rooster" with sys admin.

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Re:Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French farm by Kye on Thursday March 14, 2019 @12:23PM (#19390724)

As someone who really likes foxes, I don't like hearing about them dying, but I can understand the chickens' perspective.

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Re:Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French farm by gadders on Thursday March 14, 2019 @01:41PM (#19391539)

If chickens or geese could be taught to use a litter tray, they'd actually make quite cool indoor pets. Especially after a few generations of breeding for friendliness.

(I know some people claim to have house trained chickens, but I'm not super convinced it's a repeatable process.

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Re:Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French farm by FeloniousHam on Thursday March 14, 2019 @03:01PM (#19392376)

We had geese and ducks when I was a kid, and can attest that Chinese geese[0] make wonderful pets (and can even roam through the house if you have tile floors :)). We also had Tolouse geese who were absolute monsters, and mallard and Peking ducks that never really demonstrated any affection for humans outside of a food supply.

We could pick up, pet and carry our Chinese geese, and they came when you called. They even used to wait at the end of the street and fly along with my father as he drove home.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_goose

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Re:Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French farm by gadders on Friday March 15, 2019 @09:06AM (#19399297)

We have West of England and a variety similar to Embden. They are funny animals - very curious. My wife is clearly their favourite. They will come right up to her when she calls.

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