Nicola O Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Was just reading 'The Sun' at lunch (I don't buy it, honest , it was one of my colleagues) and there is a small article on how the closest living relative to the T-Rex is the humble chicken , and there are pictures showing a T-Rex morphing into a chook . Nicola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treekeeper Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 That's old news it's a black rock called Fang that lives in my run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Was just reading 'The Sun' at lunch (I don't buy it, honest , it was one of my colleagues) and there is a small article on how the closest living relative to the T-Rex is the humble chicken , and there are pictures showing a T-Rex morphing into a chook . Nicola. That's pretty amazing isn't it considering how long the dinosaurs have been extinct? Imagine a dino-sized chicken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I can see the resemblance ... do you think T Rex ran after grapes with their necks outstretched? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Eggy one of my Pepperpots looks like that and she can peck pretty well too and is currently sporting a bumper bit for her trouble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 When you look at their feet they do look very pre-historic (at least ours did). I love the footprints chickens leave when they have wet feet and walk down the path. Although I'd have put them down more as a descendant from a velociraptor (sp?) rather than a t-rex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 definately raptor, my pepperpot used to tap her middle toe too! creepy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Yep - CTB always calls the girls velociraptors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah B Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I'm not well (a little better today), so my chooks have been a bit neglected in the treat dept Today I plodded out in the dressing gown to pop some melon in and the mini T Rexes spotted my fingers and I got pecked I had to open the door with the closing stick - bung the melon in and leg it for my life! I can well believe they are related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 It does get better ... I used to be too scared to put my hands in the run, but now mine are middle-aged ladies, they don't peck nearly as much. I did get a nasty nip the other day though, well it served me right as I was holding a piece of cooked carrot at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenanne Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Yup - this is how I persuaded my OH he wanted chickens . Honestly, he is old enough to be married,he jsut hasn't got over that 6-year-old-boy obsession with dinasours.... useful ... "imagine you could have a pet dinasour! Or, the nearest relative..." etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Yup - this is how I persuaded my OH he wanted chickens . Honestly, he is old enough to be married,he jsut hasn't got over that 6-year-old-boy obsession with dinasours.... useful ... "imagine you could have a pet dinasour! Or, the nearest relative..." etc. Chickens are terrifying sometimes, cute one minute, scary the next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutrix Farmers Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 It's in the Telegraph too so it must be true! All three girls ganged up on me this evening and tried to eat the studs on my jeans, the buttons on my blouse and the label on my cloggies. I don't think I'm underfeeding them so it must be their dino-genes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I can well believe it - we saw Maisie, neck outstretched, going full pelt the length of the garden at a poor little blackbird . Luckily it could fly . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...