Are Chickens Birds

Dane (the OH) seems to think I am completely and utterly braindead. I think it amazes him that the children and I are still alive when he comes home of an evening/weekend. But no, I do have plenty of clever things to say. They just come out wrong. And my theories may not always be correct, however they do have good logical thought behind (most of) them. for example...


Birds. Birds fly. Right? Of course they do! Therefore, how can a chicken be a bird? How can a penguin or an ostrich or an emu, be a bird. Well they dont fit the bill do they (excuse the pun). So I delve a little. These animals must have a name. They must slot into a family, a group, a category. Aaah, a chicken. Poultry. So they are poultry. Makes perfect sense. Learnt something new that day. Taught it to myself, quite impressed. Along comes Dane, ruiner of all confidence, scupperer of all plans, disector of all theories. ''Well, no actually.'' he scoffed. ''All of them are birds, however they are flightless birds. Still birds im afraid.'' Hmm, well I KNOW chickens are poultry. So hes gone wrong somewhere. ''Well, no actually''. -_- ''Poultry is a type of bird. Some poultry are flightless, some arent.'' Very helpful Dane Thank you. So basically everything that lays an egg is most definately absolutely, a bird. ''Well no actually'' AAAAARRGGGHHH. Ok? ''Actually crocodiles, turtles and other reptiles lay eggs also, but they are not birds of course!'' Great. Ok. So you have to have wings AND lay eggs to be a bird, but you can pick if you fancy flying or not? ''Well, no actually.'' Stefan next door interrupts. ''Flightless birds have no choice in the matter, their wings are simply too small to carry the weight of their overfed, farmed bodies.'' Righto. So only birds have wings, but you can also lay an egg if you are a crocodile or a turtle. Right got it. ''Or a fish.'' Oh for god's sake.