Death by Chicken

First of all I'd like to thank everyone for their kind words about my first entry, I was bowled over by the response. Thank you.

A lot of the photos which I have liked most since joining this site have managed to capture the absolute infinite beauty of nature.

However, living in Birmingham (a major city in the UK) means that I have very little access to anything green or not made from cardboard or in China. So instead of taking a beautiful landscape of the ocean waves crashing into bright white limestone cliffs, or an extreme close up of a snail reaching out its shell to make the epic 5mm journey to a piece of lettuce, I have taken a photo of my (naughty, misbehaved) chickens.

They are ex battery farm chickens which we saved from being taken to the abbatoir. So next time you feel like tucking into a chicken and mushroom pie (yum!), you could be eating my chicken's brother. I like the way in this photo they look like the kray twins, they look like they are planning something sinister, and they proobably are. They almost capture the beauty of ugliness.

I've had them now for about 4 months, and still havent named them (any ideas would be gratefully received). Now before you all moan about the photo, I KNOW its been taken through a pane of glass. And the reason...I'm petrified of chickens lol, ....no really I am.

G x