I'll have the Dino McNuggets to go please...

[Esoteric]

I own chickens too and I've never seen a chicken I'd call smarter than a dog. Yours must be from another planet.

[CrimsonRyu17]

Well, how tame are yours? Mine are almost too tame, they'll jump up in my lap, sit down, and let me pet them though only if I allow them. They'll run up to me just because they wanna be petted and sometimes they'll play-attack if I poke their chest and mess with 'em. They're simpler animals than dogs but aren't dependent on us to survive. Dogs? Most couldn't survive on their own.

[Esoteric]

Mine are almost too tame, they'll jump up in my lap, sit down, and let me pet them though only if I allow them. They'll run up to me just because they wanna be petted and sometimes they'll play-attack if I poke their chest and mess with 'em.

Yes, but those are all things a dog can do too. When your chickens can sit/stay/fetch/or run an obstacle course, get back to me.

They're simpler animals than dogs but aren't dependent on us to survive. Dogs? Most couldn't survive on their own.

Yes and No. It's easier for a chicken to survive because they're omnivores. They can subsist on grass and bugs. As carnivores, dogs typically require meat which is a scarcer commodity. To survive, they revert to their wolf-ancestor ways, dangerously so:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/08/0821_030821_straydogs.html

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Dino McNuggets? I'll pass, thanks.

[Technomancer]

This is a slight digression, but chickens essentially are plump little velociraptors. It's a good thing they are only a foot tall and have the IQ of tree stump, otherwise chicken attacks could be a serious problem.

True. They can be very unpleasent creatures. On the other hand, being some of the most expensive chickens on the planet, they would be well contained. On the whole, I think we should go for it.

To quote the illustrious Dr. Malcom, "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think whether or not they should! "

You know, that speech always bugged me. Not the least, because, well they did stop and think about it, and ultimately decided it was a capital idea. Of course, his nonsense about the karate master is what really ground my gears.

[Bobtheduck]

I, personally, want Bubastis more than a chicken-dino. Just me, though.

[shooraijin]

This is a slight digression, but chickens essentially are plump little velociraptors.

Excellent.

[S.M.O.G.]

I've been doing this sort of thing for about ten years now.

[Arya Raiin]

Originally posted by Esoteric (post: 1343919):
This is a slight digression, but chickens essentially are plump little velociraptors. It's a good thing they are only a foot tall and have the IQ of tree stump, otherwise chicken attacks could be a serious problem.

Awesome. LOL

However, you might be right! my chickens eat mice (and raw bacon *shudder*)... Also they'll eat egg shells so, I have carnivorous/cannibal chickens, isn't that wonderful? (XP) I guess I can make the threat "I'll set my chickens on you!" now.