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Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by dangle1 »

svachalek wrote: post #75
dangle1 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After my wife convinced me to get chickens, I went from being ignorant and dismissive of chickens to loving having them in our backyard. It's impressive how distinctive their personalities are given the approx. 50 neurons they're working with in life. It's like having toddler dinosaurs bumbling around and having little adventures for your entertainment.

Yes, they do have very clear personalities. We had one who was very curious about people, just very interested in following you and seeing what you do. It's probably food related motivation, but more than simply seeking a handout as most of them do. You could really see the gears turning in there.

And they love it when you do digging projects and come over next to you to see if there's anything good to eat.

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by iamtheworstdev »

markozivanovic wrote: post #15

>Do the chickens lay eggs? >>Yes. They are the best fresh eggs you’ve ever tasted. They are available for $20 each. Pick up only. Wow, some expensive eggs! Is it because these chickens are now celebrities? :) Kidding aside, I just bought a box of 10 eggs today for 4 euros (~4,15USD) and thought that was a bit expensive. Also from free-range chicken. I can find "egg prices around the world", but I can't find a single…

i suspect it's sarcasm. that's not the price of eggs anywhere in the USA.

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by tbyehl »

saalweachter wrote: post #7
pelagicAustral wrote: post #4

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Yeah, I know. 24 bucks as well. I can probably buy a few live chickens myself with that kind of scratch.

Chicks retail at Tractor Supply for $4 for most breeds, with 6 chick minimums (at least where I'm at). That yields a minimum order of 6 chicks for $24.

A hen raised to laying age is worth more like $20-$50.

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by reaperducer »

markozivanovic wrote: post #15

>Do the chickens lay eggs? >>Yes. They are the best fresh eggs you’ve ever tasted. They are available for $20 each. Pick up only. Wow, some expensive eggs! Is it because these chickens are now celebrities? :) Kidding aside, I just bought a box of 10 eggs today for 4 euros (~4,15USD) and thought that was a bit expensive. Also from free-range chicken. I can find "egg prices around the world", but I can't find a single…

Wow, some expensive eggs!

Maybe it's a typo. Perhaps he meant $20/dozen.

Which is still expensive. I get my eggs from a farmer 30 miles out of town, and she only charges $8/dozen, and that includes delivering it to my doorman. But I only order when she's recently slaughtered another farm animal, to make it worth the trip for her.

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by calibas »

Some interesting legality here, if these photos are really "taken by chickens" then they can't be copyrighted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_disput...

However, if this counts as being "taken by chickens" then it also implies that when a burglar triggers a motion-activated camera, the burglar owns the rights to the image.

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by SV_BubbleTime »

calibas wrote: post #95

Some interesting legality here, if these photos are really "taken by chickens" then they can't be copyrighted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_disput... However, if this counts as being "taken by chickens" then it also implies that when a burglar triggers a motion-activated camera, the burglar owns the rights to the image.

When I’ve rented cameras for photo shoots, I’m pretty sure I own the photos and not the rental company, so this checks out.

Maybe the BUY NFT link on every photo goes to accounts the chickens own. Nothing about NFTs makes any less sense than this, so why not?

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by WaitWaitWha »

calibas wrote: post #95

Some interesting legality here, if these photos are really "taken by chickens" then they can't be copyrighted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_disput... However, if this counts as being "taken by chickens" then it also implies that when a burglar triggers a motion-activated camera, the burglar owns the rights to the image.

>The chickens are using an input device (the motion sensor) to invoke a computer function [...]

No, per the description and your legal context, the chickens are not taking the pictures.

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by astrange »

KineticLensman wrote: post #78
jjice wrote: post #27

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Why is that?

A good general principle in almost any photography is that if you want pictures that are different from everyone else's, just get down a bit. Most people take shots at their eye level and don't even think to try a different angle

Or up. The way I think of it is people looking at your photo shouldn’t know how tall you are.

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by SV_BubbleTime »

alx__ wrote: post #19
markozivanovic wrote: post #15

>Do the chickens lay eggs? >>Yes. They are the best fresh eggs you’ve ever tasted. They are available for $20 each. Pick up only. Wow, some expensive eggs! Is it because these chickens are now celebrities? :) Kidding aside, I just bought a box of 10 eggs today for 4 euros (~4,15USD) and thought that was a bit expensive. Also from free-range chicken. I can find "egg prices around the world", but I can't find a single…

I'd guess they're purposely inflated to cut down on people asking to buy them

Colloquially called the “Fuck off price”.

“We don’t want to do it, but if you are really going to pay this, we’ll make it happen.”

I was quoting some wood deck and lawn work this spring. I had four people come out to quote, and two gave me fuck off prices about 3-4x what I eventually paid.

EDIT: for reference on good eggs, I’ve found duck eggs to be superior to chicken eggs.

Re: Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

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Post by frosted-flakes »

dangle1 wrote: post #91
svachalek wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, they do have very clear personalities. We had one who was very curious about people, just very interested in following you and seeing what you do. It's probably food related motivation, but more than simply seeking a handout as most of them do. You could really see the gears turning in there.

And they love it when you do digging projects and come over next to you to see if there's anything good to eat.

This humorous children's short story comes to mind: Squabbling in the Vegatable Patch (it was an audiobook cassette tape). Contains lots of chicken antics revolving around exactly that.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4YCQY4GwlBM&list=PLU8JDCV_35GGWW...

I still have the original cassette tape from when I was a child and still occasionally play it in my car radio (the only tape player I own).

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