Free Range Chicken

I work in a commercial, high tech area. I have a tendency of calling it an industrial area, for lack of a better word, but it's actually a pretty nice area. The whole area has only recently been built. In fact, that tall, dark building that takes up most of the picture, is my workplace. The buildings are new, modern, sleek. And behind the two main streets in the area, is a long park You can see that a statue sits on the corner at the beginning of it. This is where I like to spend my lunch. I sit in front of a computer for hours, I at least like to be outside for a bit during lunch.

So, one day, I went to the park to eat lunch. As I start to eat, I notice a white rooster walking leisurely through the park, as if he owns the place. I guess I should mention that I had notice in the past that whatever lot is up against the park has chicken coops. I found this random at the time, but remembered and worried that there was a hole in the fence and the chickens were going to get loose. I later noticed that, while the white one was obviously the head honcho (random fact, honcho originated from Japanese), there were a couple of hens also hanging out along the fence where, on the other side, there was a chicken coop.

I was quite amused as I saw the giant rooster headed for a kitten. Cats like birds, but the rooster was easily twice the size of the kitten. I wondered where this encounter would go. It didn't really. It was a little anti climactic to say the least.

But, as the chicken wandered in and out of the gate, I thought, poor guy who owns them. What will happen when he comes back and finds his chicken gone? However, since then, on at least 2 other occasions, the chicken have been out, wandering the pack, although staying fairly close to the fence where they obviously come from.

Talk about free range chicken...