Rose Glasses on Chickens Reduce Fighting (Dec, 1938)
Rose Glasses on Chickens Reduce Fighting
There was murder going on in a New Jersey penitentiary yard. The prison chickens were killing each other. One after another, the young White Leghorns would fight among themselves to the death. Nothing was effective in preventing the quarrels until the warden tried putting rose-colored glasses on the birds. That stopped the fighting instantly. The Leghorns, the only fighters in the poultry lot, now are all equipped with aluminum-framed spectacles with center pieces extending in front of the bill.
Rose-colored glasses make everything look nicer and happier.
Comment by fluffy — June 27, 2007 @ 12:17 pm
I recall seeing an article several years ago about red contact lenses for roosters.
I think the result was the same, though it seemed like a pain to insert the lenses. Obviously the roosters won’t be doing it themselves.
Comment by Rick Auricchio — June 27, 2007 @ 3:57 pm
The “prison chickens?!?”
Comment by Village Idiot — June 30, 2007 @ 11:13 am
can you buy the chickens
Comment by ? — June 13, 2008 @ 12:18 pm
I read something on this and I thought it increased the number of eggs hens laid.
Maybe it was red lighting in the hen house.
Comment by Mike — July 12, 2008 @ 4:03 pm
I wonder if we were to put rose colored glasses on people if that would help solve some of the world’s problems. Alan
Comment by Alan — August 20, 2010 @ 7:56 am
Let’s try it on the bulls next!
Comment by jayessell — August 20, 2010 @ 9:45 am