Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24746 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-11-18
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 60 minutes

From the Back Cover
Most of us best know the chicken from our dinner plates. Whether as thigh, wing or drumstick, we barely pause a moment to consider the bird's many virtues. This program expands the frontiers of popular awareness and delightfully reveals that this small, common and seemingly simple animal is as complex and grand as any of God's creatures. The stories are illustrated with narrative vignettes depicting these birds at their magical best, inspiring fascination and gentle humor. The film allows us to rethink our relationship with a creature we have previously take for granted, while at the same time providing a lens through which we look at ourselves. It is the "natural history" for an animal like no other.

Customer Reviews

Great as Entertainment
This is not the genetic varieties of the chicken and their history in the world, though the title may be a bit misleading. Personally, I don't go into purchases blind. What it is is interesting, funny, weird, touching, and illuminating in some ways (perhaps not for the hardcore chicken farmer).

NOT a natural history film... but has some interesting aspects
This film is NOT a natural history film. Instead, it explores the relationship between humans and chickens.

Segments include: a neighborhood which is devastated when a cockfighting enthusiast moves in 100 roosters; a family which raises chickens for meat and eggs; a woman with a pet "house chicken" (a Silkie); and a farmer who has compassion for a broody hen (who turns out to be a hero).

Although this film tends to mock people who love chickens, it does have balance. The final segment is extremely touching, may leave you in tears (the good kind of tears).

Cute Chicken stories
I bought this DVD for my mom after I had saw it on PBS, and thought it was an adorable documentary. It left me feeling fluffy and feathery inside.

And no it is not the history of the chicken; it's just a set of seperate real life stories that all have a chicken or several hundred chickens in them.