I love the disconnection of chickens, the sense of their living in the own world, all around us, yet completely apart from us. They do not have the need for attention that dogs have, or the mysterious intelligence that cats have. They are defenceless, almost primitively naive and vulnerable, they they go about their business with great industry and diligence.

I have learned to watch them, listen to them. They are soothing, comforting, sometimes meditative.