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In the memoir "Eggs and Me" published by 1945, Betty McDonald told an interesting story about herself and her husband running a chicken farm in Washington State from 1927 to 193 1. This simple and humorous memoir was very popular as soon as it was published. It has not only been translated into more than 20 languages, but also made into a movie.
The reason why this story is so attractive is that its material selection and description are very true. When Betty first took over the chicken farm, she was devastated: she hated chickens so much that she almost quit. The biggest reason is that chickens always hurt themselves!
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In a chicken farm, all the chickens are kept in a narrow place, and their temper is very bad. If they are not careful, they will cause conflicts and lead to group fights. Betty and her husband tried their best to build a beautiful "nursery" for them, but they still couldn't stop the chicks from struggling. At first, one chicken pecked the other's eyes, and then the whole group of chickens exploded, and the scuffle broke out instantly. In the end, almost all the chickens were injured or even died, and the chicken farm lost money and almost went bankrupt.
Cocks are the national birds of France, because they are aggressive, tenacious and heroic. They will fight to the death in a small chicken farm without knowing the pain. In fact, how to maintain the harmonious relationship between chickens has been a difficult problem for chicken farmers since ancient times. People sometimes put chickens in separate cages or give them more space, but this is very expensive; Some people will use the method of "beak breaking" to cut off or burn the beak (that is, mouth) of newborn chickens. This method is not only cruel, difficult to operate and inefficient, but also often causes a large number of deaths of chickens.
What should I do?
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1903, an unprecedented genius idea was born. An American named andrew jackson applied for a patent for his "chicken glasses" and called himself "eye protector for chickens".
1903, Andrew patent application/network.
All the researchers before George W. andrew jackson were at a loss to solve the problem of chicken's struggle, but Andrew Jr. opened up a new angle to find a solution: he squatted on the ground and observed the behavior of chickens day and night to see how they escalated the small friction into a life-and-death battle. He found that chickens will attack their own kind in front of themselves, which is also the reason why contradictions will intensify in small rooms. Once the front "enemy chicken" disappears or the eyes are pecked blind by the enemy chicken, the chicken will calm down.
Little Andrew first wanted to put an eye patch on the chicken, but the chicken that lost its sight and couldn't see the food refused to eat it. He stayed with chickens all day, thinking day and night, and finally finalized a "glasses" plan.
The structure of chicken glasses is very similar to that of human glasses: two oval lenses are fixed in front of chicken eyes in different ways, and they are fixed with metal frames or leather straps respectively. Chicken glasses are not for chickens to see more clearly, but to block their sight, so that they can't see clearly what is in front of them, so they can't attack. In addition, little Andrew changed the lenses of his glasses to red, which made the chicken's vision a faint red, just like blood, which could confuse the judgment of the chickens and prevent them from besieging a chicken that had been injured and bleeding.
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Andrew Jr.' s invention shocked the whole United States. At that time, the title of a news item in tuanjie village News was quite passionate: "It's strange but true! Chickens in America wear glasses! "(Strange but true-Unity Chicken wears glasses! ), now this news has been treasured in the museum of history and society.
Summary/Network of Reports on Chicken Glasses in United Nations News
1992, musician Maggie Ferguson was interviewed by United National News on 100 birthday. She recalled her early life and said that her first job when she was young was to put glasses on chickens on a farm.
At that time, she and her friends thought the work was very interesting, but later they found the invention perfect and very useful. Chickens can't see straight ahead, but they can see food and water under their eyes, which does not affect their eating. Besides, in case a chick goes crazy and has to fight, the lens can also protect their eyes. Because the most skillful way for chickens to attack is to peck each other's eyes.
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The aroma of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley, and the benefits of chicken glasses spread rapidly, becoming a necessity for American chicken farms. Andrew jackson Jr used this invention to establish the Chicken Glasses Company. Today, a century later, the company's main business is still to produce red or rose-colored chicken glasses, and the owner of the company has reached the grandson and great-grandson of Andrew Jr.
Always vertical lens/network.
The times are changing, and chicken glasses must of course keep pace with the times. 1939, Little Andrew's Chicken Glasses Company introduced a luxurious chicken glasses: the red lens is fixed on the frame through a hinge, which is very flexible, and the red lens always keeps vertical under the action of gravity. When the chicken looks up, the red lens hangs down to block the line of sight; And when the chicken lowered its head to eat the feed, the camera dodged perfectly. This design quickly occupied the headlines of major rural newspapers, causing a sensation in the United States, and the scenery was infinite for a while. This is by far the most complicated and effective design. Later, some people tried to improve it and add some unusual designs, but they all proved to be superfluous, not as simple and ingenious as this design.
Think about it. Chickens in the last century were really diligent. At present, many chickens in domestic chicken farms are too lazy to move, let alone fight.