Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

framptonhollis This is the best possible way you could make a documentary film about chickens. Rather than being a dull, bland, and boring film with a narrator whose voice sounds miserable, you get a bright, quirky, heartwarming and zany look at human eccentricity and the chicken's more interesting and surprisingly intelligent behavior.From a woman who is seen carrying her pet chicken in her pocket book while buying groceries to a man, hilariously, doing impressions of the various calls of chickens to the story of a living headless chicken, this documentary is consistently entertaining and well made. It actually gets even more bizarre than the two early Errol Morris films ("Gates of Heaven" and "Vernon Florida")!The film isn't about the history of chickens at all. I mean, nothing in this film is historical, therefore making "The Natural History of Chickens" a pretty misleading title. So if you're looking for an ACTUAL history of chickens, then you probably shouldn't watch the film. However, if you want to see a really funny and weird doc that is sure to entertain and amuse, this one's totally for you!

mixerkim This was actually a great little project to work on and I had a great time doing it. I was contacted by the Sound Designer Paul Ottoson because he knew that I had done voice over recording in the past, as well as worked as an ADR recordist and Editor on several films. I spent many hours trying desperately to mimic the "feelings" of each chicken portrayed in this documentary. (Which by the way is no small task even for veteran voice over talents). Needless to say, I was very disappointed to finally get my own copy of this DVD only to find out that after 3 HOURS of ADR recording, I did NOT receive my credit for voicing ALL THESE CHICKENS! I know it's silly, but it meant something to me. Too bad , Mark.Kim Beltran (formerly Kim Bartlein) Voice Over

stevenjaba Channel surfing one night, I ran across what appeared to be a PBS program on chickens. While PBS programs tend to be different from the usual TV fare, this was way outside the norm. I stopped to see what this program really was, and within a few minutes, was hooked.What followed was an hour of sheer amusement. Really, this "documentary" is more about people than it is about chickens. And quite unusual people too! The next day around the office "water cooler", I found myself talking about chickens and the people who love them. Next thing I knew, I was trying to convince everyone that Mike the Headless Chicken really did exist once, a dispute that finally had to be resolved via internet research. I'm afraid the water-cooler will never be the same.If you take delight in the obscure, find humor in the quirky, watch this movie. It will be time well spent. Now - to track down one of this director's other movies: "Cane Toads: An Unnatural History". Sure to be a riot!

TxMike Last night on PBS I watched "Natural History of the Chicken", expecting to see a rather dry scientific discourse on the evolution of the chicken, and a history of how it achieved its current status in out modern society. It was nothing like that!It is entertaining, funny, smart, educational. At times I asked myself, "Is this a Christopher Guest film, like 'Best in Show'?" There was the fluffy white chicken kept as a pet, rides in a car, carried in a basket through the supermarket. And with a diaper, no less! The chicken that froze outside, then was revived through "mouth to beak resuscitation." The 100 fighting roosters that made so much noise the neighbors had to get a court order to shut them down to 5 max! The miserable life of laying chickens in pens. The "headless" chicken that wouldn't die. The little, fluffy white chicken that protected her chicks when the hawk dived down. Very well done film, I hope to catch it again, as a documentary I rate it "8" of 10, might even deserve a "9". Marvelous!! :-)