History Fridge / ChickenRun

* Naturally, an egg will only hatch a chick if the mother hen bred with a rooster. Which means that all the chicks we see at the end would be either all Ginger and Rocky's offspring, or the guy ensured everyone's eggs would give them one. Although it probably plays by the fictional rule that an egg always hatches if it doesn't end up as food.

** Ginger could have done the same thing, only the bar didn't drop down under her weight as she's lighter than Rocky. Or perhaps the bar automatically went back up after the weight is removed, meaning that it was still in the right position for Rocky to do the same thing. Still a bit of a coincidence that they escaped the shredder the same way, but we do know that Ginger is faster and more agile than most chickens.

* It's pretty bad financial sense to slaughter ALL of your stock in one big go. However, it may be an InUniverse example as Mrs. Tweedy just wanted to KillEmAll and not be a chicken farmer any more.

* In the scene with the pie machine, we're shown how Rocky escapes the shredder; by grabbing a bar. We are not shown how Ginger did. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUdew5gMbTg It's around 1:10]]

* Mrs. Tweedy's skepticism about the chickens being organized is further compounded by the fact that she almost never personally works with the chickens herself. Mr. Tweedy is the one who runs all the guard-patrols, while she handles the farm's finances. She's never seen any of their escape attempts, so she isn't aware of them using any complex tricks or plans. Mr. Tweedy meanwhile has seen all these hi-jinx himself so he's all too aware of it.
** It may even be ''why'' she doesn't believe him: she just thinks he's losing his mind from hanging around chickens all day and night for too long. She doesn't think too highly of his intelligence to begin with, and his inability to keep (supposedly) dumb flightless birds from escaping their secure pen doesn't help his credibility at all.

* Mrs. Tweedy wanting to kill all the chickens in her farm with her pie-making machine may seem StupidEvil, given she would have no chicken left to make more pies, except she could hypothetically buy more chicken thanks to the profits she would make by selling pies.

* It's a very good reason why the chickens are shown living on a small island at the end. Had they settled down in a field or in the woods, they would be living under the constant threat of predators instead.

* Mrs. Tweedy has every reason to be sceptical when her husband tells her that the chickens are organized. Or, rather, she would, if it weren't for the fact that the chickens are clearly wearing articles of clothing, some of which were probably knitted by Babs. So if the chickens are obviously smart enough to know what clothing is, and smart enough to make it, too, why would it be illogical to conclude they're organized?

* Something that always bugged This Troper: Why did Mrs Tweedy marry Mr Tweedy in the first place? If they actually dated and got to know each other, she must have known he was just a small-time chicken farmer. Unless she charged head on into the relationship without learning anything about him first.
** In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene in the beginning, we see Mrs. Tweedy looking at a profits chart, which started high but has since gone down drastically. Maybe her husband's family was rich once and she married him for his money.

** Not entirely true; two or even three roosters ''can'' coexist if they have a lot of space and many enough hens to "share" between them. If forced to live in too close of a proximity to each other, however, then yes, chances are it won't end well.

** If this is true, then it [[RealitySubtext ties back into]] the "chicken farm as a [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust concentration camp" idea]]: plenty of prisoners in those camps during the Holocaust were well aware that they weren't getting out and were so miserable from the literally endless work and horrible living conditions that they willingly accepted their destined murders as their only possible relief.
** Either that, or she became essentially a martyr. Seeing an usually productive hen such as Bunty lay less eggs than usual could have been taken as a sign that she wouldn't have been worth keeping within some weeks. And that could be said of any other chicken. Edwina simply preferred to accept her fate rather than risk having someone else be unjustly killed because of her.
** Or, as is my guess, Edwina was [[NightmareRetardant really stupid]]. Let's face it, most of these Chickens aren't exactly the brightest bulbs in a pack of light bulbs. These Chickens spend all of their time thinking of escaping, and Egg laying seems to be a secondary thing to them, especially Ginger. Many of them, even the smarter ones, also seem to lack common sense. Edwina could have easily forgotten to ask out of her devotion to the escape, not because she was suicidal or trying to be inspirational...
** Later, we get treated to a scene inside of the Tweedys' house, where the bones of a roasted chicken sit on the dinner table, picked clean. It's pretty obvious what happened.

* Naturally, an egg will only hatch a chick if the mother hen bred with a rooster. Which means that all the chicks we see at the end would be either all Ginger and Rocky's offspring, or the guy ... ensured everyone's eggs would give them one. Although it probably plays by the fictional rule that an egg always hatches if it doesn't end up as food.

*** Well, that would work partly. Considering that chickens may lay multiple fertilized eggs at once, all the chicks seen could be Ginger and Rocky's even if they just bred once. In fact, a quick google search explains that a chicken may lay up to ''14 fertilized eggs'' from one single copulation. So yes, it's ''entirely'' possible that all those chicks we see ''are'' Ginger and Rocky's. Hey, perhaps the sequel will let us in on the answer.
** Well, Fowler might also have *ahem* contributed, though there's no indication that he's considered a SilverFox by any of the hens.
** Fowler had quite a few other chickens dancing with him in the earlier scene.
** Many of the chicks are blue eyed while Ginger and Rocky have green and brown eyes respectively. Some other combination had to have happened.
*** If we assume that eye color genetics work the same here as they do in real humans, keep in mind that blue eyes are recessive when faced with anything else. Ginger and Rocky(and Fowler and/or any of the other hens, for that matter--no-one said all of those chicks were Ginger and Rocky's) could very well be carriers for that trait, making blue-eyed chicks plausible.
** In the final scene, when Bunty is pushing Babs in the swing, on the tree behind her there's a heart with something that looks like 'Bunty 4 Fowler'. Maybe some of the chicks are theirs?
* Let's talk directionality here. In the movie's climax, Mrs. Tweedy falls through the hole in the shed's front, landing in her own pie machine. However, the plane took off in the ''opposite direction'' of the house and shed, and there was no indication that Fowler turned around while in the air. RuleOfCool is likely in effect here, but still, kinda weird how Mrs. Tweedy fell into a house that was in the complete opposite direction of their flight path.
** This Troper remembers the plane making a pretty drastic turn before that scene.
* Mrs. Tweedy has every reason to be skeptical when her husband tells her that the chickens are organized. Or, rather, she would, if it weren't for the fact that the chickens are clearly wearing articles of clothing, some of which were probably knitted by Babs. So if the chickens are obviously smart enough to know what clothing is, and smart enough to make it, too, why would it be illogical to conclude they're organized?
* It's pretty bad financial sense to slaughter ALL of your stock in one big go. However, it may be an InUniverse example as Mrs. Tweedy just wanted to KillEmAll and not be a chicken farmer anymore.

** In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene in the beginning, we see Mrs. Tweedy looking at a profits chart, which started high but has since gone down drastically. Maybe her husband's family was rich once and she married him for his money.

** Not ''entirely'' true; two or even three roosters ''can'' coexist if they have a lot of space and many enough hens to "share" between them. If forced to live in too close of a proximity to each other, however, then yes, chances are it won't end well.

* What might have happened if the plane never got the Christmas lights hooked on, and Rocky and Ginger had nothing to pull themselves back onto the plane?
** [[spoiler: Wait a sec, wouldn't that door ''kill'' Mrs. Tweedy?!]]
*** [[spoiler: Probably not, since she managed to survive the machine explosion.]]
** What would have happened to Babs if the Tweedys hadn't [[spoiler: switched to pie production over egg farming?]]
*** She probably would have become the Tweedys' dinner that night just like Edwina.
* It's a very good reason why the chickens are shown [[spoiler:living on a small island at the end. Had they settled down in a field or in the woods, they would be living under the constant threat of predators instead]].

* Let's talk directionality here. In the movie's climax, [[spoiler:Mrs. Tweedy falls through the hole in the shed's front, landing in her own pie machine.]] However, the plane took off in the ''opposite direction'' of the house and shed, and there was no indication that Fowler turned around while in the air. RuleOfCool is likely in effect here, but still, kinda weird how [[spoiler:Mrs. Tweedy fell into a house]] that was in the complete opposite direction of their flight path.

* It's a very good reason why the chickens are shown living on a small island at the end. Had they settled down in a field or in the woods, they would be living under the constant threat of predators instead.

** It probably plays by that other fictional rule of ChildrenEverAfter, implying that they are Ginger's and Rocky's. We are supposed to treat their procreation as the human variety, not the chicken one.

** Or, as is my guess, Edwina was [[NightmareRetardant really stupid]]. Lets face it, most of these Chickens aren't exactly the brightest bulbs in a pack of light bulbs. These Chickens spend all of their time thinking of escaping, and Egg laying seems to be a secondary thing to them, especially Ginger. Many of them, even the smarter ones, also seem to lack common sense. Edwina could have easily forgotten to ask out of her devotion to the escape, not because she was suicidal or trying to be inspirational...

*** She probably would have become the Tweedy's dinner that night just like Edwina.

* Mrs. Tweedy's skepticism about the chickens being organized is further compounded by the fact that she almost never personally works with the chickens herself. Mr. Tweedy is the one who runs all the guard-patrols, while she handles the farm's finances. She's never seen any of their escape attempts, so she isn't aware of them using any complex tricks or plans. Mr. Tweedy meanwhile has seen all these hi-jinx himself so he's only too aware of it.
** It may even be ''why'' she doesn't believe him: she just thinks he's losing his mind from hanging around chickens all day and night for too long. She doesn't think too highly of his intelligence to begin with, and his inability to keep (supposedly) dumb flightless birds from escaping doesn't help his credibility at all.

* Rocky and Fowler take an immediate dislike to each other, and spend most of the movie with an antagonistic relationship. This makes a lot of sense because they're both roosters, and roosters are known to fight like crazy with each other if forced to coexist (usually to the death IRL).

* Mrs. Tweedy's skepticism about the chickens being organized is further compounded by the fact that she almost never personally works with the chickens herself. Mr. Tweedy is the one who runs all the guard-patrols. She's never seen any of their escape attempts, so she isn't aware of them using any complex tricks or plans. Mr. Tweedy meanwhile has seen all these hi-jinx himself so he's only too aware of it.
** It may even be ''why'' she doesn't believe him: she just thinks he's losing his mind from hanging around chickens all day and night for too long.

* Rocky and Fowler take an immediate dislike to each other, and spend most of the movie with an antagonistic relationship. This makes a lot of sense because they're both roosters, and roosters are known to fight like crazy with each other if forced to coexist (often to the death).

* Something that always bugged This Troper: Why did Mrs Tweedy marry Mr Tweedy in the first place? If they actually dated and got to know each other, she must have known he was just a small-time chicken farmer. Unless she charged head on into the relationship without learning anything about him first.