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* In the scene where it's discovered Edwina hasn't laid any eggs, Ginger whispers to Bunty, "Why didn't you give her some of yours?" Bunty replies, "I would have, but she didn't tell me. She didn't tell anyone." Since going a week without laying eggs lands a chicken on the chopping block at the Tweedy's farm, which has already been established as a pretty rotten place to be, Edwina effectively committed [[DrivenToSuicide suicide.]]

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* In the scene where it's discovered Edwina hasn't laid any eggs, Ginger whispers to Bunty, "Why didn't you give her some of yours?" Bunty replies, "I would have, but she didn't tell me. She didn't tell anyone." Since going a week without laying eggs lands a chicken on the chopping block at the Tweedy's Tweedys' farm, which has already been established as a pretty rotten place to be, Edwina effectively committed [[DrivenToSuicide suicide.]]



** Another bit of FridgeHorror less explored is ''why'' Edwina doesn't lay any eggs. Clearly, Ed had to have been a layer at one point, otherwise, she wouldn't there on the farm but, with life being so terrible on the Tweedy's farm, maybe she stopped laying eggs entirely due to being stressed.
** When Bunty says that she would've provided Edwina with eggs had she asked, could that be an implication that in the past there were hens who should've been taken to the chop for not laying, but had their lives saved by other hens who donated their eggs to them?
** If one makes the assumption that Edwina's lack of eggs was unintentional from her, it opens up a whole bunch of questions about the situation. Was she, as Bunty said, too busy escaping to lay? Was she scared and/or ashamed about it, and chose to just accept her fate rather than causing any of the rest of them to worry? Even though the rest of the flock would have helped her, could it have been possible that she didn't want to just burden them?

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** Another bit of FridgeHorror less explored is ''why'' Edwina doesn't lay any eggs. Clearly, Ed she had to have been a layer at one point, otherwise, she wouldn't there on the farm but, with life being so terrible on the Tweedy's farm, maybe she stopped laying eggs entirely due to being stressed.
** When Bunty says that she would've provided Edwina with eggs had she asked, could that be an implication that in the past there were hens who should've been taken to given the chop axe for not laying, but had their lives saved spared by other hens who donated their eggs to them?
** If one makes the assumption that Edwina's lack of eggs was unintentional from her, unintentional, it opens up a whole bunch of questions about the situation. Was she, as Bunty said, too busy escaping to lay? Was she scared and/or ashamed about it, and chose to just accept her fate rather than causing any of the rest of them to worry? Even though the rest of the flock would have helped her, could it have been it's possible that she didn't want to just burden them?them.



* We see on the truck that the pie machine comes from a company called Poultry Products. It's never really shown in the movie as to whether or not Mrs Tweedy looked at any other products besides the pie machine, but one would assume that an entire company isn't going to just focus on one particular product. And since poultry covers a range of birds, it's very likely that a lot of farm birds in the Chicken Run Universe meet their fate by machine.

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* We see on the truck that the pie machine comes from a company called Poultry Products. It's never really shown in the movie as to whether or not Mrs Mrs. Tweedy looked at any other products besides the pie machine, but one would assume that an entire company isn't going to just focus on one particular product. And since poultry covers a range of birds, it's very likely that a lot of farm birds in the Chicken Run Universe meet their fate by machine.



** At the very least, the ringmaster has no issue with firing a rooster out of a cannon (which is implied to be a fairly regular act in his show), which isn't exactly going to be a nice experience. I can't imagine travelling in a circus van is going to be very comfortable for Rocky either, given he'd probably be in an animal travelling carrier.

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** At the very least, the ringmaster has no issue with firing a rooster out of a cannon (which is implied to be a fairly regular act in his show), which isn't exactly going to be a nice experience. I One can't imagine travelling traveling in a circus van is going to be very comfortable for Rocky either, given he'd probably be in an animal travelling traveling carrier.
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* Given Rocky's refusal to go back to the circus, who's to say the ringmaster isn't as horrible to animals as the Tweedys are to the chickens?

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* Given Rocky's refusal to go back to the circus, who's to say the ringmaster isn't as horrible to his animals as the Tweedys are to the chickens?
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* 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 and sleeps at night. 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.

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* 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 and sleeps at night. 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 hijinks himself so he's all too aware of it.



** The scenarios that he would probably relate back to her are so far-fetched that she would have a hard time believing it anyway. If he were to say that he found several chickens digging a hole under the fence at night in order to escape? Or if he found chickens hiding under food and water holders in an attempt to escape when he's literally working in the chicken coop? Mrs Tweedy already has very little patience with him, she's never going to believe a claim like that in the first place.

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** The scenarios that he would probably relate back to her are [[RefugeInAudacity so far-fetched that she would have a hard time believing it anyway.anyway]]. If he were to say that he found several chickens digging a hole under the fence at night in order to escape? Or if he found chickens hiding under food and water holders in an attempt to escape when he's literally working in the chicken coop? Mrs Tweedy already has very little patience with him, she's never going to believe a claim like that in the first place.
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* Despite all her escape attempts, Ginger isn't taken for the chop, which means that either Bunty is sharing some of her eggs with her...or Ginger is laying them herself, forced to contribute to the farm she's desperately trying to escape.
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* Notice how, after being told by Mac about how the chickens were lacking thrust in their previous escape attempts, Rocky appears to be much more confident with the next day's attempts to escape the farm, as well as how this new attempt -- which involves them being launched -- [[YankTheDogsChain at first]] appears to be a lot more successful than their previous attempts. Considering that Rocky himself was ''thrust'' out of a ''cannon'', its possible that Mac's hypothesis was a EurekaMoment for him, and that this time he was trying to legitimately apply his ''true'' experience onto their next attempt.


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* Notice how, after being told by Mac about how the chickens were lacking thrust in their previous escape attempts, Rocky appears to be much more confident with the next day's attempts to escape the farm, as well as how this new attempt -- which involves them being launched -- [[YankTheDogsChain at first]] appears to be a lot more successful than their previous attempts. Considering that Rocky himself was ''thrust'' out of a ''cannon'', its it's possible that Mac's hypothesis was a EurekaMoment for him, and that this time time, he was trying to legitimately apply his ''true'' experience onto their next attempt.

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\n* Notice how, after being told by Mac about how the chickens were lacking thrust in their previous escape attempts, Rocky appears to be much more confident with the next day's attempts to escape the farm, as well as how this new attempt -- which involves them being launched -- [[YankTheDogsChain at first]] appears to be a lot more successful than their previous attempts. Considering that Rocky himself was ''thrust'' out of a ''cannon'', its possible that Mac's hypothesis was a EurekaMoment for him, and that this time he was trying to legitimately apply his ''true'' experience onto their next attempt.

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* Given Rocky's refusal to go back to the circus, who's to say the ringmaster isn't as horrible to animals as the Tweedys are to the chickens?

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* Given Rocky's refusal to go back to the circus, who's to say the ringmaster isn't as horrible to animals as the Tweedys are to the chickens?chickens?
** At the very least, the ringmaster has no issue with firing a rooster out of a cannon (which is implied to be a fairly regular act in his show), which isn’t exactly going to be a nice experience. I can’t imagine travelling in a circus van is going to be very comfortable for Rocky either, given he’d probably be in an animal travelling carrier.
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* The dozens of chicks living on the island at the end must have been fathered by Rocky and/or Fowler. (And Ginger and Bunty need not have been the only mothers.)
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* Given Rocky's refusal to go back to the circus, whose to say the ringmaster isn't as horrible to animals as the Tweedys are to the chickens?

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* Given Rocky's refusal to go back to the circus, whose who's to say the ringmaster isn't as horrible to animals as the Tweedys are to the chickens?
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* In the scene where it's discovered Edwina hasn't laid any eggs, Ginger whispers to Bunty, "Why didn't you give her some of yours?" Bunty replies, "I would have, but she didn't tell me. She didn't tell anybody." Since going a week without laying eggs lands a chicken on the chopping block at the Tweedy's farm, which has already been established as a pretty rotten place to be, Edwina effectively committed [[DrivenToSuicide suicide.]]

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* In the scene where it's discovered Edwina hasn't laid any eggs, Ginger whispers to Bunty, "Why didn't you give her some of yours?" Bunty replies, "I would have, but she didn't tell me. She didn't tell anybody.anyone." Since going a week without laying eggs lands a chicken on the chopping block at the Tweedy's farm, which has already been established as a pretty rotten place to be, Edwina effectively committed [[DrivenToSuicide suicide.]]

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* We see on the truck that the pie machine comes from a company called Poultry Products. It’s never really shown in the movie as to whether or not Mrs Tweedy looked at any other products besides the pie machine, but one would assume that an entire company isn’t going to just focus on one particular product. And since poultry covers a range of birds, it’s very likely that a lot of farm birds in the Chicken Run Universe meet their fate by machine.

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* We see on the truck that the pie machine comes from a company called Poultry Products. It’s never really shown in the movie as to whether or not Mrs Tweedy looked at any other products besides the pie machine, but one would assume that an entire company isn’t going to just focus on one particular product. And since poultry covers a range of birds, it’s very likely that a lot of farm birds in the Chicken Run Universe meet their fate by machine.machine.
* Given Rocky's refusal to go back to the circus, whose to say the ringmaster isn't as horrible to animals as the Tweedys are to the chickens?
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* 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 chickens thanks to the profits she would make by selling pies.

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* 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 chickens left to make more pies, except she could hypothetically buy more chickens thanks to the profits she would make by selling pies.
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** The scenarios that he would probably relate back to her are so far-fetched that she would have a hard time believing it anyway. If he were to say that he found a several chickens digging a hole under the fence at night in order to escape? Or if he found chickens hiding under food and water holders in an attempt to escape when he's literally working in the chicken coop? Mrs Tweedy already has very little patience with him, she's never going to believe a claim like that in the first place.
* Rocky and Fowler's polar opposite reactions to having their true natures exposed can actually be pinpointed to their upbringings. Rocky was in the Circus, so when the time came for him to face the truth, he ran away. That kind of "care-free" lifestyle he wanted meant he didn't want to face down the disappointment that came after he built everyone up so much. Fowler by contrast was a military bird. So when his failing came out, despite his building himself up as well, he faced it head on like a good soldier would.

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** The scenarios that he would probably relate back to her are so far-fetched that she would have a hard time believing it anyway. If he were to say that he found a several chickens digging a hole under the fence at night in order to escape? Or if he found chickens hiding under food and water holders in an attempt to escape when he's literally working in the chicken coop? Mrs Tweedy already has very little patience with him, she's never going to believe a claim like that in the first place.
* Rocky and Fowler's polar opposite reactions to having their true natures exposed can actually be pinpointed to their upbringings. Rocky was in the Circus, so when the time came for him to face the truth, he ran away. That kind of "care-free" lifestyle he wanted meant he didn't want to face down the disappointment that came after he built everyone up so much. Fowler by contrast was a military bird. So when his failing came out, despite his building himself up as well, he faced it head on like a good soldier would.

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* We see on the truck that the pie machine comes from a company called Poultry Products. It’s never really shown in the movie as to whether or not Mrs Tweedy looked at any other products besides the pie machine, but one would assume that an entire company isn’t going to just focus on one particular product. And since poultry covers a range of birds, it’s very likely that a lot of farm birds in the Chicken Run Universe meet their fate by machine.

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* 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 would have had to mate with everyone of the chickens. Although it probably plays by the fictional rule that an egg always hatches if it doesn't end up as food.
** It probably plays by that other fictional rule of BabiesEverAfter, implying that they are Ginger's and Rocky's. We are supposed to treat their procreation as the human variety, not the chicken one.
** The tie-in book reveals that Bunty has a heck ton of children (seventeen, iirc) and I think Babs' daughter has an entry in the book, meaning those two presumably had children at the end of the movie.
** Also, the chick Mac puts in the catapult also shares her signature over-bite, which suggests that could be her child. However, the chick has brown eyes.If you take into account that brown eyes are a dominant trait, Mac has green eyes, and Rocky is the only brown eyed rooster shown in the movie...
** I suppose that'd also imply all of the green eyed chicks are Fowler's offspring, given that you'd need two recessive genes to have green eyes. The same can't be said about the brown eyed chicks—some of the hens have brown eyes and it's plausible that the chicks get their eyes from their mother.
** Or maybe I'm delving too deeply in the genetics of claymation chickens. Hopefully, the sequel will clear the water at least a little. We'll have to see in 2023.
** The plot of the sequel reveals that Ginger and Rocky [[spoiler:will have one chick together.]]
* 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?
** Considering what she's like, she probably just isn't keen on admitting that her husband knows something she doesn't, [[IRejectYourReality even in the face of evidence.]]
* 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 kill them all and not be a chicken farmer any more.
** Given her belief that going into the pie-making business would make her rich, she probably figured the pies would be so profitable she'd have money left over to buy more chickens, fatten them up, and toss them into the machine. Lather, rinse repeat. Kind of like how logging companies plant new trees after chopping down old ones.
* 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, only for the farm's business to start going down as the movie starts.
* 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]]
** 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 a bit strange that for a rooster that’s as valuable to the circus as Rocky, it took a fair amount of time for the circus owner to come to the farm to see if he was there. However, Rocky crashing into the weathervane cut his flight short, which meant that he never got to his proper ‘landing area’, where someone from the circus would have probably been waiting for him.
* Time and place, based on background details:
** The propellers for the chickens' aircraft are made from road signs that indicate they are at least 33 miles from Halifax;
** Nick's suit, on closer inspection, appears to be made of Bank of England branded sackcloth. It also bears the insignia G (VI) R - ''George Regnis'' - referencing George the Sixth. However, in an earlier scene we can see a stamp with the face of King George's daughter, Elizabeth II, peeking out of Mrs Tweedy's post. This would indicate that the movie takes place after 1952, when George died and was succeeded by Elizabeth.
** Further corroborated by the fact that Fowler remembers serving in the RAF during World War 2.
** It’s very easy to miss, but the clipboard Mrs. Tweedy uses during roll call shows the address of the farm; it’s located in North Riding of Yorkshire.
** During the scene where Rocky’s on the tricycle, he’s listening to ‘The Wanderer’ by Dion and the Belmonts. The song was released in 1961. This indicates that the film takes place in the sixties.

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* We see on the truck that the pie machine comes from a company called Poultry Products. It’s never really shown in the movie as to whether or not Mrs Tweedy looked at any other products besides the pie machine, but one would assume that an entire company isn’t going to just focus on one particular product. And since poultry covers a range of birds, it’s very likely that a lot of farm birds in the Chicken Run Universe meet their fate by machine.

[[AC:FridgeLogic]]
* 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 would have had to mate with everyone of the chickens. Although it probably plays by the fictional rule that an egg always hatches if it doesn't end up as food.
** It probably plays by that other fictional rule of BabiesEverAfter, implying that they are Ginger's and Rocky's. We are supposed to treat their procreation as the human variety, not the chicken one.
** The tie-in book reveals that Bunty has a heck ton of children (seventeen, iirc) and I think Babs' daughter has an entry in the book, meaning those two presumably had children at the end of the movie.
** Also, the chick Mac puts in the catapult also shares her signature over-bite, which suggests that could be her child. However, the chick has brown eyes.If you take into account that brown eyes are a dominant trait, Mac has green eyes, and Rocky is the only brown eyed rooster shown in the movie...
** I suppose that'd also imply all of the green eyed chicks are Fowler's offspring, given that you'd need two recessive genes to have green eyes. The same can't be said about the brown eyed chicks—some of the hens have brown eyes and it's plausible that the chicks get their eyes from their mother.
** Or maybe I'm delving too deeply in the genetics of claymation chickens. Hopefully, the sequel will clear the water at least a little. We'll have to see in 2023.
** The plot of the sequel reveals that Ginger and Rocky [[spoiler:will have one chick together.]]
* 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?
** Considering what she's like, she probably just isn't keen on admitting that her husband knows something she doesn't, [[IRejectYourReality even in the face of evidence.]]
* 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 kill them all and not be a chicken farmer any more.
** Given her belief that going into the pie-making business would make her rich, she probably figured the pies would be so profitable she'd have money left over to buy more chickens, fatten them up, and toss them into the machine. Lather, rinse repeat. Kind of like how logging companies plant new trees after chopping down old ones.
* 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, only for the farm's business to start going down as the movie starts.
* 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]]
** 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 a bit strange that for a rooster that’s as valuable to the circus as Rocky, it took a fair amount of time for the circus owner to come to the farm to see if he was there. However, Rocky crashing into the weathervane cut his flight short, which meant that he never got to his proper ‘landing area’, where someone from the circus would have probably been waiting for him.
* Time and place, based on background details:
** The propellers for the chickens' aircraft are made from road signs that indicate they are at least 33 miles from Halifax;
** Nick's suit, on closer inspection, appears to be made of Bank of England branded sackcloth. It also bears the insignia G (VI) R - ''George Regnis'' - referencing George the Sixth. However, in an earlier scene we can see a stamp with the face of King George's daughter, Elizabeth II, peeking out of Mrs Tweedy's post. This would indicate that the movie takes place after 1952, when George died and was succeeded by Elizabeth.
** Further corroborated by the fact that Fowler remembers serving in the RAF during World War 2.
** It’s very easy to miss, but the clipboard Mrs. Tweedy uses during roll call shows the address of the farm; it’s located in North Riding of Yorkshire.
** During the scene where Rocky’s on the tricycle, he’s listening to ‘The Wanderer’ by Dion and the Belmonts. The song was released in 1961. This indicates that the film takes place in the sixties.
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** It’s very easy to miss, but the clipboard Mrs. Tweedy uses during roll call shows the address of the farm; it’s located in North Riding of Yorkshire.

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** During the scene where Rocky’s on the tricycle, he’s listening to ‘The Wanderer’ by Dion and the Belmonts. The song was released in 1961. This indicates that the film takes place in the sixties.
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** Further corroborated by the fact that Fowler remembers serving in the RAF during World War 2.

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** Further corroborated by the fact that Fowler remembers serving in the RAF during World War 2.2.
** It’s very easy to miss, but the clipboard Mrs. Tweedy uses during roll call shows the address of the farm; it’s located in North Riding of Yorkshire.
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** The whole 'if Edwina had asked the other hens they'd have helped her with eggs' thing has been established already, but this troper had a thought on the whole subject. What if Edwina ''had'' laid eggs, but given all of hers to the other hens? Perhaps she had resigned herself to the thought that escape wasn't possible, but decided that she'd rather be killed than live in such bad conditions. But rather than not lay for a week, she just gave all her eggs to other hens (who may have needed it for their own safety).

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* Time and place, based on background details:
** The propellers for the chickens' aircraft are made from road signs that indicate they are at least 33 miles from Halifax;
** Nick's suit, on closer inspection, appears to be made of Bank of England branded sackcloth. It also bears the insignia G (VI) R - ''George Regnis'' - referencing George the Sixth. However, in an earlier scene we can see a stamp with the face of King George's daughter, Elizabeth II, peeking out of Mrs Tweedy's post. This would indicate that the movie takes place after 1952, when George died and was succeeded by Elizabeth.
** Further corroborated by the fact that Fowler remembers serving in the RAF during World War 2.


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* Time and place, based on background details:
** The propellers for the chickens' aircraft are made from road signs that indicate they are at least 33 miles from Halifax;
** Nick's suit, on closer inspection, appears to be made of Bank of England branded sackcloth. It also bears the insignia G (VI) R - ''George Regnis'' - referencing George the Sixth. However, in an earlier scene we can see a stamp with the face of King George's daughter, Elizabeth II, peeking out of Mrs Tweedy's post. This would indicate that the movie takes place after 1952, when George died and was succeeded by Elizabeth.
** Further corroborated by the fact that Fowler remembers serving in the RAF during World War 2.




* It’s a bit strange that for a rooster that’s as valuable to the circus as Rocky, it took a fair amount of time for the circus owner to come to the farm to see if he was there. However, Rocky crashing into the weathervane cut his flight short, which meant that he never got to his proper ‘landing area’, where someone from the circus would have probably been waiting for him.

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* It’s a bit strange that for a rooster that’s as valuable to the circus as Rocky, it took a fair amount of time for the circus owner to come to the farm to see if he was there. However, Rocky crashing into the weathervane cut his flight short, which meant that he never got to his proper ‘landing area’, where someone from the circus would have probably been waiting for him.him.
* Time and place, based on background details:
** The propellers for the chickens' aircraft are made from road signs that indicate they are at least 33 miles from Halifax;
** Nick's suit, on closer inspection, appears to be made of Bank of England branded sackcloth. It also bears the insignia G (VI) R - ''George Regnis'' - referencing George the Sixth. However, in an earlier scene we can see a stamp with the face of King George's daughter, Elizabeth II, peeking out of Mrs Tweedy's post. This would indicate that the movie takes place after 1952, when George died and was succeeded by Elizabeth.
** Further corroborated by the fact that Fowler remembers serving in the RAF during World War 2.
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** The propellers for the chickens' aircraft are made from road signs that indicate they are at least 33 miles from Halifax;
** Nick's suit, on closer inspection, appears to be made of Bank of England branded sackcloth. It also bears the insignia G (VI) R - ''George Regnis'' - referencing George the Sixth. However, in an earlier scene we can see a stamp with the face of King George's daughter, Elizabeth II, peeking out of Mrs Tweedy's post. This would indicate that the movie takes place after 1952, when George died and was succeeded by Elizabeth.

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** The scenarios that he would probably relate back to her are so far-fetched that she would have a hard time believing it anyway. A chicken wondering out of the coop whilst he's working in there? Yes, he should've probably been more careful, but it's dealt with easily enough. A group of chickens digging a hole under the fence at night in order to escape, or chickens hiding under food and water holders in order to keep themselves from being discovered whilst attempting to escape in the middle of the day? That's going to be hard for anyone to believe without seeing for themselves.

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** The scenarios that he would probably relate back to her are so far-fetched that she would have a hard time believing it anyway. A chicken wondering out of the coop whilst he's working in there? Yes, If he should've probably been more careful, but it's dealt with easily enough. A group of were to say that he found a several chickens digging a hole under the fence at night in order to escape, or escape? Or if he found chickens hiding under food and water holders in order to keep themselves from being discovered whilst attempting an attempt to escape when he's literally working in the middle of the day? That's chicken coop? Mrs Tweedy already has very little patience with him, she's never going to be hard for anyone to believe without seeing for themselves.a claim like that in the first place.


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** The whole 'if Edwina had asked the other hens they'd have helped her with eggs' thing has been established already, but this troper had a thought on the whole subject. What if Edwina ''had'' laid eggs, but given all of hers to the other hens? Perhaps she had resigned herself to the thought that escape wasn't possible, but decided that she'd rather be killed than live in such bad conditions. But rather than not lay for a week, she just gave all her eggs to other hens (who may have needed it for their own safety).

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