@simon "Omlet" lol :)

@simon Awwww. Could you please give her a small helmet, too? 😁

@simon I think I can accurately state that in 40 years I have never before heard anyone say "we got safety vests for our chickens". Are they available off a shelf or did they need to be made?

@simon Sometimes I wonder how I would explain our modern world to Ben Franklin (i.e. a smart-ish person who lived before the industrial revolution).

Explaining this would involve A LOT of preamble.

@simon I remember seeing similar safety vests on sale, and people were so happy about them. Probably happier than the animals who would be supposed to use those.

@simon I LOVE THIS

@simon This is wonderful, adorable, and may have just melted my wife. 😊

@simon Hahaha, I love it!

@simon safety first, Azi!

@simon

I think @ksonney should know about this.

@simon that is amazing!!

@simon @Katrien

@simon I find the vest wearing chickens delightful

@simon this post proves to me that Mastodon will be as entertaining as birdsite ever was.

2 weeks in and I'm already at "how did THAT show up in my timeline, but it's kinda cool".

@simon I completely missed at the time this jacket is Omlet branded. Of course!

@simon But if she starts to dance, is it the chicken dance or the safety dance?

@simon Awesome! Love that Azi tolerated the jacket. I tried an apron on my foster chicken, Sherman, and she didn't like it one bit.

https://kraut.zone/videos/embed/ca5c7d6e-de38-4c6c-9615-1ad5b2b43df9

@simon

Millennia of evolution trying to find the optimal camouflage to hide from predators.

Defeated by humans with a few tens of dollars.

@simon amazing to see another chicken owner on Mastodon! There's at least two of us 🙂

I tried to put a vest on ours and she started to walk backwards and seemed in distress, I did not try again. Did you use any tricks to convince them to ear it and did they get used to it?

@simon that would have made it much easier to find our Rhode Island Red hens when they hid under the hedge 😆 We only keep white feathered hens at the moment - much easier to spot in the garden!

@simon 👀 @wurzelmann

@simon Perhaps she's offended that her vest says "Omlet"?

@simon spectacular

@simon ... does that tag say "Omlet"?

No wonder Azi wasn't happy with it, if so!

@simon Does it keep foxes away?

@simon is it for crossing the road?

@simon I guess @wurzelmann should know about this. 🥰

@simon This might be the best thing I've seen online today. Take 1000 internet points.

@simon I can imagine. Reminds me of the “snow boots” I got for my dog when we went to the mountains. He walked around trying to shake them off.

@simon Safety Chicken!

@simon Love this so much!

@simon I'm going to come back to this post for a pick-me-up for the rest of my days.

@simon Always wear PPE on the worksite!

@simon @JoyceVance

@simon this is the healthy content I’m here for! :BlobfoxBongo:

@simon All the rage for all safety-conscious, road crossing chickens!

@simon: Too cute!!!

@simon omg

@simon #SorryNotSorry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p_BvaHsgGg

@simon next up, safety helmet for little Azi, please!

@simon Our yard is rural, with little traffic calling for visi-vests.

On the other hand, I'd consider some sort of hedgehog cloaks for mine. (Related, I had a post as to why yesterday.)

@simon I <3 high viz!

@simon this is so adorable 😂

@simon Can stop worrying about WHY the chicken crosses the road!

@simon
Good idea!

@simon just when I thought I'd seen it all. This is amazing!

@simon Safety Chicken

@simon Well, if that's not just THE cutest thing I've seen all day.... 😆❤️

@simon Azi! That is adorable.

@simon Chicken safety vest is life <3

@simon stay safe Azi!

@simon this is amazing

@simon this may be the best chicken post I’ve ever seen. Love it!

@simon This is adorable, and looks like Azi is checking the slab level. Good chicken.

@simon Sushi wants to know: could she come work on the patio, too? She'd love a vest.

@simon @JoyceVance your chickens may need this.

@simon @MaryMarasKittenBakery I think these Chickens may need a lawyer😉

@simon She looks adorable in it! We have vests for the kitteh bois. They hate them. Is it universal, or does any critter actually like safety vests?

@simon On eBay in my neighborhood, there's a private seller that sews jeans jackets for chicken. I was wondering where to get one and add a lot of heavy metal patches :D

@simon funny and amazing idea 😂😂

@simon @JoyceVance m LOOK!!!

@simon oh my, funny! But a safe chicken is a Happy Chicken.

@simon

HiViz chickens...

... yup... awesomeness confirmed! 👍

@simon omg it’s my dreams, I wish I could have chickens! They’re awesome

@simon lovely! :mastolove:

@simon probably the best thing i'll see today, thanks

@simon I did not know this was a thing and am now delighted it is, in fact, a thing.

@simon
That is one of the most endearing things I have ever seen!

Well done.

@simon this is amazing.

@simon so now it is safe for the chicken to cross the road ...

@simon Omg that is the cutest thing on the internet today, imo

@simon have you seen this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tLubA1Qa8U

@simon this is the best thing today! :ablobcatheart:

@simon #OSHA approved 😍 🦺

@simon Patio? I assumed it was for when she crossed the road.

I’ll see myself out now…

@simon
Brilliant thought. Thanks.

@simon Love the alt text on that pic! 😄🐓

@simon OMG 😂😍😂

@simon there's a joke in here somewhere about chicken crossing guards, I feel.

@simon she can now safely cross the road

@simon
Did you give your chickens safety vests so they couldn't just cross the road safely, they could actually do road work safely?

@simon ok this is freaking awesome

@simon The alt text for this is excellent.

@simon so cuuuuute!!

@simon How were they able to carry the tiles? Our chickens refuse all manual labor.

@simon Like cats, some chickens hate costumes.

@simon I so want some for my chickens but I don't think I could catch them to put them it on them lol!😄

@simon
No safety boots or glasses?

@simon Oh that's just beautiful. A friend of ours sent us a chicken crash helmet but, sadly, it didn't fit Princess Leia.

The tag says omlet I can't even.

@simon looking forward to the #ChickensInHiVis calendar for 2023. 🐔🐥

@simon Did she cross the patio safely? 😜