Context: A friend showed me a picture of her new backyard chickens, complete with coop clock.
WandaLouise: Your chickens are gorgeous. I’m glad to see that you put a clock in the coop. I’d hate for them to lay eggs at the wrong time of day. I suspected you were brilliant, but the clock in the coop really did it for me!
Edith: Well, the clock is actually for me. I'm terrible at keeping track of time.....I always think I'll step in the coop and tidy up a few things--which is practically impossible to do because everything is SO incredibly dusty 24/7--and before I know it an hour has passed.
Wanda Louise: Oh.
Edith: Although I like to think that the methodical "tick-tock" sound has some kind of calming effect on them or helps them regulate their circadian rhythms allowing for greater egg production. This is purely an "Edith" theory, not based on a lick of science. I have lots of them, none of which would stand up to the scrutiny of the scientific method for 5 seconds.
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