I do n’t own a television , and I could not be happier for it . This get at my friends because they ’ll talk about TV commercials or popular show , and I return their enthusiasm with a vacuous spirit . I always taste to plight with their technology - based - entertainment raillery by record the telecasting I take of achicken lay an egg , but this seldom goes well . So I surprise my champion and formerHobby Farmseditor Stephanie Staton when she texted me the other night to ask if I ’d seen the Geico commercial message ( above ) with the free - range chicken .

I had really pick up the Geico commercial while at a friend ’s mansion , and I love it . Maybe it ’s because I identify with the chicken ’s devoid - var. travelling sensitivity , begrudge its photogenic nature ( “ He just keep sendin ’ more pictures . ” ) or admire the chicken ’s on the face of it effortless power to hitch a drive with a trucker . The twenty-four hour period after Stephanie ’s text , I come across this Reebok ad online and wondered what the heck is up with the sudden capitalization on the innocent - range wimp concept .

This commercial is clever , too , but Geico ’s is my favorite , mostly because it seems to be a real poulet . I do n’t trust the Reebok Gallus gallus ’s power to cross a interfering highway in one piece , though I do accord with its choice to take the track rather than the treadmill .

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I asked other friend to call back chicken commercial message of the past . I was reminded of the Mercedes - Benz commercial , using the chicken to demonstrate the fomite maker ’s “ Magic Body Control . ” This cracks me up completely ! I ’ve watched it three times already while write this web log entry . When this came out , I think of babble about how we could do a similarHobby Farmsvideo with the Gallus gallus on the farm where I ferment .

Another friend point me to this awe-inspiring LG G2 cell commercial , which is a little long but worth the lookout man . It reminds me that I ’ve been buttonhole for a GoPro for the chickens since writing aboutPETA ’s volaille TV gamelast year .

The Mercedes - Benz and LG commercials are both brilliant takes on chicken ’ head - stabilisation attribute , but they do n’t involve a societal statement like the innocent - ambit estimate . I have to wonder if advertizement featuring gratis - range conception are sheer this year because free - reach is now a mainstream thought . California ’s larger - cages lawhas raised knowingness about the amount of space testicle - laying biddy are allotted , and humane substance and local foods are part of mainstream lingo . I guess it ’s potential that the sustainable - farming / detached - range - Gallus gallus conversation has work far enough that seller are willing to bet on this . ( Next up : pop music - culture source tocover crop ? Fingers crossed ! ) I still receive enough people on a day-to-day base who are not train about how animal proteins are make , though , to retrieve this is just clever marketing at play .

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Working with chicken every day and knowing how crazy - making they can be , I have questions about these video .

What are your thoughts on these commercials ? Is the free - range concept just a fun idea that companies are capitalize on , or is there enough mainstream mount that they are sit on mellow - welfare - creature - maintenance ’s coattails ?

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