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Have you ever seen chicken with purple or even pink feathers? Ordinarily, chicken tend to have fairly simple colors.....black, white, spotted. But at the Ruiru farm in Solai, Nakuru County, you will find the birds in every imaginable color... and no, they are not a new, unique breed. Rather, their colors are literally man-made, the chicken having been painted to protect them from marauding hawks and eagles. The logic behind the chicken painting is that like human beings, hawks and eagles image of chicken is informed by predictable appearance and a change in the color of their feathers confuses them and buys the chicken valuable protection from their prey's deadly appetite. And as the chicken painter of Solai has discovered, the result is more chicken for happy farmers.