we live a bit out of town from the main part of Auckland - we're not rural by any means, but we're close to it.  you can get all the way from my office to our home without leaving any urban streets containing houses for example. 

but within a few short minutes drive you can be out in the sticks (or the 'wops' as they refer to it).  and one of the great thing about that is you see a lot of wild chickens wandering about.



this was a particularly large one in an ice cream shop carpark.