Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

It was noon, and high time he got out of the barn to search for some food. His uncle hadn't come back yet and his mom wasn't in any hurry to get them food, so the boy set out to get his own lunch. He checked around to make sure nobody was around to surprise attack him, and once satisfied that he was escaping alone, he bounded out into the nearby field. There were birds there, and from his observation they didn't seem to fly. They had little fuzzballs around their feet, chirping and running around as they occasionally pecked at the ground. He sat and watched them for a minute, debating creeping closer to see if he could catch one or two.