Even chickens like to keep a-breast of the latest trends.
So when farmers in Chengdu, south west China, issued their cockerels with these John Lennon-style sunglasses, they couldn't wait to drive the chicks wild with their new look.
But although looking cool, the experimental glasses have a practical use beyond sending the cockrels cock-a-hoop.
They were really designed to help avoid fights breaking out between rival roosters at the free range farm, explained farm owners.
"Because they are allowed to roam around during the day in the open space, it’s inevitable the cocks will start picking fights with each other, so we decided to make them all wear glasses," said breeder Jiang Hau.
"Our cocks are very aggressive by nature. They always fight with each other and cause bleeding and injuries.
"But giving them these plastic glasses to wear means they can’t see each other so clearly so they are much quieter and much more peaceful," he added.
Now other farmers in the region are looking to see how the glasses work out and, if they are a success, say they will give all their cocks the new look too.
Fri Dec 10, 2010 1:55 pm
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Golden Wedding
Smitten Hu Lung took a blooming great 60,000 GBP risk when he popped the question to his girlfriend - with a bouquet of 1999 24 karat gold roses.
Wealthy Lung, from Nanjing, eastern China, asked goldsmiths to cover the real blooms in pure gold plate to show his girlfriend he was serious about their future.
The number is a Chinese good luck token and is said to bring marital bliss forever.
"It seemed to work for him. He came back a week later to organise his wedding flowers," said florist Wang Lixi.
Fri Dec 24, 2010 10:30 pm
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Bride of the Mark
Bride Luo Yingchao took her teacher's exam wearing her wedding dress - when education authorities declared that her finals day was the same date as her marriage ceremony.
Yingchao, of Zhengzhou, Henan province, eastern China, sat the three hour test first but had just minutes to make it from the classroom to the service.
Groom Chu Maoyang explained: "I sat outside in the bridal car with the engine running so as soon as she had finished we had to dash to the other side of the city."
Bride Yingchao, 22, told guests at the reception: "I am so happy now but I was very nervous - but then I had two good reasons."
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