In China, a couple divided a chicken through the court during a divorce (3 photo)

Category: Animals, PEGI 0+
13 August 2025
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The couple had been unable to get a divorce because they could not agree on how to divide the poultry they raised. The stumbling block was 29 chickens that would not be divided equally





A woman surnamed Tu from a village in Sichuan Province and her husband Yang recently filed for divorce. They made their living mainly from livestock farming. Apart from the houses they had built themselves, the couple had no significant assets. Since they were from different villages, local regulations allowed them to decide on their own housing.

So the main subject of the division was the poultry farm. According to presiding judge Chen Qian, the couple kept 53 birds: 29 chickens, 22 geese and 2 ducks. The geese and ducks were divided without any problems, but the chickens became a stumbling block because there were not an even number of them.

The couple turned to their parents for advice, but they were unable to help, and the children refused to interfere at all. Tu said that she personally raised the chickens and had an emotional attachment to them, so she wanted to get one more. Yang objected, noting that he also spent a lot of time and effort caring for the birds.



Judge Chen offered two options: eat the extra chicken together, or have whoever kept it compensate the other for the cost. In the end, the couple agreed to cook the chicken and eat it together before the divorce. Afterwards, Yang drove Tu home on an electric bike.

They decided to remain financially independent, but support each other and maintain a basic friendship. They took the chicken as a symbolic "farewell meal," although they did not disclose the details of the dinner.

The story resonated on Chinese social media. One user joked: "The judge offered a fair solution, but the chicken is the real victim." Another added: "Maybe after the chicken soup they made up and changed their minds about breaking up."

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Nosferatu
15 August 2025
66 comments
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У курки все одно не було шансів.
Тукö
15 August 2025
73 comments
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Як варіант — купити 1 курку, щоб стало 30 штук, і поділити порівну.
Тихий_Шум
15 August 2025
28 comments
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На останньому зображенні 5 курячих ніжок. Це у мене проблеми з арифметикою?
Вальдемар
15 August 2025
56 comments
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Це вже наступний суд.
Slayer2k
15 August 2025
1 132 comments
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Шум через копійчану курку… Оце новини з Китаю!
Zalevskyi
15 August 2025
730 comments
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Двоє людей посварилися, не знаючи навіщо, і не порозумілися характерами, а курка заплатила за їхні помилки життям. Тут цікавіше не те, що ці двоє робили, а те, що їм вдалося вирішити спір через суд у розумні строки і без значних фінансових втрат, причому до взаємного задоволення! Хочу, щоб і в нас так було!
Mcsqueezy
15 August 2025
301 comment
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Лисиця-Аліса чесно казала, що стільки не ділиться… Базиліо поділив порівну.
Mirmaks
15 August 2025
259 comments
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А чому їх ділили по кількості, а не по вазі? Адже потім на ринку саме так продають.
Freeman87
15 August 2025
720 comments
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«Має до курей емоційний зв’язок», тому одну з’їсть.
turyst
15 August 2025
120 comments
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Норм такий емоційний зв’язок :)
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