A man was having trouble getting his neighbor to keep his chickens
fenced in.

The neighbor kept talking about chickens being great
creatures, and as such they had the right to go where they wanted.

The man was having no luck keeping the chickens out of his
flowerbeds, and he had tried everything.

Two weeks later, on a visit
a friend noticed his flowerbeds were doing great.

The flowers were
beginning to bloom.

So the friend asked him --- "How did you make your neighbor keep his
hens in his own yard?"

"One night I hid half a dozen eggs under a bush by my flower bed,
and
the next day I let my neighbor see me gather them. I wasn't bothered
after that."