Originally posted by zippy-kat
I remember reading once that farmers had developed red contacts for chickens...they presumably produce more eggs when they see red. Wonder if the goggles are somewhat related to this? or was it more for cock-fights?
No, no special colored lenses. It was to protect them in the hurly-burly of large coops. Apparently chickens can be agressive (?) and can hurt one another. Supposedly there were a lot of chickens with damage to their eyes from being pecked or scratched by others.