Marie Young's Chickens

[Matthew R. Boswell]

As we know, Marie Young had some french chickens with her, but were they food or pet? I read that she was taken to see them, which makes them sound like pets, but also they were cared for by the butcher. Any info regarding this?

 

[Michael Ridge]

I'm guessing Marie Young's chickens were most likely to serve as pets because she visited them everyday during the voyage.

Mike

 

[Senan Molony]

"She remembers that chickens escaped from the kitchen and began running around on deck."

Survivor Ellen Mockler interview (when a Catholic nun) in the Worcester Telegram, Massachusetts, April 15, 1982.

 

[Michael Guntli]

A book I have on Titanic indicates that Marie Young was not the chicken owner- there may have been several chickens by different owners. One lady wrote of being woken up every morning by a rooster in the hold.

 

[Matteo Eyre]

Would it have been Maxwell or Hutchinson who took her down to visit the chickens??

 

[JB32]

Has anyone ever come across any description of the chickens beyond they are fancy and French. Do we know where she got them specifically? Did she get them near Cherbourg?