Reply To: chicken

yitay…: Yes, I have accepted shemirah on your house – that my pit bull terrier won’t rip it apart while I leave it there.

I have another taynah / chiluk though;

As Reb Chaim would say – ah chicken iz nicht a mazik!

Hesber – I don’t think anyone would consider a chicken as a davar hamazik. In the case of avno sakino umasao – it is obviously a potential danger to leave something on the edge of a roof where it can fall. When it falls – that item causes damage.

Chickens don’t cause damage, only rotten chickens do. A rotten chicken iz ah shinuy maaseh from the original fresh edible chicken. Therefore there is less of a maaseh mazik here than in the case of avno…