BEIJING, Aug. 8 -- Divorce battles usually involve dividing houses, cars, or money - but a couple in south-western China found themselves quibbling over 29 chickens instead.

The unusual dispute took place during the divorce proceedings of a Sichuan couple, only known as Tu and Yang, whose main livelihood came from livestock farming.

According to South China Morning Post, the couple raised 53 birds in total: 29 chickens, 22 geese, and 2 ducks.

While the geese and ducks could be split fairly evenly, the chickens sparked a bit of a feather-ruffling argument.

Tu, who had personally raised the chickens and felt emotionally attached, insisted she deserved one more than Yang. Yang countered that he too had invested a lot of time caring for t...