We kill 49 Billion Chickens each year as "food" ( UN FAO 2007 PDF http://bit.ly/56billion ) , my Hen Friend is perfectly sane for being afraid of a fork.
What was she doing? She definitely held it with her beak, she didnt just peck at it, she wanted to ...pick it up? Push it out of her way? Not sure!
Check out the cool metallic "clunking" noise it makes in slow motion!