Need a Laugh? Then Read Please!

Hey all! …We have a couple of new family members at the ranch here. A buddy of mine brought over a couple of Rooster’s! Yepper! ….we are now official chicken farmers. We live on 12 acres so the new Rooster’s are in heaven, with all kind of bugs to eat.

    We were trying to decide what to name them…and I came up with the idea of naming after the HW chronic pain members, or their spouses, ….so the First two are named “Red” (Named after Suzan’s husband)….and the second one is “Petey” or “Pete” named after our beloved friend Pete S. right down there in Florida.

 Both of them are huge birds and absolutely beautiful….they are a deep burgundy red color….and they crow all day long…..well at least in the early mornings and the late evenings.

   When they arrived,….Petey decided he didn’t want anything to do with being locked up in a temporary Rabbit hutch, and wiggled loose from my buddy’s arms….and took off at a full run across the yard! Now!.... “Red” wasn’t so lucky,.. and he is now sitting like a pouting little kid with his wings crossed and his lower beak hanging out! J

 He makes all kinds of noise when we come within 10’ of the “Rooster House”……I showed him the Biggreenegg Smoker just a few feet away, and he just rolled his eyes at me, and said “Give it your best shot buddy” …..Boy!...he is a cocky little thing! J

   I have gone out several times looking for Petey!....and actually have heard him crowing a few times….but boy!...he is a tough one to track down! Maybe he went fishing with the cat! J

    The plan is to let Red out of the Rooster House in a few days, and then maybe they will both hook back up. We think they both will return back to the Roster House in the evenings, as their chicken scratch and water is there.

I will update you all….as the Roster story unfolds!.......more to come…J

 Ladies!...don’t think you’re getting off so easy…..when we get some Hen’s….they all will be named after you all too! J

SE

Michael Eilert

How about your wife, is she into farming like you are, she has to be, in that kind of situation I would guess both of you have to love it.  I think thats great, part of what makes a good marriage (or partnership) is having things in common.  Farming to me seems like very hard work, and the noise and smells, well again lets just say you have to love it to do it.

I will be waiting for more on Red and Petey as life goes on at the farm. Thanks for the good laugh, that is something that always needed.

      ....and now!.... as Paul Harvey used to say "Here's the rest of the story!"

           Well..after a couple of nights searching the trees and weeds on the "chicken ranch"....We just could not find "Petey" anywhere, although I could hear him crowing everyonce in a while. So, I'm thinking at least we have one in the coop, and after a few days, surley his (Red's) homing instinct will click in...and my plan was to let him out this weekend for a Bug stroll.

     Surley he would undertsand that his scratch and water were in the coop, and return there every night! Well!...that was the plan anyway!

       So!...have any of you had, or have had a child, that you told them NOT,... to do something, and they ignore you're words with a smiling defiance? grrrr! GRRR!   Seems like,... we have one of those too! Our son (10yr), loves to explore everything, and often times expolres himself right into trouble or a pickel of sorts.

     Well, when we got the Roosters, I clearly told him not to open the lid of the coop, and his mother twice told him the same thing. Now after the speech, one would be thinking were safe right! WRONG!

       ......Yesterday, as I walked into the house, I noticed that him and his mother,... hovered over the kitchen table frantically drawing up plans on a piece of paper, to catch a chicken. I said "watcha up to?" and no responce!.....I instantly got a sinking feeling, and turned towards the sliding glass door, only to see the lid wide open on the "chicken coop!"....and not a Rooster to been seen anywhere! grrrr! GRRR!  I guess he said,.. he was trying to pet him, and did not realize, that Roosters are smart.

      ....all I can say it was lucky for him,... that it was his Birthday!    

         So now both Petey and Red are out on the lamb, hunting for fish bait (worms) together like long lost friends. Truly the old saying "Birds of a feather flock together" is ringing in my ears at the moment.  I swear I heard them late last night,...crowing a famiular tune "Catch me if you Can!"

   Now, after a cooling down period, I have come to the conclusion, that no harm was really done, as I had planned on letting them out to free range anyway's....what really bothered me is that my son disobeyed us both.

      The plan now, is to build a "Chicken Tractor" and purchase a few hen's for egg laying. Then maybe the roosters will join them. That should make for another story later!  

          I hope you all have enjoyed our experience, and I'm sure many of you have simular stories to tell. Please do so here on this thread.

    One more thing, I named the Roosters after people I admire, and am in no way poking fun at them. We love our new Roosters, and our CP friends as well.  

      Animals, can have a very healing and or calming effect for many a CP patient. They do for me!

          Thanks for taking the time to read this adventure of ours, and  hope you all are doing well today.

      SE  

     Chartreux, we have outdoor cats, and they have not bothered the chickens at all. I guess my wife's sister called, and she said we could build a combination rabbit hutch/chicken coop. Now thats a good idea!

       We just may do that!

           So!....Chartreux...I guess we will be looking for a black chicken...as that is the color of your breed of cat? LOL

    SE

     Thank's Lanie! I doo!... love the looks of these "Roosters" though! They are beautiful, and are so much fun to watch. Extreemly fast on their feet, and low and behold they can fly too! We found one up in a tree roosting 10' or so for the evening.

    Glad you stopped by to read it.

     SE