chicken to go !

   last evening , just prior to the last ray of sunshine… i’m out by the hen-house gingerly attempting to persuade the free-range chickens…. i’ts time to retire for the day…. slowly , deliberately , cautiously crowding the herd towards the open chicken house door… just ten feet away ….
  the quiet portion of the [...]

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yard art indescretion….

   i got  home today , anxious to complete the final trim work before the carpet layers arrive later this week…. i got busy laying the base and door trim down the hall at the top of the stairs… upstairs to measure.. downstairs to cut.. then back up to nail…
  during one of these multiple trips [...]

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legs and thighs

   traffic along interstate 30 in dallas came to an abrupt halt shortly after day-break today… as a semi load of live chickens over turned blocking all progress in the west bound lane… that old saying about …”chicken one day , feathers the next ” proved inaccurate as early motorist’s had both on the same day… a [...]

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junk chickens

 ed and i reluctantly attended the  pre-service coffee drinking and jam session at bible class today… cautiously keeping a close eye on the front door… apprehensively awaiting the arrival of w.w. (red ) walser…
   would he arrive with a coop full of rejected roosters , or packing heat ?  finally he entered … obviously ignoring [...]

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rooster round-up

 ed and i came to the mutual conclusion that seven prolific adult roosters was a fertility over-kill for our minimal herd of fourteen  hens… thats two roosters for each hen….
  old friend and chicken entrepreneur red w.w. walser of nocona loaded our one sided purchase with unwanted juvenile roosters back last summer… obviously he can [...]

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roho’s frigid

  cold temperatures and strong winds closed the damper on week end activities in montague county… mercury  refused to rise.. the wind refused to lay… it ranged from unpleasant to down right miserable depending on your exposure to the north wind….
    activities were restricted to cooking or cleaning… watching  the clint eastwood channel or doing [...]

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choke the chicken !

  santa , by way of ed fenotee , brought me a dancing chicken…that’s what i said… a battery operated animated stuffed rhode island red that squawks and crows and flops his wings… he stands about a foot tall and wears those big yellow feet out dancing all over the cabinet top to banjo blue-grass…. [...]

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prime rib & second hand chickens

   i arrived at ed’s about a quarter to seven this morning… he was already brewing coffee… had a cast iron skillet full of italian sausage on the stove , another full of square-head bacon on the back burner… slicing tough italian bread for the toaster..the t.v. was tuned in on the r.f.d. channel..
     i [...]

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basket case chicken

 several dedicated readers have expressed concern for the well being of carter-joe following the traumatic five week confinement in the bob-cat trap…
    the diagnosis is mixed at best… while he still crows from time to time , the obvious shell-shocked condition of his mental status is cause for concern…post traumatic stress is evident..
   his behavior [...]

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manger chicken

  everyone is familiar with the true meaning connected to this Christmas season… how Jesus was born in the Jewish city of Bethlehem some two thousand years ago… in the humble surroundings of a stable… how artist portray the scene of Jesus laying in a manger of straw , wrapped in swaddling clothes.. with curious [...]

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