Age: 61
Joined: 05 Aug 2004
Posts: 4143
Location: West Union, SC
O That chicken can run! _________________ RunnerBiker ¿
"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." - Will Rogers
Dang sure can run! That takes me waaaaaaaaaaay back too. When I was like maybe 6 years old,my great Granpa gave me a pink baby chicken,and my brother a blue one. Mine was a hen. It didnt make it,but his lil rooster did. We had no where to keep them then,so we took the one that lived to granpa's farm. The rooster grew,and grew. My brother wanted to feed the chickens one day,as usual. He did,but his own rooster came off the fence,and chased him all around that chicken pen flogging him on his legs as he ran.Poor guy had on shorts.and had peck marks all over them legs before he could think to run OUT of the chicken pen. I couldnt yell to him to run to the door 'cause I was >>>>>>>> so haed I couldnt even get my breath. Thanx for the memories "O".
and BroBob
Age: 61
Joined: 05 Aug 2004
Posts: 4143
Location: West Union, SC
Great story lil elf. I can see that blue rooster chasing your brother. It makes me laugh too. _________________ RunnerBiker ¿
"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." - Will Rogers
Joined: 12 Sep 2004
Posts: 16036
Location: Coquille, OR
Cool story ET!
I was a kid when we moved to Oregon. My grandmother and grandfather had lived up here for several years before we moved up here. Anyway, we would drive out to Seven Devils and buy eggs from an older farming couple named Smith; probably as much for the ride as for the eggs.
One time Mrs. Smith gave me a couple bantam chicks - one black, one yellow. They turned out to be a rooster and a hen and were subsequently named, Salt and Pepper. They prospered and we had banty chickens everywhere.
Talk about a beautiful bird - he was gorgeous. Salt was the best watchdog anyone could want. He had long sharp spurs and he chased off everything. He was fearless.
It got so bad that he ended up in the stew pot whch no one could eat after I started crying and said, "We're eating Salt." _________________
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. - Robert Heinlein
Awwww "O". I'm so sorry about salt. Great story too tho. Needless to say tho....they could never get me near that chicken pen NOR granpa's HUGE prize winning hawgs. I couldnt eat there either. I always felt like we were about to eat a animal I once knew. I feel ya on that! _________________
O That chicken can run!
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Great story too tho. Needless to say tho....they could never get me near that chicken pen NOR granpa's HUGE prize winning hawgs. I couldnt eat there either. I always felt like we were about to eat a animal I once knew. I feel ya on that!
