Chicken roundup

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Well, today was the day for the big chicken roundup. We sold our entire flock to some friends. My buddy and his girlfriend live together with her three kids, all girls. Because they live out in the boonies and the girls are city raised they find themselves getting bored alot so the chickens were acquired to give the kids something to do. They also happen to be my biggest egg customer.

The coop was ready so they came over for the birds today. The roundup was pretty organized and we got them all into the back of my truck and I hauled them over to his place. I backed the truck up to his coop and we unloaded the chickens one by one.

The girls were all excited and soon, after each holding a hen in their laps, decided this was their favorite chicken but how could they be told apart? Well, it was decided to paint their nails a different color so a fair amount of time was spent painting the chickens nails----funny!

Then, one of the roosters was a bit horny and mounted one of the hens. The girls, being city raised, had never seen such a thing. Of course they were a little disturbed when the rooster grabbed the hens comb, or whats left of it and used it as his steady hold.

Of course they asked whats going on. I sez the rooster is fertilizing the hens egg. "What" she sez, "How does that work? When he bites her head her egg is getting fertilized?"

-- Anonymous, September 01, 2001

Answers

And how did you reply to THAT one? Or did you let their parents explain?

-- Anonymous, September 02, 2001

That's too funny! Is it really true? I mean, did she really say that!?

-- Anonymous, September 02, 2001

I'd like to know how you explain that also, John!! Details, we want details! Really cute story...but I bet you'll miss those chickens :-)!!!

-- Anonymous, September 02, 2001

I don't know whats going on with this puter but when I go to BTS, I go in thru "history" and click on the password link. I get the password prompt, do the password, click and get here. I know others have responded to this thread and the other I recently posted yet I show nothing here. We cleaned out cookies the other day cause the puter was getting really slow and since then things haven't been right. I can't get to the current stuff on CS, FSR or AVC either. I know the problem is on this end but what to do?

Any way, yup she really did ask that question which was promptly shunted to Gina, her mom. We visited today and all the girls were in the coop playing with the chickens. It seems the hens kinda like being lap chickens. And yeah, I do kinda miss them.

I'm gonna do it again next year when hopefully are set up a little better.

I'm gonna copy this before sending it so if it doesn't take maybe someone can clue me in to what I need to do to get back on track with the puter.

-- Anonymous, September 02, 2001


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