Ohiofarmgirl'sAdventuresinTheGoodLand-where ya been? whatcha been doin

[savingdogs]

So sorry you lost your milking buddy......I try not to have favorites with the poultry but it is just so hard.

Whatever she was, I think you should plan on ordering a passel of them in the spring in her honor!

 

[freemotion]

Yep, my big regret is that I didn't eat George. He woulda taken some chewing, but I woulda! Cook 'em up, OFG! And feed a bit back to the hens for revenge!

 

[colowyo0809]

well. i imagine i'll be doing some repentin' later but for now my blood is still pretty hot. so i'll work on that later. but here's my full confession:

saturday nite i went out to find one of my favorite little hens, Imp, dead. obviously one of the Brothers Dread - the 2 black australorp roos I kept back from our last rooster day - had cornered her and killed her in a fit of "passion," so to speak. she didnt have a chance.

we'd noticed the 2 huge black roos were starting to feel their oats, and together with a 3rd (a buff orp) they were starting to terrorize the hens. and starting to crowd me while i was out there. i banded the worst one and he (and that golden one) was going to be included we had another hen house harvest. but hadnt gotten around to it. i'm sick now that i didnt just get it done.

my little Imp was a singleton from a couple summers ago - she was the perfect hen for here - a good layer, heavy in body and perfectly wedge shaped, the tiniest little comb, and a sweet little disposition. she figured out the goats spill their food when they are on the milking stand so she was my milking helper and always at my feet. not two days earlier i had decided that in the spring i'd pair her up with the best roo and get a bunch of her eggs into the incubator.

and there she was in a heap.

i came out of the hen house swinging.

everyone ran.

The Big Man got ahold of me and said we should snatch up the offenders and we'd take care of them the following day (sunday). i was good with that.

my hubby gently took up poor Imp and i went after the roosters. and "snatch up" is just what i did - Dog#1 helped me. there was some feather loss. i didnt feel bad. our two 'volunteers' sat nervously in their coops. i think one of the hens the black roo had previously cornered stood on the outside of the coop and said, "not so funny now, is it?" he didnt have any last words.

so yesterday after church we marched out there. well. i ran out there with a wild look in my eyes. we got our first volunteer... and unlike when Little Rooster Met His Untimely End: (http://adventuresinthegoodland.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-little-rooster-met-his-unjust-end.html)

I told The Big Man to use as much malice as he wanted to send that mean roo to glory. he did. and the next one too

we didnt even bother plucking, such was my rage. and i may have had an Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom moment (queue the Kali Ma dancers) when i ripped out that roos heart and snarled.. "This is for Imp you son-of-a-golly-what!"

i honestly think my hubby was afraid i'd eat that roo's heart right there. i didnt.

so anyway, the blood debt has been satisfied and my little Imp has gone on to her rest in that big hen house in the sky.

i noticed that one of the amish ladies was selling her home made noodles at one of the shops in town. so i'm fixin' to go down and get me some noodles... then i'll be fixin' some noodles. with a side of mean rooster.

order up!



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sorry this happened to your best roo!
love the visuals however, and its nice to find someone who gets the kalima reference

 

[Wifezilla]

Gotta love a good Indiana Jones reference. Too bad you didn't have your own lava pit, but I guess a boiling pot of soup will do in a pinch

Yes, unruly boys do need to join the diner's club. I think my duck hens must have told the 2 boys what the rule is around here. They have been very well behaved despite being in the throws of teenaged hormonal derangedness.

 

[colowyo0809]

If one of the junior roos is bugging a hen and the main roo doesn't respond quickly enough one of the other hens will respond, and send him running

 

[lorihadams]

Kali-maaaaa shaaaa teee tAAAAAAAAA........

Ya think that means "death to all who cross OFG"????

Sorry about your hen baby.....

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

thanks everyone.

i'm really just sick over poor Imp. when she was young she'd even sit in my lap and sing her happy chick song while i was squeezin' the goats.

and its never Hen #43 Model B that you find in a heap - always a named one.

oh well.

the roos were all getting testy (as it were) and trying to divide up the ladies in their harems. Little Pansy (our main man) was busting up the brawls, but really - he never really filled Fred's shoes. i coulda sent the hens on the bus downtown with Fred and never would have worried about them. but LP just didnt really measure up. i'd hoped one of the black roos would have filled in but that one was just mean and mostly they spent their time fighting each other and not watching the ladies.

we'll see if the remaining one fits in - otherwise its "to the pot."

we also kept Mr Tibbles - the salmon favorelle. he's a spectacular sight.. but not very big and i think his own ladies ran him off. he's taking on some of this spring's hatchlings.

so it will all work out i'm sure.

onward and upward, right? (sniff)

i'll have the last laugh..i got some fava beans and a nice chianti around here somewhere......

you know a lava pit would be really cool... hum.. (*walks off wondering if one could be built *)

 

[Javamama]

so sorry that happened to your hen. The little monsters deserved what they got. bad roos.

 

[Dace]

sorry about your little Imp.....you do tell the best stories though

 

[murphysranch]

Poor precious Imp. She knew she was loved. Glad those roos are now gone. Homemade noodles? yum!!! Are they similar to Chow fun noodles?