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Mar 20, 2014 16:25

Craigslist subject line says: "Free Pet Rooster, To Approved Home Only." Yeah, I don't even have to click through. This is some softhearted idiot who decided to raise laying chickens and found they or their neighbors can't cope with the noise of a rooster around. And they're We Must Not Hurt The Cute An' Fluffy Animals vegetarians who can't bear ( Read more... )

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filkerdave March 21 2014, 00:06:08 UTC
Mmm...coq au vin

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akirlu March 21 2014, 05:36:28 UTC
Well, I'd think there's at least the chance that they get turned into wethers and sold off to someone's rental brush-clearing herd. I don't know of any similar uses for chickens. Of course, baby goats are also cuter, so if you don't like gamy meat, there's extra incentive to find work for 'em.

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houseboatonstyx March 21 2014, 06:58:47 UTC
Well, we happened to just such a rooster a few years ago, and got him a few hens for company. Great eggs, real eggs from happy hens. We liked his music, and the neighbors' rooster too.

Of course it may help that in our semi-rural area the neighbors are, as Hipshot Percussion said, scattered some.

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akirlu March 21 2014, 14:08:05 UTC
It's swell when it works out, and fresh eggs are amazing ( ... )

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randy_byers March 21 2014, 16:20:18 UTC
Amen.

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