I wonder why they look so much wiser now than in a few months when they become bug-eyed chickens?
Around here a lot of people raise chickens in large chicken houses; we often see the frantic fowls on their way to Gerber Poultry in Kidron, stacked in crates 15 high, on the backs of long semi-trucks, feathers flying.
Last week, at 1:00 a.m., one of the trucks headed north turned over; the quick-witted driver escaped through the window. Meanwhile the chickens awaited their destiny, as the fuel-covered truck threatened to burn. Neighbors, apparently not sound sleepers, descended on the scene and saved 2000 of the chickens for the processing plant. The others? While some did perish when the truck began to burn, I suspect that more than a few, no longer up to Gerber’s standards after their wild night, were still edible enough to be tucked away in someone's freezer. :-9
I wonder why they look so much wiser now than in a few months when they become bug-eyed chickens?
ReplyDeleteAround here a lot of people raise chickens in large chicken houses; we often see the frantic fowls on their way to Gerber Poultry in Kidron, stacked in crates 15 high, on the backs of long semi-trucks, feathers flying.
Last week, at 1:00 a.m., one of the trucks headed north turned over; the quick-witted driver escaped through the window. Meanwhile the chickens awaited their destiny, as the fuel-covered truck threatened to burn. Neighbors, apparently not sound sleepers, descended on the scene and saved 2000 of the chickens for the processing plant. The others? While some did perish when the truck began to burn, I suspect that more than a few, no longer up to Gerber’s standards after their wild night, were still edible enough to be tucked away in someone's freezer. :-9
It's enough to make you a vegetarian.
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