Smokey Hollow Farm

As you may have heard recently, Karl (formerly Carly, b4 his coming out of the closet), had turned into a mean ol SOB, attacking Pat and DJ at every chance he got.

 Well, we decided it was time for Karl to have an attitude adjustment, so Friday evening, Pat snatched him by the legs out of the coop, and locked him into a dog cage.  He was not a happy camper, but had no way to get through the metal caging.

 Next morning, I setup the turkey roaster pot with water, and got it up to temp, and went to the barn to retrieve that mean ol SOB.  I grabbed him by the feet, and off we went, back up the hill to visit the cones!  In he went, I was quick to do the deed, BUT, out the guy flew, he SHOT backwards out of the cone, and took off running!  So, here I am with my cute yellow gloves, running all over the dang farm chasing this mean rooster (bleeding…him, not me).  Down the hill to the barn, halfway back up the hill, then down the hill again, all the while Pat is right there with me as we try to trap him any way we can.  FINALLY, after much huffing and puffing, he goes into the old chicken coop room in the barn, and I step in behind him, closing the door.  Just before, I had told Pat we might just have to shoot his A**, so she was just heading towards the house to get the 22.  I hollered for her to come hold the door since there is no latch on the inside.  I get him, and up the hill we go, and the deed is done! (FINALLY).  Pat and I look at each other, and say…aren’t we getting ready to do 900 or so more of these?  We better improve our skills pretty quickly!  WHAT are we doing??

 So, Karl spent the next couple of days resting in the cool refrigerator, before we sent him off to Hamilton Beach last night.  OOPS, I think the heat of the Beach got to him, oh well, he will be the star of the Tortilla Chicken (rooster in this case) soup tonight!

Karl - After the Beach

Ring, ring, ring…this is the post office, we have some little chicks here for you to pick up. 7 am this morning! The first Freedom Rangers have arrived, and they are all tucked in tonight in the brooder. Here we go!

We are accepting reservations and deposits for pastured poultry,  look  under Pat’s Pastured Poultry for details!