Gardening, Chickening, and Life After Corporate America
I am %100 positive that anyone who has a pet or a child in the house can relate. You’re going about your business, head in the clouds when you manage to slide your bare foot or hand into something unexpectedly moist. You know well the onset of sheer panic as you try to figure out…
I just wanted to play Xbox with my kid. I’ve been anticipating the day when she’d be old enough to play games with me. It’s also an excuse to to buy the new hotness in game systems because it’s for the children… It was a special occasion to me. I’d finally get to share…
Read more Farm Chronicles: A dead chicken, a rooster attack, and copious amounts of vomit.
There is one rooster in my flock that does not get along with anyone. He can’t crow so he just sits around doing this awkward scream every time I come into the coop. None of the hens will mate with him, none of the other roosters respect him, and he just barrels high speed…
When I stepped into the backyard of the house in a quiet suburb, I was hit by the smell of shit and death. I had visited this place two weeks before and somethings had changed, namely the torn animal pens, the scattered feathers and chicken pieces, and the upset woman, April, who’d asked me…
Read more Farm Chronicles: For the Night Is dark and Full of Terrors
My husband is an all around good guy. Bob can build and repair almost anything. He enjoys the work and he has been industriously repairing, installing, and improvising improvements all over the property to make our home more comfortable for our family and animals. He has installed: A water softener and sediment filter so…
No one told me how much rape I might witness on a farm. None of the chicken sex that I have witnessed in the past two weeks seemed to be pleasant or consensual. I watched that rooster run down every hen on the yard and tag them. They ran from him but it didn’t matter.…
