My husband and I bought a farm after living in Toronto for fourteen years. We farmed for ten years and every year I raised enough chickens for our family of five and extra ones for our city living relatives. I had more than fifty chickens in the freezer every fall. The chickens had their own coop behind the barn, but they had the habit of wandering into the barn to peck up any spilled ‘chop (coarsely ground corn and grain). They sometimes got in my husband’s way when he was doing chores. One time I was walking into the barn from the back door which was usually open in the summer. He tried to shoo one of the chickens away and it wouldn’t move. So he grabbed it and hurled it toward the back door, not aware that I was just entering the barn. It fluttered right at my head. “ Yikes!!” I screamed. It was just just too funny to be mad. Never a dull moment on the farm! Anne
Anne ... so good you sense of humor prevailed. As you say .... never a dull moment on the farm. Susan > From: dreera@sympatico.ca > To: donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 15:42:40 -0400 > Subject: [DVHH] Ckickens > > My husband and I bought a farm after living in Toronto for fourteen years. We farmed for ten years and every year I raised enough chickens for our family of five and extra ones for our city living relatives. I had more than fifty chickens in the freezer every fall. > The chickens had their own coop behind the barn, but they had the habit of wandering into the barn to peck up any spilled ‘chop (coarsely ground corn and grain). They sometimes got in my husband’s way when he was doing chores. > One time I was walking into the barn from the back door which was usually open in the summer. He tried to shoo one of the chickens away and it wouldn’t move. So he grabbed it and hurled it toward the back door, not aware that I was just entering the barn. It fluttered right at my head. “ Yikes!!” I screamed. It was just just too funny to be mad. > > Never a dull moment on the farm! > > Anne > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message