Okay, I am finally admitting it. Stella's a fella! Four mornings in a row now, exactly as the sun was peeking through the bluffs to the east of our farm, a funny sound squeaked it's way through the slightly open window of the henhouse. It was not the comforting warbly drone of a hen. No, indeed. It was a half-hearted cock-a-doodle-doo of a maturing rooster. Actually it was more of a cock-a-doodle...without the doo. I'm sure that the "doo" is soon to emerge as he learns all about this new thing called a voice. He is maturing quite beautifully and is suddenly twice the size of all the hens. This new man in our lives is now called STANLEY.
And did you know they have vending machines that sell bugs and worms??? We have a bait shop in town where we occasionally stop to get such delicacies for our chickens (did I mention that our chickens have it made?). Today we noticed that outside the store there is a vending machine. The bottom row contains the usual mountain dew, pepsi, and bottled water. The top three rows have containers of red worms and slugs! Kind of a weird concept, but good to know, just in case Stanley and associates run out.
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| STANLEY at 4 months |
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| Stanley Up Close and Personal |
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