A red rooster sauntered down South Street in Collierville three months ago and now makes daily visits to Gus's Fried Chicken at 215 S. Center, cock-a-doodle-doodling to herald his arrival.
It's not lost on customers and staff that the rooster is visiting the one place that's built its success on battering and frying up the rooster's kin-fowl -- one breast, wing or thigh at a time.
"Every morning, you can hear him crowing coming down the street," said restaurant manager Debi McCaffrey. "He crosses that street and just pecks around in the grass."
A red rooster sauntered down South Street in Collierville three months ago and now makes daily visits to Gus's Fried Chicken at 215 S. Center, cock-a-doodle-doodling to herald his arrival.
It's not lost on customers and staff that the rooster is visiting the one place that's built its success on battering and frying up the rooster's kin-fowl -- one breast, wing or thigh at a time.
"Every morning, you can hear him crowing coming down the street," said restaurant manager Debi McCaffrey. "He crosses that street and just pecks around in the grass."
He goes there because he's 'into' legs and breasts.
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Some of these chickens received sweaters as part of a British project to rehabilitate abused battery hens. Others have owners who want warm, stylish pets. Regardless, you really can’t go wrong with a sweater. More power to you, chickens.
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Below the greenhouse is a fenced in area that has the 3 chicken hutches. They have 1 for the 3 ducks and 2 for the 8 chickens. But she said the chickens all crowd into one anyway
They're taking the hutches with them But we're buying new ones!
So, yesterday, I found three dark eggs together in the nesting box I'd emptied the day before, so I had one fresh each of the three dark eggs for comparion. One is a uniform medium dark brown, which I assume was produced by Eleanor, my Black Copper Marans. Another was a lighter brown (aka 'terra cotta'), but with freckles darker than the brown on Eleanor's egg. This was the product of Chance, my Welsummer. So, the remaining egg, roughly the same color as Eleanor's, but with slightly darker, smaller, speckles randomly scattered. Something of a cross between the egg of Eleanor and the egg of Chance...this is the egg of Dora, my pullet, who is Eleanor's niece and part Welsummer, but no relation to Chance.
I had been wondering where Sonja was laying her beige eggs, as they'd disappeared from the chalet nesting box. I found three today in one of the old nesting baskets. I suspect she'd got another stash hidden away somewhere else, because we're short more than just three of her eggs. She's taking a raft of grief from Ingrid, evidently.
Ingrid, at seven years, is still laying her green eggs. More erratic than ever, but they still show up occasionally.
Re: The Catch-All Chicken Heart Thread
I want the second one. It has the more realistic crow. Oh, who am I kidding? I want them both.
But we're buying new ones! 
Very, very nice.
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