Every morning for the past couple of months our neighbor’s feathered fiend, resembling the one in the photo, has been crowing in the early morning well before sunrise. Sometimes it sounds like a normal rooster cock-a-doodle-doo, but other times it sounds more like a raspy shriek that might be heard from an old lady whoContinue reading ““Bum Cluck””
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Cork-A-Doodle-Doo
A pleasant drive under partly sunny skies led us to Keel and Curley Winery where some light tasting followed by a wonderful meal left us quite satisfied. Afterwards we wandered the grounds past blueberry and strawberry plants, by a pig and some goats. Black and white speckled chickens clucked and squawked in a nearby cageContinue reading “Cork-A-Doodle-Doo”
Why Ain’t It Just a Chicken?
It walks like a rooster, clucks and crows like a rooster, but it ain’t no rooster! Really! Our infallible internet bird reference positively identifies it as a Red Jungle Fowl. Well maybe it is, but something in me just wants to cry foul over the naming of this fowl. But anyway, I may still justContinue reading “Why Ain’t It Just a Chicken?”