After laughing over all the hijinks's Marmite Toastie has had with her Chickens, I got a little jealous and lot envious and decided to see about getting some chickens on my own.
I found an interesting website chock full of information on "how-to's" and "what you do's" and read it over with all the intense concentration one would devote to a corporate stock prospectus. I also sounded out a couple really good friends about the idea.
One friend sent me this really neat link to a how-to build your own Chicken Coop video. Of course, I would add lavender or lemon scented sawdust and then fill it up with warm snugly herby scented hay. If I'm going to have a Chicken Ranch, I'm going to do it right.
The other friend had some pretty good words of advice.
She recommended checking out the zoning laws to see if I could legally have chickens in my backyard. After a number of fruitless calls to the county, I was redirected to my township code office and their on-line code website.
After learning I could have a private Helipad, if I limited myself to less than ten takeoffs and landings a day, I found this gem:
Keeping Of Pets
Domestic animals that are normally considered to be kept in conjunction with a dwelling for the pleasures of the resident family. This shall include dogs, cats, small birds, racing pigeons, gerbils, rabbits and other nonpoisonous animals commonly sold in retail pet shops. - [Added 4-7-2005 by Ord. No. 524]
I'm going to interpret that as a definite "It's Ok!".
...but then my friend, who is a genius by the way, said, "Maybe you could start with a virtual chicken? Maybe a poster board cutout of a chicken? You could move it around a few times a day, pretend like it moves on its own."
I thought to myself, "Yes!! YES!! That's a great idea!" So I got some cardboard, taped a small wooden stake to it, and went looking for chicken picture on the Internet to print out to paste on the cardboard.
May I introduce to you, my new virtual pet? Please say "Hi!" to Shake N. Bake!
Here's a close up of Ol' Shake. Ain't he handsome?
Gosh, I'm as pleased as punch! and you know something? I've already discovered an upside to keeping a Chicken.
You don't even have to blank out their "privates" for modesty sake!
Umm... Happy April Fools Day!
14 comments:
*beats ya with a rubber chicken*
badass
I don't even know where to begin.
First off, I don't remember the last time I laughed that long.
Second, you got me at the end. When I saw that picture of the chicken, I almost died laughing.
I'm glad you had fun with your chicken. You'll be the envy of your entire neighborhood, I'm sure.
LMAO! You're nuts, you know that?
Yup so far the best April Fool's Day joke/story, but then again, it isn't quite 6am yet.
*giggle!*
I also very much enjoyed the conversation about your panties too.........oops, I mean underwear. I don't think you'll ever look at them the same way again, lol!
Lol, silly :)
That's just wrong!
You one silly man! LMAO! Funny
Funny thing we had chickens when I was growing up. I'll tell you about that sometime else because everyone would gross out if they heard the whole story! (bout how my mom would kill them for supper)
I've heard that story about how Karla's mom would kill the chicken for supper, and she is right...best to tell you about that sometime else. Like on that long ride up here to my place next month. LOL
Hope you're having a good day.
OMG I roared out loud with laughter! Scared me and the devil pooch of mine I was laughing so hard. Dayum ya got me! Ya even stuck a stick up... oh never mind.
You definitely made my day, dear man.
u r so goofy...
i was driving to dallas the other day for a friend..and saw a bunch of cone heads...so all i could think of was ...on man...ole k. wouldl love this..
What you have done here IgGy is,, well lets says its like hireing a maid and then have her model Nude......by the way , hen poop is great for your garden, its a fertilizer and there wont be that many weeds because of the amonia...but then again there's the smell.and last but not least. If you have a hen house, your going to get visted by either a fox or a skunk.They both have a fixxtion for chicken...Jr
loool that was amusing to read!
very witty
well done :)
Smiling, glad Ive been such an influence on you.... lol
x
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