Gretchen turned me from a hater to a lover. What greater tribute can I give than that? For years, pre-Gretchen, I urged co-op members not to get naked-neck chickens. No, no, no—anything but a turken. From day one, she changed all that. She drew me in and I couldn’t stop staring at her. Months later, when flock would come running toward me, I only had eyes for her. She stood out—glorious naked neck and all. But it wasn’t just her grotesquely gorgeous appearance: Gretchen was a curious, expressive, bold, and endearing chicken. I’ll always remember her.
Ok So maybe some of these are more like country blues but here they all are. Next step: lyrics.
“My baby flew the coop and ended up in noodle soup”
“Sunrise ain’t worth a cock a doo”
“My comb is a flop and my eggs won’t drop”
“When you flew the flock you made me a lonely cock”
“My legs so skinny, my butt so big”…
My wattles won’t wiggle no more”
“I’m molting and I look like Hell,”
“You cock a doodle do me so wrong”
“I’m all cooped up”
“Ain’t a drop in my shrunken crop”
“Don’t leave me cause I’m molting.”
“I cocka a doodle don’t”
“All you left me was feathers and fertilizer”
“When you left the coop you made this cock droop”
“That hen’s house ain’t no place for chickens”
“I’m to chicken to love love love you”
“I’m a rooster but I lost my strut”
“You flew the coop now all that’s left me is stinky poop”
“It might be the dust mites”
“My cloaca burns for you”
“I’m so angry I could molt”
“Nobody mounts me no mo”
“If I could just kiss your cloaca again”
“Feel like I been molting all my life”
“I’m broody and I haven’t laid for weeks”
“I got a sad sad tail”
“The Andelusian Blues”
Definitely Country/Western
“I got spurs but I can’t ride”
“Home on the free range”
“I’m so lonesome I could fly”
“You keep pluck pluck plucking at my heart”
The controversy rages: Which of the new roosters at Lucky Cluck is more fabulous? Have a look at these two portraits and you’ll know this is not an easy choice.
White-faced Black Spanish cockerels are not supposed to develop extended white lobes until their second year. This means that Salvador is prematurely sexy and will only get more so as time goes on.
Grotesuely gorgeous, The Darkon has grown into a massive and robust bird. Check the posting from June to see how much he has changed over the summer!
Stay tuned Lucky Cluckers as Miss Viola is now setting on three Silkie eggs that came to us straight from North Carolina! Yes, my home state. We can thank Liz Fox for her generosity in flying back east to visit family and pick up some pure bred Silkie eggs from a competent breeder. By the middle of the month we should have new babies! Becca, start coming up with some names.