For a sad tale, that's highly amusing, and very skilfully done. And those chickens! My girls aren't half as photogenic but they're rescues and have had a hard start in life.
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For a sad tale, that's highly amusing, and very skilfully done. And those chickens! My girls aren't half as photogenic but they're rescues and have had a hard start in life.
I have taken so many pictures of chickens over my chicken rearing years, but that is the only one I could find on my computer today. The only one! I wonder where all the photos go, like socks. And happy marriages.
What does a hard start to a chicken's life look like? Were they rescues?
We rescue ex-battery hens from a local sanctuary. When they arrive with their combs all drooping and lots of bald patches and sores, they're the cutest but most pathetic thing you're likely to see. After a few months of TLC though, they're running about, playing chicken with the dogs, and generally having a ball. I hope you don't mind me messing up your page with photos. If you do just shout and I'll delete.
Awww...that's so sweet. We had chickens on and off when my son was little, and he used to love playing with them. They definitely have cute little personalities. At one point we had a rooster who wouldn't eat until I petted him. He'd jump up on the roof of the coop, and do a little dance until he got his pets, while he watched the hens eat. Then once I patted him a bit he'd jump down and eat. Little character.
We get great laughs out of our chucks and their antics and they're some of the best conversationalists I know:)
I don't mind at all. That poor thing when you got him! Horrible. Thank you for doing what you do! Oh I miss my ladies something awful. They were so entertaining, and loyal. I don't have room for them in my new home, but I think I will try quails as a substitute. I would like to have a protein source (eggs) when SHTF.
haha I have a cat who does that! He has to have his morning loving, then he pretty much disappears for the rest of the day.
I agree with @deirdyweirdy, that's perhaps the funniest tragic tale I've ever read. "Let's move to the country where chickens don't have to fight for a living" is still making me laugh, even as I cut and paste it into this comment. I mean, I guess at least the chickens were bound for happier lives, even if the couple wasn't 🤣.
Side note: I'm curious, how did the husband (is that the right word for him, btw, husband? Or is he more like a "male wife"? I know it's not pc to say such things in the current environment, but it's hard to tell who's the boy and who's the girl here, which is also quite entertaining) happen to have a glass eye?
It makes me want to do chain fiction. Do people still do that here?
When you've answered my questions, I'll answer yours.
It's a freewrite! I dunno, they didn't tell me!
What is chain fiction?
🤣 ok fair enough. I'm still waiting for my characters to tell me a bunch of stuff too.
Chain fiction...I think that's what it's called. It's where one person starts a story, the next person picks it up from there, and so on, until you have a whole (usually really weird) story from beginning to end.
BTW I suspect that some of your questions might be answered in EP 4. But maybe not. It depends on how much JK and JPJ are willing to divulge.
I'm game. Let's just do it. My freewrites often are snippets of a longer untold story. I used to host wewrite contests with those, but contests proved to be a bit too much work, for too little return, for me. The continuations were cool to read though, how people go into radically different worlds was very interesting.
Agreed, we should just do it. We need to rope in a few more participants, tho. Any ideas?
check out the continuation I just wrote per request (begged for actually) by @buckaroobaby. It's mostly a wrapped up story at this point. You've rejoined us at an especially good time, freewritehouse is hopping! Perhaps @deirdyweirdy, @trucklife-family, @riverflows, @felt.buzz, @carolkean, @itsostylish, @deeanndmathews would be interested. How does it work? Does the first author tag someone to finish it, or do we just see who responds? Do the subsequent stories have to be freewrites?
Oh I L.O.V.E that idea! Finishing other stories could be entertaining ..... or embarressing. I guess it depends which side of the story you're holding the pen
I dunno. I guess we get to make up the rules! I propose we keep it in freewrite for this first try. I think we need a hashtag for it (#chainfiction? #exquisitecorpse?), and somebody should do a post that lists the episodes in order as they come out. I'm not sure how to choose the order of who goes when, tho. This can get very confusing if not handled properly. Any suggestions? When we're ready, I'd be happy to do a post inviting and tagging participants, unless someone else wants to do it.
The old tag was #we-write ... someone starts it, authors have a week to finish it ... BUT then, there is a possibility of #chainfiction ... but the challenge then becomes that we end up writing a big "Choose Your Own Adventure" story ... two different episodes X lead to people writing different follow-ups, and suddenly, you have two alternative universes... or more ... BUT, hey, #tree-write is possible too ... just accept the tree format, and ask people to mark whose previous entry they are responding to!
I would be up for this too, if it happens please tag me as I might miss it otherwise. Thanks for thinking of me @owasco xxxxxx