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azurelunatic) wrote2003-11-25 02:34 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2003-11-25 02:34 pm
Howling rooster
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votania's mousepad just howled (it's a wolf mousepad), and I realized suddenly how much I miss our old rooster Cello. He was a lovely bird, tall and black-feathered and shining and ever-so-dumb. But he tried hard, which is really all one can require of a rooster, and his birdy heart was in the right place. (I am in a position to judge the relative intelligence of chickens, and Cello was a lovely featherbrain, but not an idiot. He had common sense, but no guile.)
He learned how to crow from the dog yard next door. All of our other roosters had fine melodious crows (okay, some of the Old English banty roosters were a little screechy), but Cello sounded like he was a dog howling. He was very proud of himself, though. He was best friends with
swallowtayle's rooster Larkspur, and when Lark disappeared, he really didn't know what to do with himself. He was a tall rooster, as he was a Black Langshan; he was a bit taller than our very large fire extinguisher, a little over knee-height on my father. His feet were huge and half-covered in feathers. He stomped when he walked, louder than my father, who is a large man.
Confession
I found a "Chickens of the World" calendar! Each month had a different variety of rooster/hen in full color... with descriptions and names!
But by the time I went back there, it was gone. *sniff*
I shall endeavor to find it again... but until then, I thought you'd like to know that it exists and that it shall soon be yours. Oh yes, it shall.
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And anyway, if these are going to be free-range in any way, and older than their first fall, they won't be good for much anything but stewing. Happy, healthy, athletic chickens are terribly stringy.