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Our Family’s Fowl Stories!
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n 1907, my grandmother lived in an
old gold mining town where the town’s
18 children attended its one-room school.
When her family needed produce, she
walked by herself to a farm.
The farm had a bedraggled rooster. When
she was six-years old, she was horrifi ed to
witness the farmer kick the bird. Just like
Jack and the Beanstalk, my Grandmother
forgot about the produce, paid the man for
the rooster and carried it home.
The rooster’s name is long forgotten, but
not what he did. When the farmer came to
visit her parents, the rooster recognized him
and immediately herded all his “new” hens
(sister-wives) into the hen house. He would
not let the cackling bunch out until the cruel
man left.
The rooster loved my grandmother’s
family. When she and her father took their
nightly walks, the dog, the cat . . . and the
rooster followed in a little parade.
Just like my grandmother taught her
daughter, who taught her daughter (me), I
taught my daughter, Ariel, to be kind to ani-
mals. Ariel is now teaching her children the
same principles for their pets on their 11-
chicken urban farm.
“Sweet Cheeks had some tangled feath-
ers,” said Ariel, “so I carried her into the
kitchen (her fi rst mistake) to trim some of
them. Luckily, I don’t have to do it often,
because it’s a challenge.”
My grandson, Yossa, sat in his Easter
Bunny gift, a little green chair, to watch his
mother “doctor” the chicken. The boy is cu-
rious about everything that has to do with
animals, so he had a front row seat right be-
side his mother. That was her second mis-
take!
“I fl ipped Sweet Cheeks over,” said Ariel,
“and focused on where to begin. All of a
sudden everything exploded into fur and
feathers!”
Probably because she was sleep deprived
from the recent birth of her second child,
Ariel forgot to check on the location of her
three inside cats! (Major third mistake!)
That is when the barnyard musical, with-
out the music, began!
Unseen, her black and white cat, Cecil,
had entered the room. As quick as a fl ash,
Cecil was on top of them! He must have
thought she had brought in a bird “gift”
for him and he was beyond thrilled, so he
jumped up to claim it!
Ariel screamed!
The unhurt bird screamed and fl ew off
yelling, “Help!” “Help!” in Chickenese.
The loud squawking scared Cecil, so he
ran in the opposite direction.
Jumping up and scrambling behind his
chair, Yossa’s eyes had gone from intensely
focusing on the “fowl medical treatment” to
saucer size!
Now Ariel had two new problems: her
other two cats ran in to witness the commo-
tion while Sweet Cheeks was doing her best
to run on wood fl oors.
When Ariel screamed, her husband put
the baby down, and just like the cats, he
rushed into chicken chaos central!
He found Ariel running after Sweet
Cheeks while trying to keep the returned
Cecil at bay. She caught the bird before the
other two cats could unfreeze their startled
stance. The felines’ stunned and bewildered
expressions asked, “What the heck is going
on!” (Her husband was thinking the same
thing!)
Their old deaf dog slept through it all.
“After things settled down,” said Ariel, “I
couldn’t stop laughing. Wish you had seen
it, because you missed one good show! Just
another day at our house! Sweet Cheeks
was unhurt and is back with her fl ock and
our family has lived through another hilari-
ous pet experience.”
Their family recently adopted some baby
chicks. Nestled in their box in the car on the
way home, little Yossa gently talked to them,
soothing them. Then he helped his father
put together their bedding, food/water and
a warm light. The youngster was so thrilled
about the new additions that at bedtime he
climbed out of bed three times, checking on
them and wishing them a “Good Night”. He
takes caring for his baby sister and chicks
seriously. Oh, and he’s named the chicks af-
ter three of his favorite things!
They shall hence forth be known as, “Hal-
loween, Chocolate and Minion”.
Photo by Ariel Mam
Angel Scribe’s three-year-old grand-
son, Yossa, is a pint-size farmer.
Ever since he could toddle, toss
grain and collect eggs, he’s been
caring for chickens. The following
comical chicken moments happened
to our family over 100 years!
Dehydration in pets can lead to major
health problems. Angelscribe’s cats love
their teal drinking fountain designed by a
veterinarian. “Proper hydration plays a big
role in a pet’s health,” said Willie Wallace,
CEO of the PetSafe brand water fountain,
“and can save pet parents a trip to their vet’s
offi ce.” www.PetSafe.net
Place water bowls outside for birds, wild
animals, stray pets, bees and butterfl ies.
With the water shortage, many communi-
ties are not watering lawns or running wa-
ter fountains leaving insects/birds/animals
without a water source.
Humans are comprised of 65 percent wa-
ter. Tea and coffee are diuretics and deplete
our water, requiring us to consume more
water! Place FULL drinking glasses around
the house/offi ce, reminding you to drink
water.
TIPs
Now when Ariel works on a chicken she
takes it into the bathroom and closes the
door. All three cats sit safely outside.
What is your funniest pet memory?
angelscribe@msn.com
Cool Chickens!
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Place a pan of water in front of a fan. The
water evaporates, so refi ll often.
Use a water spray bottle to gently spray
chickens.
Freeze water and corn in cupcake pans for
fowl to peck during hot weather.
Adopt Loving Pets
www.PetFinder.com
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Facts are stubborn things, but
statistics are more pliable.
— Mark Twain
cent, from 386 million board
feet to 367. However, the USFS
saw an increase of approximate-
ly 14 percent on Oregon’s east
side, notably in Grant and Har-
ney counties, where stewardship
contracting work is underway
on the Malheur National Forest
— the second consecutive year
of increases in locations where
these collaborative agreements
are in place. These east-side
harvest levels were offset, how-
ever, by the decrease in harvest
on national forests in western
Oregon.
State forestlands increased
from 230 million board feet in
2014 to 290 million board feet
in 2015, for an overall 26 per-
cent increase in timber harvest.
Private Industry harvest de-
creased statewide by 10 percent
from 2014 to 2015 to 2.36 bil-
lion board feet. Non-industrial
private landowners had an ap-
proximate 19 percent decrease
in harvest, statewide, for a 2015
total of 453 million board feet.
The 2015 Oregon Timber
Harvest Report is available on-
line at http://www.oregon.gov/
ODF/Pages/Reports.aspx. (Go
to the subsection for “Datasets”
and select “Oregon Timber Har-
vest Data”.)
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