Thursday, September 18, 2008

Frizzle and Chizzle; A Story of Unrequieted Love


This is Chizzle, in the hen house. She is destined to live here for life and can only leave on very rare and wonderful occasions. Why you ask?

By now you are familiar with Frizzle, the rooster. In addition to bothering the neighbors and being an overall nuisance, Frizzle is experiencing what we like to call his rooster adolescence. So you can imagine what is always on his mind. Frizzle, being a bantam, is also vertically challenged. Sadly, due to his size, he is largely unsuccessful in his efforts with the full sized birds.

As Chizzle is the only match in size for Frizzle, he is relentless in his pursuits. Chizzle has taken on the personality of an abused chicken. She never leaves the house and when she does, she is always looking over her shoulder. The only thing that saves Chizzle is that she is a great flier and she can easily reach the high perch to escape never ending torment.

The Big Kahuna!

Mark was told that if yet let the chickens free range, there eggs will become bigger. This is because they are expert at finding worms and I guess this gives them more protein. That being said, they were running around for about 2 hours one day and they next morning, Cordon Bleu laid the Big Kahuna. Julia measured and this egg was 6 inches around at the widest point and 3 inches from top to bottom. Additionally, this egg weighs about 3 ounces, our average eggs are weighing in at about 1.5 ounces. Needless to say, Bleu didn't lay another egg for 2-3 days after producing this noteworthy breakfast sandwich. BTW, we have yet to crack it open yet. The kids are convinced it will be a multiple yoke extravaganza.