Austinist: I Am So Popular: Duty and the Beasts

kittythedog

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:02:37 -0600

Thanks for taking good care of the hens and loving them. I had forgotten Ginger! I feel bad about that. June was the sweetest thing, if I get chickens again I will definitely get another barred Plymouth Rock. I'll have to drive by that house and check it out. I think they got rid of the chicken coop, which is too bad because it was a nice one; it even had round shingles to match the house! Best of luck with the international travel!

Garreth

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:57:45 -0600

They don’t talk back and they worship the ground you walk on They worship it with pee.

spikegillespie

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:10:41 -0600

I LOVE goats! And yes, they have weird eyes. And I loved your chickens, too. June succumbed to death by heat when she got super nesty and wouldn't get up off her eggs to get water. I was out of town at the time and the chicken sitters found her. It was so sad. Ginger and Maryann went to live with friends. At one point, when they were still with me, Maryann was attacked by a raccoon. She was freaked out but I nursed her back to health. Fine, fine chickens. "Your" house is up for sale again. I can never drive by it w/o thinking of those birds.

kittythedog

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:09:49 -0600

In 2003 when my then-husband and I moved to San Marcos from Hyde Park, we gave you two of our hens. Were those the ones that keeled over? There was a Barred Plymouth Rock named June and a Black Australorp. Have you ever noticed that goats have creepy horizontal pupils? That just looks weird.

Jooley Ann

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:58:11 -0600

"He retreated to his garage, reappeared in an old torn shirt and paint stained shorts, and announced, 'These are my chicken killing clothes.'" That's one good man you've got there.