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[Trinity]

Trinity rearranges himself in the chair until his head is bent over the table as if reading.  Both arms are now limp by his side and he is still asleep.  At least the snoring has stopped.  Now Trinity is drooling on the table and intermittently 'peeping':

"Peep....................................peep.........................................peep peep."

[gophergrease]

Gopher Grease comes into the kitchen with  his hands full of skewers. Each having 3 very small birds, roasted to golden brown. He lays them out on  a platter of yellow rice.

Anyone hungry?

[Trinity]

 
Trinity's head jerks up and he falls out of the chair.  After a moment of clammoring, he finally is able to get back up and says:  "Ah shore do!!  <<whisper on>> Hey, them ain' lil' chicks, is they?  Miss FFG is gonna be mighty angry!!!  I suggest we eat these thangs in hurry! <<whisper off>>"

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother frowns a little.

"Are you intentionally trying to confuse me? Our eggs don't have that bloody spot, but Slim says they're all fertilized."

[Silver Creek Slim]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother frowns a little.

"Are you intentionally trying to confuse me? Our eggs don't have that bloody spot, but Slim says they're all fertilized."

Often times we will notice "bloodspots" on the yolk upon cracking. This should not be confused with fertilization of the egg. Bloodspots or "meat spots" as some refer too are actually tiny broken blood vessels.

Source article

"If a rooster has access to the hens, all the eggs will be fertilized. If ya don't believe me, go watch the chickens fer a couple hours."

[Silver Creek Slim]

Delmonico looks at the above posts and coments;   "Ya'd think slim could find us a chicken scematic diagram. ...

Mr. Google let me down this time. He can't find a picture of a rooster's anatomy. 

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim overhears the talk about the little birds. He enters the kitchen with his "Mighty Ten". "Dem birds on a stick better not be my chicks!" 

[Delmonico]

Yep, but just the little roosters, might as well since you can't find us a scematic.

[Silver Creek Slim]

"Yer off the hook if dem are cockerels."

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

"That still doesn't explain why we don't have the blood spots on our... " the Frumpy Fairy Godmother's voice drifts off as she sees the little birds. She stares, horrified.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

(I should not have Googled this during lunch, and I am not going to post the picture, but if you want to see the rooster's reproductive anatomy, here it is: http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/course/3443/study/AnatomyMale/poultry/sld002.htm 
and
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/course/3443/study/AnatomyMale/poultry/sld006.htm

Blech.

AnnieLee)

[Silver Creek Slim]

(I should not have Googled this during lunch, and I am not going to post the picture, but if you want to see the rooster's reproductive anatomy, here it is: http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/course/3443/study/AnatomyMale/poultry/sld002.htm 
and
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/course/3443/study/AnatomyMale/poultry/sld006.htm

Blech.

AnnieLee)

Thanks.
But, I don't think I'd want to try to caponize in fear of killing the cockerel, unless someone showed me first.

[Silver Creek Slim]

On that note, Slim jumps on his horse and rides northeast. "See y'all on Monday."

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother runs out on the porch and waves.

"Travel safely, Slim, come back smiling!"

[Delmonico]

Looks 'bout like pheasant guts to me.

[gophergrease]

FFg, you can relax, I found a covey of quail down by the river. I walked 20 feet and had over 30 birds in the air. That what we was eating last night, not your little babies.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother whirls back around, dashing into the kitchen. She swoops down on GopherGrease, picking him up in a big hug and kissing both his cheeks.

"Thank you!"

[Trinity]

"Ah thought them little bugars tasted a little gamey.  They was good though.  Ol' Slim done fergot 'bout them birds in a hurry come time to leave, din't he??  Shows you were his priorities lie. 

Oh, in slide 2 of them pictures of the reproductive tract of the rooster it shows a vent.  Ah wonder if that is the pumpernickel vent   " 

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The quiet of the pre-dawn hour finds the Frumpy Fairy Godmother gently swinging back and forth on the porch, her strong fingers wrapped around a warm mug of coffee. With a soft smile, she listens to the small sounds and watches the sky lighten into morning.


After a time, she rises, going back into the house. The light in the cupola is on for a time, then is extinguished. She glides back onto the porch, a carpet bag in her hand, then vanishes with a small scattering of glittering sawdust.

On the kitchen table is a note:
"I'll should be back later on. Try to behave."

( I'm going shooting! YAY!!    AnnieLee, with her carpet bag and a whole lot of other stuff.)

[Delmonico]

Delmonico reads the note and mutters somthin' 'bout durn Virginny carpet baggers.