I'm sure when you saw the title of my blog you thought that it was me referring to myself as a chicken. I hope that you are not disappointed to find that this blog is about real chicken. The poultry. Fog Horn Leg Horn, the little red hen.
My tummy hurts a little bit, but I'm not sure if I'm hungry or ate something bad at lunch. I had a turkey sandwich. Maybe it wasn't free range turkey, but processed turkey. Maybe that's my problem. Now there is a topic to blog about. Free range chicken. Or Organic Chicken. What the heck is that? Is that anything like Wild caught fish vs. farm raised?
I'm trying to understand the free range chicken thing. I mean, are there chicken hunters? We know there are chicken farmers, who raise the .... that's right, farm raised chicken. But what about free range? Do they roam the forests and prairies wild? Do chicken hunters have to set up post and use chicken calls to pull the chickens out of the brush? Are they not allowed to shoot hens, only roosters? And if so, how obnoxious would a rooster call be!?
Do they ever stuff the chickens and put them over their fireplace as trophies of honor? "Hey, look there Bill! I tracked that there chicken for a mile before ol' Butch flushed him out for me!" Do the hunters tell non-hunters how it's necessary to thin out the chicken herd to keep them free of disease? If they don't kill 'em, nature will?
Maybe I'm underestimating the chicken. Perhaps hunting chicken is more like hunting wild boar. Vicious wild beasts! Thus the reason they are used for cock fighting. Maybe the hunter has to take up post a top a tall tree where the chicken can't get to him. He can only hope that he doesn't fall into the chicken pit to be shread to bits by the strong sharp talons of the chicken. He better also hope that he's got a good dog like Ol Yeller who can go get mama to come stitch up his wounds with a hair from the donkey's tail.
I'm getting off track. But why is free range chicken better than normal chicken? Are the emails about the beak-less foot-less chickens used at KFC for real? And if so, does it really matter? I don't eat the beaks or feet anyway. If they don't need their beaks or feet, you could probably just cut off the whole head. Their body can live without it. They are chickens, they won't know the difference! Well, those are my thoughts for today. Tune in next time when I discuss Boca Burgers. Is it beef? Tofu? Soy? Does it come from Boca Raton? Hmmm, think about it. Until next time! Peace.
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