"Red" the backyard chicken

We just moved to a new house and are closing on the old house this week. Thoughts of the old house took me to the time we bought chickens and had them in our backyard. Not sure why, and I promise I was not the one who bought them. I can't remember their names. But they were good looking birds.

And tasty too!

UPDATE: The chicken's names were Red and ??
UPDATE2: The chicken's names were Red and Bella per comments.

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Christine ™ says:

That is one beautiful chicken! But I don't like to think about you eating them. Ew. (I know, I know, I still don't like to "see" my food.)
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deneyterrio says:

I think you need to hug a tree
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

deneyterrio says:

That was for Ed BTW
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

eschipul says:

What if I mentioned they "tasted like chicken"? Would that make it better?
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

agenthandy says:

congratulations on your new house!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

eschipul says:

Thanks @agenthandy! Now if I can just get the contractor to finish painting we can have breakfast again...
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Kavingate says:

You are a sick puppy. Everyone knows that chickens grow in a back room at Kroger, and that they were never alive before we got them from their neat styrofoam packages. Honestly!!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

jonmatthew photography says:

Great clarity. Love this country simplcicity. Good day my friend- JP
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eschipul says:

Truth be told we thought we had two hens. One turned out to be a rooster. I sort of think they may be against deed restrictions. And the rooster crowing at 4:30 in the morning was a bad thing.

So we returned them to a friend who lives in the country. No really, they went to live at a happy farm in the country. Really.
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deneyterrio says:

Question

What do the chickens on the bottom of the coop eat?
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Cybastean says:

No chickens were harmed in the making of this chicken dinner . . . really.

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eschipul says:

@deneyterrio - these were "free range" chickens so there was no coop involved. Thus I can't answer your question.

One other topic that came up was the dog. Interestingly, AFTER the first meeting, the dog and the chickens learned to coexist. The dog was coerced, but it worked out. But the crowing was the death of them....
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inkoluv says:

this is absolutely amazing
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.imelda says:

We have had chickens on and off since we were kids. My parent have 3 currently and its the same house I grew up in.

When I lived in an older house in Pearland, we had a chicken, a duck and a rooster. When we moved up to the 'Master Planned Community' of Silverlake, they couldn't come with us. :(

Beautiful bird!

We had names like Brewster for the Rooster...

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eschipul says:

Ha! "Brewster the Rooster"! LOVE IT!
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mockbird says:

what a beautiful bird. i love the idea of chickens in the city .... i was at lunch one day on sunset and came out of the restaurant and there was a chicken just walking along the sidewalk ... made my day! great chicken portrait!
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greenmonkey190 says:

The chicken's names were "Red" and "Bella" although Bella later turned out to be... "Bill"... a rooster. And you did not eat them!!!
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