Chicken Memories

I remember when my family and I went to Lucedale to pick up some chicks to start raising chickens.


We got them at J & B Feed. They were in a cardboard box when we got them. There were 9 hens for each breed and 2 roosters for each breed, they gave us an extra chick in case 1 died which none did, and there were 21 chickens in all.

We cut the bottom of a water bottle off so the chickens could have a drink; we also used a water bottle lid. One of the roosters kept tipping their water over, we called him stupid rooster. There was a hen that just slumped in a corner it wouldn’t drink water it just sat in its corner, the other chickens picked on her. So we got her out of the box, and nursed it back to health. I sat in the back of the car along with Anna and Luke. We played with them all the way home.



Caleb

5-16-12

My First Deer

            POW!! It happened about 5:55 P.M.. I shot my first deer. I was so excited. My heart was racing and my hands were shaking. Looking back, I don’t see how I got a good shot off at that deer. Of course, it wasn’t that good, because we had to go and track it down.

            I had been hunting since 3:00 that afternoon and not much had happened. I had read some of a book that I had brought along, and watched a rabbit hop around the green field that I was hunting on, not much else. Then, about 5:00 o’clock, I looked up from my daydream and saw two does walking around at the end of the field.

            I was so excited about the possibility of killing a deer. But I managed to keep myself from jumping the gun. It was during rut so there was a good chance that a buck would come out so I waited. It turned out that no bucks came out so I settled on shooting the bigger doe.

            After I shot I got out of the stand and foolishly walked to the deer. When I had gotten very close to it, it got up off the ground and ran. I tried to get another shot off but couldn’t. I then called the house and asked for help to track it and soon Daddy and Caleb had come to my aid.

            After much searching and tracking we lost the trail. We walked a little ways looking and listening and then I prayed that God would help us find that deer. After that I looked up and saw a spot of blood on a tree not far ahead. We followed that trail for a while and then we heard a loud sudden flapping sound.

            I froze. I didn’t know what it was and after a little I kept moving. Then I heard it again, but this time closer. Daddy told me to look carefully around to see if I saw anything. I looked and saw a flash of white not to far away from me. It was a deer tail!

            Daddy told me to stay and watch the deer while he went to get the truck. When he got back we approached the deer carefully and when we got there it was dead. I had killed my first deer!