careless mowing good for rooster

It all began with some rather reckless mowing on my part, not intentional mind you, I just have a habit of running things over.  A trip to a welder was needed to repair the mower deck – what better time to have Mr rooster go under the torch?  The days of him standing in shame on the front porch sans comb and tail feathers were going to be a distant memory.  Rooster parts in hand, a toss of the old boy in the truck, oh-and the mower deck, and Brian was off and running to the welder.  By midday rooster was back in the pickup truck bed complete with comb and feathers once again attached.  He was looking quite proud despite being on his side in the truck bed.  The leg that had been lost years ago was unable to be reattached, too much rust, so peg leg remains.  When he was lifted from the truck it was discovered that wasps had started building a nest in his beak ( this poor old guy just couldn’t catch a break) so he was quarantined in the garage for a day while an ample supply of bug spray was used. it was quite pitiful as he stood foaming at the mouth from the bug spray, but it was worth it when a mere 24 hours later he was transported back to the front porch in his place of honor.

Tagged as: rooster, yard rooster