The Short Story of the Inedible Rooster Which Lived on the Van Cunningham Hobby Farm

 

The Van Cunningham Hobby Farm - managed by SC and Lily C of Simply Creative by Lily C has two, loud and silly white Silky Bantam Roosters. They were raised with all of the original day old hatchlings on the hobby farm and were always a bit skittish yet non-aggressive. 

 

One day on a particularly freezing Michigan Mid-February day, the smaller of the two rooster brothers got out of the coop and refused to be placed back with the girls...so SC left him out until he came back in willingly.  Turns out the newly nicknamed Roo was particularly stubborn and silly and disappeared without a trace! Where could he be they wondered!

Lily C and Charlie M ensure Roo is okay

 

Luckily Charlie, the recently rescued mutt, came to the rescue when he began barking and whining by the back corner of the main coop.  Upon further examination, Roo, was discovered coughing and nearly frozen solid underneath the cold metal coop wall. 

 

SC rushed him in to the house and lovely gave him his first warm bath.  He perked up immediately!

 

After spending several hours swaddled in an Egyptian cotton bath towel and set in front of the warm pellet stove, Mr. Roo, was better than new...however, it was discovered that his waddle had a few spots of frostbite and it seems that he had lost the tip of a toe!!!  So of course he just had to recoup for the full night in luxury....see pic of a very satisfied little male Silky :)

 

Now lets get to the "Inedible" part of this story....If you hadn't already guessed it, there is NO way that Mr. Roo could be designated for the stock pot or roasting pan. We had bonded and he was a proven survivor of war...hen-pecking war, but a survivor for sure!  Call us sentimental or silly, but we are happy to know that Mr. Roo will continue to wake us with his insistent and ill-timed crowing daily!