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Some background needed for this one. Bare with me, or not… but then you will mis out on why this one is chrismasey.
So… the misses runs a sanctuary that tries to safe as many industrial chickens as it can from being slaughtered after 2 years of laying eggs. You may find that weird, but the organisation helps thousands of chickens get adopted to live out the remainder of their lifes as chickens. It’s a drop but a sweet drop none the less.
Anyhow. Past week she got a call from an state organisation dealing with water and road infrastructure, they found a chicken at the side of the freeway. No animal resque organisation they tried up to that point found a chicken animal enough to get out of bed for, so the misses went out and retrieved this poor animal at the civil station. They stayed over late to have the chick retrieved.
It turns out it’s a meat chicken, 3kg, still chirping, a young rooster, 6 weeks old, somehow fallen of the truck bringing it to the slaughter house.
All his brothern and sisters are gone now. Only this one remains to live to see the day after christmas.
To thank the crew that rescued him, I am making this small thank you plaquer.
There he is, the one the misses named “Buttercup”, because… weird sense of humour.
This sunday he is going to his new home and live the remainder of his life in a good place.
The luckiest lotery winner of 2024.
Excellent story @Spamming_Eddie! I enjoy my ladies very much, although they are not producing many eggs with it getting dark by 1630. Was that a vcarve that you painted? It is really cool. Merry Christmas my friend!
Jake
The plaque is a shallow silhoutte carved into the wood with a tapered bit to have a steep edge, but not straight. The pocket is painted white and lasered with a photo of the chicken masked with the silhouette line to only burn the chicken. The shallow silhouette is to be able to sand around the laser etch to get a sharp edge between the wood and the burn. It creates a hard contrast and makes the etch pop out of the wood.
People don’t see a laser etch but a painting. I like that effect verry much.
The chicks down here are still pretty much laying as if their lives still depend on it. This time of year not much chicks get adopted so they are no longer the poor half naked sacks of bones they were when we brought them in.
It’s good to watch them bloom and enjoy life. A ray of sunshine, digging for worms, getting a sand bath, having feathers or simply a moment to be alone for once.
They are fun creatures.
Anyhooo, you have a great Christmas too Jake. Don’t forget to take a break.
