My uncle John was in the fertilized egg business when I was young. He had several hundred young layers, called pullets, and 8 or 10 roosters whose job was to fertilize the eggs. My uncle kept records and any rooster or pullet that didn’t perform well went into the pot and was replaced. Farming is a profession of hope. - Brian Brett Friccastewing a chicken on the hotplate - Archie Bunker I'm too drunk to taste this chicken. - Colonel Sanders The thicker the hay, the easier it is mowed. - Alaric the Goth Maybe I should just go home and ride my tractor. - Chuck Grassley The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup. - Bob Hope Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. - Aesop There's going to be a real ding-dong when the bell goes. - David Coleman Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably. - C S Lewis A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. - Unknown Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors. - Edward Dahlberg Why did the chicken cross the road? Because you didn't cook it! - Gordon Ramsay We better not, ya know, kill our chickens before they cross the road. - Archie Bunker Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not. - Thomas Jefferson It was so windy that one of our chickens laid the same egg four times. - Unknown Work and pray, live on hay, you'll get pie in the sky when you die. - Joe Hill Yesterday I told a chicken to cross the road. It said, "what for?" - Steven Wright I used to practice my speeches on my tractor while I plowed my daddy's field. - Jim Hunt We need more young people involved in farming because the future needs real food. - Helena Sylvester Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead. - Les Brown Don't let your dreams rust! Listen to your youthful bells ringing loud inside of you. - Bernard Kelvin Clive If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice; if he leaves it empty, he gets actors. - Bill Vaughan This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. - Thomas Jefferson I unfortunately still crave chicken McNuggets and bacon, which is the meat candy of the world. - Katy Perry The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it. - Ellen Glasgow Life on a farm is a school of patience. You can't hurry the crops or make an ox in two days. - Haneri Liogier It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn. - B C Forbes True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. - Erich Segal When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. - Daniel Webster The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful, and then only for a short while. - Albert Einstein I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives. - Ralph Waldo Emerson In school, every period ends with a bell. Every sentence ends with a period. Every crime ends with a sentence. - Steven Wright I'm working on a second cookbook and am working on my love story, 'Black Heels to Tractor Wheels.' - Ree Drummond Poverty is an anomaly to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. - Walter Bagehot Bruce Lee's fast pace, Jet Li's pretty style and Jet Li's acrobatics combine with Muay Thai for my own style. - Tony Jaa Tension: 1. The price you pay for being a race horse instead of a plow horse; 2. What the sergeant shouts to his soldiers. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com The difference between involvement and commitment is like an eggs and ham breakfast: the chicken was involved, the pig was committed. - Unknown It's life, isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels. - Katharine Hepburn What's the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish. You know what you should do? Combine them, eat a penguin. - Dave Attell Lincolnshire is the Idaho of England. You were either going to drive a tractor for the rest of your life or head for the city to work in a factory. - Bernie Taupin see also Farm Section Cat Nap Chick Incubator Family Reunion Flamingo Imposter Hen Pecked Mom Lookout Once Is Never Enough Rooster Retirement Super Hen |
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