Rural Gardening: Carl the Crookbeaked Chicken, 1 by throneofyord

throneofyord wrote:
Carl is named after Bill Murray's Character in Caddy Shack. For a bit more detail and pictures of her flying perched and eating, you can go here, http://toolmakingart.com/2008/10/06/carl-the-crook-beaked-ch...

She had a broken beak when we got her as a chick. She is an Ameraucana and is the runt of the coop. I was at one time thinking the decent thing would be to thin her from the flock, but when an animal invests such trust in me, it makes it impossible for me to not take care of it. Besides the wife and daughter would not tolerate anything happening to her. Carl will come right up, and if you don't pick her up, she may just fly up on her own. No training was involved in this, Carl trusts us.

Bob