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Champion Rooster
John the farmer was in the fertilized egg business. He
had several hundred young layers (hens), called
'pullets', and ten roosters, whose job it was to
fertilize the eggs.
The farmer kept records and any rooster that didn't
perform went into the soup pot and was replaced. That
took an awful lot of his time, so he bought a set of
tiny bells and attached them to his roosters. Each
bell had a different tone so John could tell from a
distance, which rooster was performing. Now he could
sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report
simply by listening to the bells.
The farmer's favorite rooster was old Butch, a very
fine specimen he was, too. But on this particular
morning John noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at
all! John went to investigate.
The other roosters were chasing pullets,
bells-a-ringing. The pullets, hearing the roosters
coming, would run for cover.
But to Farmer John's amazement, old Butch had his bell
in his beak, so it couldn't ring. He'd sneak up on a
pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one. John
was so proud of old Butch, he entered him in the
Renfrew County Fair and he became an overnight
sensation among the judges.
The result...The judges not only awarded old Butch the
No Bell Piece Prize but they also awarded him the
Pulletsurprise as well.
had several hundred young layers (hens), called
'pullets', and ten roosters, whose job it was to
fertilize the eggs.
The farmer kept records and any rooster that didn't
perform went into the soup pot and was replaced. That
took an awful lot of his time, so he bought a set of
tiny bells and attached them to his roosters. Each
bell had a different tone so John could tell from a
distance, which rooster was performing. Now he could
sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report
simply by listening to the bells.
The farmer's favorite rooster was old Butch, a very
fine specimen he was, too. But on this particular
morning John noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at
all! John went to investigate.
The other roosters were chasing pullets,
bells-a-ringing. The pullets, hearing the roosters
coming, would run for cover.
But to Farmer John's amazement, old Butch had his bell
in his beak, so it couldn't ring. He'd sneak up on a
pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one. John
was so proud of old Butch, he entered him in the
Renfrew County Fair and he became an overnight
sensation among the judges.
The result...The judges not only awarded old Butch the
No Bell Piece Prize but they also awarded him the
Pulletsurprise as well.
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