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Chicken Manure Man

Today I thought I'd share the story of the Chicken Manure Man.

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The kids and I had driven with the camper and dog from VA to MT and picked up daddy at the airport.  Daddy got to drive the rest of the way to WA, and I got to deal with the kiddos in the back of the truck-I think I would have preferred to drive.

Anyway, we were on the third day of driving with daddy and pulled into a rest area before hitting the Cascade Mountains.  The kids and I were in the camper going to the restroom, when this tractor trailer comes whizzing in and pulls up next to us.

This above average sized man gets out and goes over to Kevin-"hey you got an apple?"

Kevin looked at me and I nodded and turned to go in and get him one.  We were both thinking that perhaps he was diabetic and his sugar was low.

The guy says, "no, no, I mean do you have an apple tree>"

Hmmm, let me think about this.  We're in a rest area in Eastern WA, with our 34 foot camper, big dog, and four kids.  Nope, not so much.

"Or how about some tomato plants?"

Hmmm, please refer to the above thought.

"I mean at your house!  Do you have any at your  house?"

Oh, now we're getting somewhere.  Nope, we don't have a house-at this point we're living in the camper. 

"Too bad, I've got the best fertilizer in the world here"

Then the smell hits us.  Chicken manure.  Now, I don't know how many of you have ever been around a chicken farm, but the smell is worse and more toxic than a pig or cow farm.

The man rambles on for a while and we're finally able to get into the truck and leave. 

"So," I asked "exactly what was he going to do.  Go to the top, scoop us out a cup of it?  And then what?  What would we have done with it then?"

Thoughts of chicken manure fermenting in the camper came to mind.  eeeeeewwwwwwwww

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12:40 PM, Aug. 6, 2009 .. Posted by Arby

It has to be a volume thing. 3 chickens don't really smell.

Chicken manure

5:37 PM, Aug. 6, 2009 .. Posted by Lachney1

WOW!!! It's worse than pig pens???? That's really bad then. Pig pens smell horrible and will make you sick to your stomach. I've been around chicken pens and didn't think that they smelled that bad, compared to the pigs. Apparently, I must have not been close enough. LOL!!!

The story of the truck driver is funny. Where in the world would he think that you would put the manure???? LOL!!!

Blessings,
Penny