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Here e e e s ROSIE!

Last summer when a house up on Jackson Road was put on the market the homeowner opened his chicken coop and released four Rhode Island Red Chickens to free range. They came to work my yard daily as I put out food for everybody. Every night they would return to the woods near their coop to roost in the trees. Sometime in the early fall ROSIE decided she now lived with us and took up residence on the wrought iron railing of my kitchen porch.

As winter got under way I thought she would eventually go home, but she didn't. As a nasty blizzard loomed I borrowed a dog crate and bought a bale of straw. I went out on the porch in the dark and the snow and just picked her up and carried her into my warm kitchen and placed her in the large crate and life as we knew it changed in Atco, New Jersey.

By day she was a happy chicken running to our car when we drove up, answering to her name by coming home when I called her and just generally being a charming character.

At dusk she would knock on the door to come in for the night. Rosie would sit beside my overstuffed chair until the end of the evening when I would walk her to the kitchen to go to bed for the night in her crate.

In the morning a lot of chicken yelling would announce the arrival of an egg (she really celebrated) and then it was out the kitchen door for a day in the life of a chicken.

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Rosies Submission to the Ellen DeGeneres Show
Rosies Submission to the Ellen DeGeneres Show		 Cluck, Cluck, Cluck
Cluck, Cluck, Cluck		 Rosie-and-the-Girls-winter
Rosie-and-the-Girls-winter		 Hey Rosie...Look who's flirting with your Honey
Hey Rosie...Look who's flirting with your Honey
Anticipation
Anticipation		 Rosie-Sadie-and-Pennys Best Christmas Ever
Rosie-Sadie-and-Pennys Best Christmas Ever		 Rosie and the Packages
Rosie and the Packages		 Polly! That's downright rude!
Polly! That's downright rude!
A handsome Rooster for Rosie was in the yellow box
A handsome Rooster for Rosie was in the yellow box		 What's that cat doing with my new Honey?
What's that cat doing with my new Honey?		 Rosies gonna lay down some rules
Rosies gonna lay down some rules		 The second package held treasures chickens only dream of
The second package held treasures chickens only dream of
but these chickens dream no more!
but these chickens dream no more!		 Keeping the jealous cat away
Keeping the jealous cat away		 Thank you Erich!!!
Thank you Erich!!!		 Waiting for the Stores to Open
Waiting for the Stores to Open
I Dreamed Rosie was in Linda McIntyre's Underwear Drawer
I Dreamed Rosie was in Linda McIntyre's Underwear Drawer		 First egg for Erich
First egg for Erich		 When asked her opinion of Chicken Little's statement - The sky is falling!...Rosie replied...,
When asked her opinion of Chicken Little's statement - "The sky is falling!"...Rosie replied...,		 Rosie the Rhode Island Red
Rosie the Rhode Island Red
In order from the back-Rosie-Sadie and Penny
In order from the back-Rosie-Sadie and Penny		 Rosie Laid A Doozie Today
Rosie Laid A Doozie Today		 The cat is unsure of the pecking order.
The cat is unsure of the pecking order.		 Why did the chicken cross the road?
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To prove to the 'possum it could be done
To prove to the 'possum it could be done		 Mom and Rosie arguing about what TV show to watch.
Mom and Rosie arguing about what TV show to watch.		 Quite at Home
Quite at Home		 Rosies Taking Photos Now
:: Rosies Taking Photos Now ::

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hamada tebabna 17-Dec-2006 16:52
Bravo pour cette idée originale
Tom Dunne 05-Nov-2006 11:12
A most endearing and lovely story matched by the quality of the photographs. I'm glad I found this lovely gallery.
carol j. phipps 29-Oct-2006 00:59
Excellent collection.
araphoca 09-Oct-2006 09:31
her þey çok güzel
Janet 19-Sep-2006 18:10
What a marvelous gallery, and what a precious addition Rosie must be to your family....One Happy little chicken is she!
Paulo Franco 16-Aug-2006 04:19
This is a creative gallery, with good shots!
Ralf Sonnet 29-Mar-2006 05:50
Dear Toni,
since beginning o fthis year I am a member and browsing trough pbase galleries.
This Rosie story is absolutely the first gallery making me smile from one ear to the other.
Thank you for sharing with us.
Keep on going like this.
Ralf
Frank 15-Feb-2006 23:35
Dear Toni Moore: A year ago, my wife and I went rock collecting near the town of Girard GA just off the Savannah River. At the clubs meeting place, about 10 to 15 chickens came up to the group and started sounding off as if they had all layed eggs, even the roosters. When everyone notice and started taking pictures, they stopped noise and posed for everyone to take pictures. It was absolutely wild!!! After the pictures were done they just casually walked back to their yard. Again, it was just wild!! Thanks aaaaah much for sharing!!!! Frank
Guest 01-Feb-2006 00:44
We had chickens as pets, we got eggs, and we kept the hens even after their egg laying days were done. They are nice creatures, and I think smarter than people give them credit. We used to sleep with the chicks as kids. We'd stuff the chick in a large man's work sock, and snuggle up and the chic would be soo happy, make a pretty song. As the chick grew, it'd figure out how to climb out of the sock, so sometimes there'd be a pellet on the sheet, but a happy half-grown chicken standing by looking at you.
Not a good idea about the free-range, especially with wildlife or dogs. The sweetest dogs still have predatory urges, especially when you aren't around, just like teenagers. Lost some that way.
S Clark 25-Jan-2006 23:33
This is so great. Love Rosie, your compassion and your humor. I have over the years had many a :"househen" and rooster
Dwain Moody 18-Dec-2005 14:18
Thank you for the story and images...Made me Smile!
Noemia Costa Dias 16-Dec-2005 22:00
Living in a country where is still very common to see chickens living in the back yard even in a city, my mother in law has four, very well locked inside a small chicken house...I really never saw a chicken living indoors, these photos besides its originality are excellent photos with beautiful takes and excellent colours, a very good gallery you have here! Congratulations....
Offer Goldfarb 11-Dec-2005 08:51
Thanks for making me lough. Very intresting.
Guest 11-Oct-2005 23:22
conor is a chicken
Guest 11-Oct-2005 23:21
very nice
Guest 18-Sep-2005 14:16
These are great. I've been thinking of getting chickens - they're such fun!
glyn 24-Aug-2005 21:50
I have one of these as well, see http://members.lycos.co.uk/cb92/
bucari 25-Jul-2005 03:44
reminded me of chicken run. nice work!
http://www.pbase.com/bucari
John Harvey Photography 15-Jul-2005 07:29
What a fun gallery Toni. I can't say I've seen any others dedicated to chickens at all, but to a single chicken. Great concept executed to perfection with entertaining variety.
John
CIS 10-Jul-2005 16:33
I've voted for this gallery...what a delightful change of pace to see this.
Definitely a children's book in there somewhere.:-)
Enchanted by the story and pictures.
Nichole Dillon-Lee 08-Jul-2005 19:33
I just love this gallery Toni, it always brings a smile to meander through a bit of Rosie's life ;-)
jarrell 18-May-2005 13:13
If this isn't a book in the making, I don't know what is! Well done and very entertaining.
Jarrell
Jeanne Newman 11-Apr-2005 13:27
Toni - I have been meaning to leave a message for a very long time. I'm sneaking this in while my kids are in the darkroom. Forst of all, the sequence is a total wonder. I am seeing this as a book...please publish this. It is filled with love, warmth and beauty. Share this with the children and adults of this world. I believe it will make a difference. This is how life should be. Bravo a million times over, lady. I salute you. ~ Jeanne
Al Chesworth 07-Apr-2005 19:56
Hi Toni
We used to keep Rhode island red hens & one cockeral during WW2 (you wont remember) In the UK we were so short of eggs etc that the only way was to grow your own so to speak, Problem for the hens when they stopped laying they went in the cooking pot. Ahh not so happy days.
evans 03-Apr-2005 22:33
thank you for the smile. what a character.
Toni Moore 02-Apr-2005 17:15
From Rosie: Oh Charlie, Charlie, Charlie, it was fun once, but I have moved on. No self respecting Chicken like me wants to be labled a Homewrecker. The tabloids would be just brutal, and I have all my unhatched eggs to think about as well as my Presidential ambitions. Farewell sweet love. Rosie
Marisa D.L. 02-Apr-2005 16:19
Rosie for President!
Ah, how all is relative...I had always been afraid of chicken and now I have found myself supporting one. Never generalizing!!!!!
Toni, I have missed my visits to your galleries, thank you for being you, with your brain and your eyes!
Marisa
Ellsworth Weaver 02-Apr-2005 16:01
Rosie, Rosie, Rosie! Okay, I got rid of Denice Richards and the kids. I want to come back. Ellsworth is letting me use his computer now. Oh, and I am clean and sober. Love forever, Charlie S.
Jeanne Newman 22-Feb-2005 05:24
I cannot stop looking at this gallery!! Rosie is becoming quite the celebrity! The images are fabulous, Toni!! ~Jeanne
Leah Cooper 01-Feb-2005 15:06
Ha I love this gallery :) Such personality of a rosie :)
missy_gardenwhimsy 18-Jan-2005 09:24
I have looked at this gallery several times, I love it, it always makes me smile! Missy
Titia Geertman 02-Jan-2005 12:37
Hi Toni, this is just a lovely gallerie. We had a chicken in the house once too, her name was Josephine. One day she threw up and a few hours later she was dead. I brought her to the vet for examination and it appeared she had swallowed 5 of the kid's marbles!! and they had blocked her stomach.

By the way, I renewed my gallerie Rhyming Image and added some pet galleries (cats, dogs and sheep)
marilyn k holmberg 01-Jan-2005 02:14
this is a wonderful gallery, toni!!! ... so very creative! .. i think my fav is 'polly, that is rude!!' .. too funny!!! ... wonderful captures :) 'm'
Fabienne 27-Dec-2004 19:59
une galerie pleine d'humour. Bravo pour cette idée originale et les photos très bien réalisées.
camera29 26-Dec-2004 15:48
What a wonderful experience to see and enjoy this gallery. It should be published as a book for children with such great photos and an interesting tale to attend them.
Gary Winters 26-Dec-2004 07:04
What an unbelievably funny story and great gallery! Rosie, YOU GO GIRL! You ROCK!
Ellsworth Weaver 05-Dec-2004 14:17
Toni, somehow I never got around to looking at this. How funny and how fun! Great stuff. Love the cat and Rosie scoping each other out.
Jill 12-Nov-2004 18:52
Toni, you never cease to amaze me. You are in my favorites list and when I log on, take a quick looksee there you are and I suddenly smile anticipating the newest. I adore your work and humor and viewpoint of life.

And Rosie, what a beauty.
colorofthewind 12-Nov-2004 16:55
Toni, this gallery gives me HUGE smiles. Thanks!!!

I think I'll need to get a hen too, so I won't buy eggs any more. :)

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