Las Sabinas, Volume 4, Number 1, July 1978 Page: 16
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days as a little curl of smoke went up from the kitchen flue
the aroma of collard greens and hog jowl drifted out the window
and floated on the still air, through the fields where farm
chores were being performed.
There was never a tonic or appetizer that worked on a work-
ing man's appetite like the aroma of collard greens and hog
jowl cooking on the old wood stove in winter.
The old time chickens that made up the average farm flock
were hard customers. They were tough enough to stand their own
with the hawks and owls and could roost on the fence, in the trees
or in the stables around the barn. One might see a flock of
these hardy chickens roosting in a low tree around the farm
home when ice was forming on the limbs and icicles were forming
on the tail feathers of the chickens. The mixtures of the flocks
included the speckled or barred ones, commonly called "domineckers".
The old hens would sometimes steal away to a brush heap or
briar patch and lay a clutch of eggs, sometimes 12 to 20 eggs
in the nest. When she had run her course as a layer, the hen
would settle down to the chore of hatching biddies. These were
of all colors; white, spotted, red, brown, black and tan with
plenty of in-betweens. As soon as they were hatched she would
bring them to the farm home.
Sometimes a hawk would swoop down and take a baby chick,
and a great commotion was stirred up. The mother hen cackled
and chattered while the chicks took to cover and the old rooster
paraded back and forth in a challenging mood, daring the hawk
to come back and try it just one more time. Finally the hen16.
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Orange County Historical Society (Tex.). Las Sabinas, Volume 4, Number 1, July 1978, periodical, January 1978; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255383/m1/24/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Orange County Historical Society.