Re: Worst Job

Posted by Tony in SD on November 24, 2015 at 19:12:05 from (216.249.226.17):

In Reply to: Worst Job posted by Married2Allis on November 24, 2015 at 06:29:03:

Every year we would butcher several hundred chickens. Mom would fill the freezer in the house with beef, pork and some chicken. We also had a freezer in the shop that was
exclusively for chicken. The doors on the shop were open most of the time unless there was a storm. So chickens, cats and other critters were in and out all the time. No big deal,
business as usual. It was not uncommon for chickens to go in the shop because they liked the grease and the cool dirt. The chickens would often make a nest in the shop and lay
eggs in it. We would find it later because of the smell of rotten eggs. It was always one of us boys who had to clean the rotten eggs out of the shop. So if we smelled rotten eggs, we
found the nest as soon as possible because we know the smell would only get worse.

Well one day as I was in a hurry to get something from the shop I noticed the smell of a dead chicken. But I was in a hurry so I left it go until the next day when I returned to the shop.
The smell was worse so I took the time to find the dead chicken that I smelled. I couldn’t find it anywhere. As I was scanning possible locations, I notice the freezer plug was not
plugged in. So with out hesitations I opened the freezer door. Don’t know how long it was unplugged but the smell almost knocked me over as I slammed the freezer door shut. I
went into the house and told mom that I had some bad news. But before I could tell mom what it was, she smelled the odor of dead chickens on me and knew.

OK now what do we do with a freezer full of dead rotten chickens? Well we decided to take them out, bury them, clean the freezer and put a box of baking soda in the freezer. Dad
had a plan to put a barrel in the pickup truck and we would grab the dead chickens by hand and put them in the barrel. After that we would bury them out in the field somewhere. As
soon as my brother caught wind of this, he quickly and wisely ran off to the field to work. Which left dad and me to do the dirty work. I was in pretty good shape because I was still in
High School and was out for sports. So I took a deep breath, I grabbed as many chickens as I could, while wearing rubber gloves and run to the barrel in the pickup truck, dumped
them and run off for some fresh air. Seemed to work pretty well for me. But dad on the other hand couldn’t hold his breath as long. He had to take a breath just as he dumped the
chickens in the barrel. He run off too but not for fresh air.

Just for pay back for my brother running off like he did. Dad decided to spread them out in the field where my brother was working and ordered him to plow over them. I remember
my brother shutting the windows on the non-air conditioned cab that hot day just to try to minimize the smell. Never did ask him how that worked out.

The freezer door was left open for months in hopes that it would air out. We also scrubbed and cleaned it with everything we could think of but the smell never went away. We finally
through the freezer out and never used it again. It is my strong recommendation that if this ever happens to you, just bury the whole freezer with its contents and save your self a lot
of grief.

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