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My sister is not afraid of Bigfoot

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My sister travels through these thick woods several times a day to care for her pasture-raised poultry.

By Kim Lemmon

My sister, Kelly Hahn, and her family live in the rolling hills near Mohican on 23 acres of mostly woods. Not only is their house bordering a thick wooded area, but for 6 to 8 months of the year, Kelly takes at least twice daily drives in her ATV or walks through the thick woods to care for her pasture raised poultry.

This White Mountain Broiler lives in a semi-free-range pen that is moved to new pasture twice a day by my sister.

It is typical for the Hahns to have 1,000 chickens of varying degrees of growth scattered in moveable pens in flat pastures at the top of wooded hills and at the bottom of small valleys. They also manage pasture-raised turkeys and have laying hens and a few hogs on hand as well.

Whenever we have family parties at Kelly’s house, the extended family takes walks with Kelly and her husband through the wooded paths and up the hills to take a look at her chickens. Some of us do some huffing and puffing as we drag our bodies up the hills and some only visit the lower pastures. As for me, I like the small hikes but I keep a wary eye on the woods in search of Bigfoot.

This turkey is one of 44 that my sister’s family is raising to sell as part of their poultry business.

I’ve never mentioned Bigfoot to my sister because I’m sure she doesn’t believe in it but I’m certain that if I was making lonely trips through those wooded paths multiple times a day, my imagination would run wild. You know there have to be deer, wild turkey, raccoons and coyotes, so really what is so far fetched about Bigfoot? My motto would be shoot first and ask questions later. I would always be packing heat!

My sister works hard but she enjoys her life of hard work caring for her family and their poultry operation. As for me, I think I’ll keep an eye on the Ohio Bigfoot sightings listed by the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization before the next party at her house. No need to take any unnecessary chances, especially at twilight and dawn!

I’m not convinced my sister’s two large dogs would keep away Bigfoot, but maybe they help. She has yet to see one.

To find out more about my sister’s pasture-raised poultry, visit

http://www.acornridgepoultryfarm.com.

 

 

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Author: Kim Lemmon

Kim Lemmon has been a member of the Ohio’s Country Journal staff since 1999. She is currently the manager editor. This position requires her to position the advertisements and articles in each issue. She also is required to write a weekly blog and oversee the “Horse Sense” section of the paper.

Kim graduated from The Ohio State University in 1999 with a major in Agricultural Communications and a minor in Equine Science. Kim and her husband, Mark, reside in Morrow County.

The Lemmons currently own a Percheron mare and several mini horses. They raised pygmy goats for several years, and although they no longer own or breed goats they have several friends that still do so they manage to still stay fairly active in that portion of the livestock industry.

Kim has owned horses since she was a child and has been involved in many aspects of the horse industry since that time. From 2002 until 2010, Kim operated her own riding lesson program that included coaching 4-H members, adults and a college equestrian program. She is also a former 4-H horse judge.

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