” I thought you said you didn’t want to visit the egg man, it looks like you had more fun than me!”
– Grandma Lee talking to me after we left the egg farm
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Egg Boxes
“The business is doing good but not like it was years ago”. William Sadler
EGGS!!
The Egg Man- William Sadler
This is the Egg Man.
His name is William Sadler.
His family was in the egg business since 1925.
Mr. Sadler was born in 1946. He was a teacher for 30 years but all his life he’s been in the egg business.
There they go Again!
I learned something new: Gay chickens exist.
Mr. Sadler told me that every once in a while he’ll get a chicken that does not want to lay an egg. Instead, it would grow hair and feathers like a roster.
What do you do with them I asked?
Put them some where alone, possibility in a hole six feet deep. They don’t produce and it costs money to feed those chickens. Why waste?
More Chickens!!
Mr. Sadler told me there were no rosters on his egg farm.
Really, don’t you need a roster to lay eggs? I asked.
Nope, he replied, a chicken can lay eggs all alone. It doesn’t need a roster.
Chickens
“When we first started we had close to or over 8 thousand chickens. We had more coops to put them in but now they are all on the floor. We have around a thousand. The business is doing good but not like it was years ago.”
William Sadler, the egg man
Thank You!
I was all CHICKENED out!
Naomi Cohen
I met photographer, Naomi Cohen, at the Bronx Library Center during a conference held for the community.
Short Lane Ice Cream
When I was in Gloucester, Virginia visiting my Grandma, I was told I must make a visit to the Short Lane Ice Cream shop.
Right before I boarded the greyhound back to New York, i treated my grandma and myself to some good ice cream.
I forgot what kind my grandma got but I got a flavor called Tortoni and it was really good.
If you are ever in Gloucester, i encourage you to check them out at Rt. 17 and Short Lane!
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