{"id":673,"date":"2011-10-26T19:00:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/smalltownamerica\/?p=673"},"modified":"2011-10-25T01:53:04","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T05:53:04","slug":"chicken-poop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/smalltownamerica\/2011\/10\/chicken-poop.html","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Poop"},"content":{"rendered":"

To the far left of the garden we found a chicken coop and run.\u00a0 The inmates have been raising their chickens and butchering them in 2010.\u00a0 Last year the chickens produced 600 pounds of meat.\u00a0 The inmates don’t get much red meat or pork.\u00a0 Because of local donations, the garden and chicken programs have been started with no expense to the county.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> The worst thing about caring for chickens is cleaning up all the poop.\u00a0 They don’t care where they are or what they are doing; chickens are equal opportunity poopers.\u00a0 They also kick their food all around and peck at each other, often pulling out feathers.<\/p>\n

Most of the inmates at thus facility have already lived lives with lots of\u00a0 poop, (dysfunctional families, single parent families, foster care, family abuse and more)\u00a0 This isn’t meant to be an excuse to break the law, but it can help one understand why they make such bad choices.<\/p>\n

Chicken poop stinks and sticks to your shoes.\u00a0 Sometimes things in our lives stink and stick to us no matter how we try to fix it.\u00a0 Our legal system is far from perfect, but it does try to offer help to those who need it.<\/p>\n

We find that at times our lives feel as if we are being torn apart and scattered to the wind.\u00a0 These residents must feel that way sometimes.\u00a0 Chickens also like to pick fights and peck at the other chickens.\u00a0 I would think that most of these inmates are familiar with fights and trying to protect themselves from the stronger prisoners.<\/p>\n

Perhaps using a chicken to explain an inmates behavior is not the best example.\u00a0 But, I think you get the idea.\u00a0 We all are the product of our pasts and we all\u00a0want to do better in the future.\u00a0 It does no good to ignore your circumstances and just hope they will go away.\u00a0 We have to deal with our reality, one step at a time.<\/p>\n

Sheriff Kyle Overmyer does his best to encourage the individuals placed in his care.\u00a0He wants to help them change their lives so they won’t make return visits to the jail.\u00a0The garden and chickens is one of the ways he has chosen to help them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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