Chapter 2

Let’s skip ahead 7 years. I am still living on the family farm. Grandma passed 4 years ago. I have been married 3 years to a really sweet girl I met up in Memphis. We are planning on starting a family soon since my chicken business has really taken off.

Let’s talk about that for a minute. I went to a meeting at the county agent’s office a few years back. The speech was about raising chickens for the new plant a couple of counties over, I decided I could do that on our small farm. We only had 40 acres but it was on a good road and mostly flat land. I started with one house that could accommodate 20,000 chicks. Today I have 5 houses and raise over 100,000 chicks at a time. I have done very well for a man with anger issues. But all that changed two days ago.

I was at a seminar over in Arkansas. My wife did not come with me. She had ‘things’ she needed to do. Women! Right? The first two days were informative but the last day was going to be a couple of speeches that I had heard last year so I decided to surprise my wife by driving home a day early. The room was paid for another day so I just left.