Rich County Reaper | 1934-03-16 | Page 3 | Homemade Chicken Hook

homemade chicken hook one of the handiest tools Is a chicken hook made by the man of the house this contraption Is patterned after a sheep crook cronk and is used in similar fashion it consists of a 42 inch length of broomstick to which a piece of heavy smooth wire about 6 inches long has been fastened by wiring and clinched about 6 indies inches from the business end the wire Is bent and shaped by hand to form a crook of a size to catch and hold a chickens leg 7 his hook honk pulls out of shape durl during ing the struggling of caught birds but may be quickly reshaped with the fingers after each catch this enables the chicken catcher to work very quickly and with very little fright among the remainder of flock